Jewish leaders denounce comparing mask mandates to Holocaust
CLAYTON (AP) — St. Louis County Executive Sam Page and several Jewish leaders have criticized comments at recent County Council…
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Burke, virus skeptic and critic of Pope Francis, is hospitalized with COVID-19
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Cardinal Raymond Burke, one of the Catholic Church’s most outspoken conservatives and a vaccine skeptic, said…
Praise, doubts as Facebook rolls out prayer tool
Facebook already asks for your thoughts. Now it wants your prayers. The social media giant has rolled out a new…
Religious organizations’ tax exemptions get new scrutiny
The hashtag #TaxTheChurches began trending on Twitter in mid-July. The spark was allegations about the wealth of celebrity pastor Joel Osteen. But it wasn’t the…
Black Baptist group renews historic calls for civil rights
The Progressive National Baptist Convention marked last week the 60th anniversary of its forging in the heat of the civil…
For U.S. teen Buddhist lama, it’s faith, school, football
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) — In most ways, Jalue Dorje is a typical American teen — he grew up in…
Limiting Latin Mass may become defining moment for Pope Francis
Pope Francis took sudden steps on July 16 to curtail the traditional Latin Mass, in an abrupt reversal of his predecessor’s…
Church leaders across state implore congregants: Get vaccinated
(AP) — As lead pastor of one of Missouri’s largest churches, Jeremy Johnson has heard all the reasons congregants don’t…
Belleville bishop talks of Catholic church’s ‘racial divide’
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) — The Most Rev. Edward K. Braxton, one of the few African American bishops in the Roman…
Millions skipped church during pandemic; will they return?
WALDOBORO, Maine (AP) — With millions of people having stayed home from places of worship during the coronavirus pandemic, struggling…
AME church to address BLM, voting rights, in delayed meeting
The African Methodist Episcopal Church, the United States’ oldest historically Black denomination, launched its General Conference on Tuesday with delegates…
Why Communion matters in Catholic life – and what it means to be denied the Eucharist
The biannual U.S. Catholic bishops’ meeting received more than its usual attention this June due to one particular item on its agenda:…
LGBTQ students challenge religious exemption to Title IX
While federal law shields most U.S. students from gender and sexual orientation discrimination, an estimated 100,000 LGBTQ students at religious institutions do not have…
Missouri Senate OKs Medicaid funding, rejects push to ban Planned Parenthood
A bipartisan coalition handed anti-abortion activists a rare defeat in the Missouri Senate Friday night, rejecting a push to ban Planned…
White Gen X, millennial evangelicals are losing faith in conservative culture wars
Since the 1970s, white American evangelicals – a large subsection of Protestants who hold to a literal reading of the…
Supreme Court unanimously upholds religious liberty over LGBTQ rights
It wasn’t a dramatic expansion of religious rights – not yet. But the Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of a Catholic…