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Can These Bones Live?

Why I Am Not Flying The Rainbow Flag This Month

The Chosen Is On Fire:  A Review of Season Two

New York City’s Evangelical Giant’s Voice Silenced, But Not Ended

Christian Monument at Williams College Vandalized

Jesus Is Real – And So Are His Disciples: Review of Season 1 of The Chosen

Video of Protesters Standing Outside SatanCon 2023

Satanic Convention in Boston This Weekend Draws Attention, Prayers of Massachusetts Christians

How Noah Webster’s Dictionary Helped Reinforce America As A Christian Nation

Jesus Forsaken?  How Good Friday Blends Into Easter Sunday

Forgiving Others

The Power of Purpose

From Broken To Forgiven

Twenty State Attorneys General Slam FBI Over Leaked Anti-Traditionalist-Catholic Memo, But None From New England

Her Bill Got Roe v. Wade Overturned; Here’s What She Wants To See Next

Pregnancy Is Not A Disease:
You Would Never Know This In 2023 America

Massachusetts Democratic State Rep Says Israel Is Committing Genocide

Four Great Things About Pope Benedict

‘Mother’ and ‘Father’ Are Now ‘Parent 1’ and ‘Parent 2’ On Some Massachusetts Sports Registration Forms

Easthampton Crisis Pregnancy Center Vandalized By Abortion Supporters

Rockport School Committee Canceled Field Trip To Gordon College Because of Its Policy On Homosexuality

Massachusetts Senate Bill Could Restrict K-12 School Vaccination Religious Exemptions

Massachusetts Bill Would Eliminate Religious Exemptions For School Going Vaccination Requirements

Worcester Bishop Yanks Catholic Affiliation of Jesuit-Run Middle School

Roberto Miranda, R.I.P.

Pro-Life Catholics Have Had Enough

About 75 Protest Catholic Memorial’s Marty Walsh Award Dinner

Disney’s War On Florida Parents’ Bill Is A War On Parents

Catholic Memorial Giving Award To Pro-Abortion Former Boston Mayor

Bethlehem … Or A Fake Town in the Metaverse?

Bishop Silences Cape Cod Priest Over Criticism of Coronavirus Vaccines

Biden Stimulus Bill Would Squeeze Out Religious Schools From Child Care and Preschool, Some Providers Say

Transcript of Remarks of Thomas Carroll, Archdiocese of Boston Superintendent of Schools, During GOP Roundtable on Biden Stimulus Bill

Milton School District Recommends 10-Year-Olds Read Sex-Ed Book Encouraging Auto-Erotic and Homosexual Experimenting

Mass General Brigham Can Fire More Than 2,000 Workers For Refusing Coronavirus Vaccine, Judge Says

Pro-Lifers Kick Off Fall 2021 Boston 40 Days For Life Campaign With Prayer Outside Planned Parenthood

Pro-Life Catholic Bob Cappucci Running For Mayor of Boston — Despite Little Media Coverage

Pope Francis Rips Physician-Assisted Suicide As ‘Throwaway Culture’

Federal Judge Upholds UMass Coronavirus Vaccination Mandate Against Religious-Freedom Arguments

Fewer Catholic Schools?  Maybe That’s A Good Thing

Former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick Charged With Indecent Assault In Wellesley From 1970s

New Hampshire Bishop Sued On Sexual Abuse Allegations From 1980s

Abortion-Supporting U.S. Ambassador To Ireland Nominee Shows Why Bishops Need To Deny Communion To Pro-Abortion Politicians, Catholic Group Says

Where Are All The Pro-Life Catholic Reps?  Quincy Mayor Asks The Question

When’s The Last Time You Heard A Graduation Speech Worth Listening To?

Six Wrong Things About the Massachusetts GOP Flap Over Jim Lyons and Same-Sex-Couple Adoption

Full Text of Statement By Jim Lyons On State GOP Committee Member’s Criticism Of Same-Sex-Couple’s Adoption of Children

Abortion Supporter To Speak At Holy Cross Commencement; Bishop Refers To Euphemism For Abortion As ‘A Woman’s Right’

New Bedford Church Challenging Governor’s Coronavirus Rules in Court

Worcester School Official Invokes Pope Francis, Ireland In Supporting ‘Comprehensive’ Sex Education

Massachusetts Choose Life License Plates Providing Resources For Mothers, Babies, And The Pro-Life Cause

Gordon College Doesn’t Qualify For ‘Ministerial Exception’ From Professor’s Sexual Orientation Lawsuit, Massachusetts High Court Says

Biden Divides The Catholic Bishops

Pro-Life Activism On The Rise As ROE Act Abortion Expansion Bill Is Pending

Pro-Life Group Prays In Pouring Rain For Defeat of Abortion-Expansion Amendment Outside Massachusetts State House

New Bedford Rescinds 100-Person Coronavirus Restriction on Church Gatherings in Light of Recent U.S. Supreme Court Decision

Former Catholic School Principal Co-Sponsored ROE Act Abortion Bill, Voted for ‘Infanticide’ Amendment

Christmas Church Services in Massachusetts?  Yes, Says Governor – But No Guarantees About Future

Joe Biden Is A Very Good Catholic, Boston Globe Says

Christian Leaders’ Anti-ROE Act Letter Now Has More Than 400 Signers; More Than 20 Pastors Explain Why

Catholic College Alumni Unhappy With School’s Publicizing of Catholic Teaching on Marriage

Catholic Action League of Massachusetts Hits Cardinal Sean O’Malley For Defending Pope’s Civil Union Stance

Surprise, Questions, Silence Follow Pope Francis’s Comments on Homosexuality Among New England Catholic Leaders

Amy Coney Barrett’s Religion Isn’t the Problem; It May Be Part of the Solution

Cardinal Sean O’Malley Issues Statement Opposing ROE Act Abortion Expansion Bill

Massachusetts State Rep Says ‘There’s A Special Place In Hell’ for Mitt Romney

Can the Catholic Church Cite An Authority Above the Tax Code For How It Deals With Politics?

Boston Catholic Priest Who Endorsed Joe Biden Says He’s Against Legal Abortion

Archdiocese of Boston Catholic Pastor Endorses Joe Biden, ‘Woman’s Right To Choose’

‘Pivotal’ Catholic Canceled by Catholic College

Latino Pastors Urge Massachusetts Legislators To Rethink Physician-Assisted Suicide Bill

Dear Church, Teach Your Children Well

Statues, Dog Whistles, and Anti-Catholicism

The Woke Mob: Echoes of the Chinese Cultural Revolution

Is God Dead?  Ask the Cuomos

A Day When Character and Chastity Were Trending

Worcester Pastor Declares Victory

Boston Archbishop Criticized for Featuring Abortion Supporters During Racial Healing Mass

Fact Checking Father Daniel Moloney’s Email Message To M.I.T. Catholics

Here’s What the M.I.T. Catholic Chaplain Got Fired Over

M.I.T. Catholic Chaplain Forced Out Over Email Message About George Floyd

Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Are Federal Civil Rights Categories, U.S. Supreme Court Says

Saint Jerome Elementary Schoool’s Closure Draws Opposition From Former Principal

Racism ‘Woven Through’ America, Cardinal Sean O’Malley Says

A Trump Achievement: The Left Embraces the Tenth Amendment

Church Services Re-Open All Over Massachusetts, But Not In Somerville

President Trump Declares Churches ‘Essential,’ Threatens To Roll Governors Who Don’t Let Them Re-Open

How One Church Adapted During the 10-Person Limit in Massachusetts

Massachusetts Churches Feeling Financial Hit From Coronavirus Emergency

Public Catholic Masses Returning To Massachusetts Saturday, May 23

Massachusetts Churches Authorized To Open Again With Conditions

Give Us Mass Back, Prayer Gathering Participants Tell Cardinal O’Malley

City, State Agree To Leave Pastor Alone This Sunday – What Will Governor Do Monday?

Pastors Who Want Churches Opened Feeling Sandbagged By Massachusetts Governor

Catholics Plan Gathering At Cathedral To Ask Archbishop To Open Churches

Dedham Pastor Fighting Board of Health Cease-and-Desist Order Against Church Services

Worcester Pastor Sues, Asks Judge To Overturn Governor’s Order

Worcester Pastor Holds Second Church Service, Draws Fine, Says He’ll Do It Again

Excerpts From Worcester Pastor Kris Casey’s Sermon During Second More-Than-10 Church Service

Worcester Church To Hold Public Service Again Sunday, Against Governor’s Order

Worcester Pastor Holds Less-Than-10-People Church Service, Hints At Statement To Come

Governor Baker Defends Order Closing Churches, Says Worcester Officials Doing Right Thing

Worcester Church Holds Regular Service – Believed To Be First in Massachusetts Since Governor’s Ban

Worcester Pastor’s Letter To Massachusetts Governor: We’re Having Church

Harvard Law School Professor Calls for a ‘Presumptive Ban’ on Homeschooling

People, Not Politicians, Will Determine When To Reopen

Church Cancels Easter Drive-In Service After Local Health Official Says Don’t Do It

What Churches Must Do on Good Friday

If History Rhymes

What A Drive-In Mass Looks Like In the Age of Coronavirus

Drive-In Mass

Church-Goers Saddened By Lack of Daily Masses

Let’s Re-Open The Churches – Here’s How … And Why

Catholic College Hiring Basketball Coach Rick Pitino – Who Admitted Enabling An Abortion

Pride and Prejudice vs. the Sexual Revolution

Kobe Bryant’s Greatest Achievement:  Redemption

Massachusetts Bishops Urge Action Against ROE Act Abortion-Expansion Bill

Monks Sue College They Founded To Try To Keep It Catholic

Hawaiians Journey to Park Street Church to Celebrate Commissioning of First Missionaries to Their Islands in 1819

Protesters Went To Church All Their Lives But Had No Idea What It Was About

Investigate Marty Walsh, Says Catholic Action League

For Catholic Church and Homosexuality, Truth Is Necessary But Not Enough

Movie Review: ‘Forbidden God’

Steve Lynch:  Neither ‘Informed By … Faith’ Nor Pro-Life

Nancy Pelosi’s Fake Kennedy Award: Profiles in Predictability

The G-d of the Israelites Says Don’t Lie With A Man As With A Woman; Why It Matters

Among These Are Life: Uncle Joe Edits His Own Moral Reasoning

A View from the Other Notre Dame

There is No Such Thing as Unplanned

Notre-Dame des Flammes – And Why It’s Not As Sad As It Might Seem

Priest Who Preached Sermon At Ted Kennedy’s Funeral Suspended

Freedom, Safety, Suicide, and Life:  Conversion Therapy Ban Draws Intense Testimony on Beacon Hill

Life, Not Abortion,
Is the Real (Natural) Human Right

Cardinal Dolan:  Tossing Andrew Cuomo From Catholic Church Wouldn’t Work

New Comic Book To Depict Jesus As Failure, Needing Help from Superhero

Uncle Catholics

March for Life Puts Focus on Uncomfortable Truth, Not Where Distractors Want It To Be

‘We Are Their Voice’ –
Massachusetts Pro-Lifers at March for Life

Why Tolerance of Homosexuality Is Never Enough

NFL Playoffs Goat Turns Hero After Epic Failure

What’s Wrong With This Picture?

Hanukkah With The Donald

Fire Chief Wins $1.2 Million Case Against Atlanta for Firing Him for Religious Beliefs

Six Reasons For Americans To Be Thankful on Thanksgiving Day

Michael Cohen’s Guilty Plea Runs Afoul of Maimonides

Your Right To Gender Confusion Ends At My Daughter’s Bathroom

Christians, Jews Link Arms in Prayer Before High School Soccer Game

Post-Pittsburgh Sympathy Just A Start For Jewish Security

Gordon College Launches Finance & Faith Forum in Boston

Boston Trinity Academy –
Modeling ‘a City Upon a Hill’

Being A Bishop Also Requires Being A Parent

The Thursday Men

Judas Priests and Judas Bishops

Murdered Former Cape Pastor’s Funeral Draws Hundreds

Bombshell Letter Attacking Pope Francis Over McCarrick Also Questions Cardinal O’Malley

Pope Francis Must Resign

Cardinal O’Malley:  I Didn’t Know About McCarrick

Pope Calls for Lay Involvement in Solving Clergy Sex Abuse Disaster

The Search for Catholics in Catholic Schools

Cardinal O’Malley:  Big Changes Needed in Church

I’m From the Government and I’m Here To Stop Your Child From Being Abused and Killed

Uncle Ted, Who’s Your Daddy?

On Bishop Rot, and Making Bad Things Worse

Power Politics Gets Nasty

Warning:  Another Catholic Headed To Supreme Court

Massachusetts House Passes ‘Conversion Therapy’ Ban – With A Twist

High Court Ruling on Abortion Counseling Breathes New Life Into Challenging Bans on ‘Conversion Therapy’

The Wisdom of Chris Pratt … Really

Shutting The Back Door:  How One Mother Sees Proposed Ban in Massachusetts on ‘Conversion Therapy’ for Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity

Abortion In Ireland, Euthanasia in Portugal?

Marriage-Supporting Graduate Barred From Providence College Campus After Giving Administrator What-For

‘Paul, Apostle of Christ’: Not For Entertainment Purposes Only

Despite Abuse, They Stayed in the Church

Holy Cross Professor:  Jesus Was A ‘Drag King’

A.J. Gordon:  A Great Spiritual Leader Who Changed the Face of Boston

Pro-Marriage Bulletin Posting Triggers Providence College Students

Georgetown Finds An Exemplary Catholic — Would Mother Teresa Agree?

Holy Cross To ‘Retire’ Crusader As Mascot and In Logo

Harvard Attacks Christian Group for Acting Like Christians

Incoming Harvard President Attacked As ‘White Male’

This Lent: Pray, Fast, and Watch Movies

Five Lessons From the Holy Cross Crusader Victory

Holy Cross: Crusaders Still

Kidnapping For A Higher Purpose?

A Jewish Republican Walks Into A Bar …

An Actor’s Speech Worth Listening To

How To Be Happy Without Living Your Dreams

Topless Feminist Attacks Christmas Creche at Vatican

Six Good Things About Cardinal Law

Cardinal Law Dies

Cardinal Law Said To Be At Death’s Door

Republican In Firestorm For Ringing Salvation Army Bell

Benching Santa

Christian Culture in New England?  New College Center Seeking To Spread The Word

Tithing and Tax Reform

Courts Pit The Undocumented Against The Unborn

Another Massachusetts Bishop Shifts Policy on Signature Gathering for Abortion-Funding Petition

Cardinal O’Malley Shifts Course on Signature Gathering for Anti-Abortion-Funding Petition at Churches

Why Won’t the Church Use the G-Word?

The Real Choice for Jews?  Faith or Politics – Not Both

Trump:  If You Like Your Religion, You Can Keep Your Religion
Healey:  Unless You Don’t Want To Pay for Someone Else’s Birth Control

What I Learned About Ambition and Faith From A Navy SEAL Sniper

Where Is Father Martin’s Bridge Leading To?

More Catholic Than …

Think Cops Are Racist Killers?  HERE Is Why You’re Wrong.

Social Media Scares Seminary Into Cancelling Priest’s Talk About Jesus

Pro-Lifers To Cardinal O’Malley:  Stop Betraying Us

Catholics Need Not Apply

Senate Democrats Use Judge Nominee As Catholic Punching Bag

Elizabeth Warren: About As Religious As She Is Native American

When Catholic Statues Attack

Put Your Faith in G-d, Not a ‘King’

Wives, Be Submissive

Got Problems?  Maybe Africans Need To Stop Having So Many Babies

Twenty-Five Things To Know About Islam:  Part 2:  How Do We Know What We Know About Muhammad?

No God, Me God, or Benedict’s Option

Twenty-Five Things To Know About Islam:  Total Commitment, Spreading Everywhere

Providence College Turns 100

AG Healey: Trump Executive Order On Religious Freedom May Land This Week (UPDATED)

Rosary Drowns Out Pro-Abortion Protests at Pro-Life Assembly

Church/State Flap Nixes School Chorus Easter Appearance at Italian Basilica

From Silent Night To Silence

Air Force rules coach can share Bible verses despite claims of “Christian extremism”

Christian bakery sued by lesbian couple closing

New survey finds limited support for religious freedom

Relic of Catholic saint arrives in Boston

March for Life in Berlin draws thousands

Papal ambassadors issue global appeal to step-up peace efforts

US Bishops to government: End legal standoff with the Little Sisters

After genocide, what’s next for Iraq’s Christians?

Lawsuit filed to determine what administration is doing about ISIS Christian genocide

Opponents of transgender ideology buoyed by support from Pope Francis

USCIRF: Add 7 more countries to list of world’s worst violators of religious freedom

State Dept.: Murdering, enslaving for religion most ‘egregious form of discrimination’

Report shows disturbing rise in anti-Semitic activity on campus

Swedish church to drop thousands of Bibles in ISIS territory using drones

Syrian Christian leader: MidEast Christians on verge of annihilation

Want to help persecuted Christians? A few easy steps

Muslims go to Catholic Mass in France, Italy for solidarity

Pope on Islamic terrorism: There are violent people in almost all religions

Wilmington man faces charges for threatening to burn Boston mosque

Attack on French church puts focus on ISIS’ anti-Christian hatred

Tim Kaine’s Catholic morality at odds with some public actions

Attackers slay priest inside Normandy church in name of ISIS

US rabbis outraged by Israeli rabbinical court’s treatment of convert

Pope taps US religious freedom advocate for Vatican communications team

Evangelicals gather for prayer rally in Washington

Five faith facts on Mike Pence: A ‘born-again, evangelical Catholic’

Dallas police chief called to serve

Harvard Law professor Charles Ogletree sees ‘blessing’ despite Alzheimer’s

The big mission of a Catholic teen with Down syndrome

Poll: Fewer Americans believe in God than in past decades

Pope Francis: ‘Suffering for one’s religious belief has become a daily reality’

Michele Bachmann, James Dobson join Trump evangelical advisory board

India’s Muslim women seek to ban ‘triple talaq’ divorce law

World Orthodox leaders meet despite Russia’s absence

Southern Baptist officials: discontinue display of Confederate flag

Elder care provider looks to clients’ spiritual needs

Judge puts stop to school preventing Christian free speech

Pool’s women-only hours challenged as discriminatory

In sign of unity, Christians renovate Christ’s tomb together

Presidents of successful small religious colleges share insights (Part 2)

Seaport chapel reborn as face of South Boston evolves

Vatican summit of judges pledges aid in trafficking fight

Rodney Stark challenges anti-Catholic historical tropes in latest release

Presidents of successful small religious colleges share insights

Hospice choirs comfort the dying with song

Meet Jewish America’s first ambassador to Muslims

Catholic Church grapples with diversity in pews

African Methodists worry about church that brought them Christianity

Unite Boston connects Christian churches across the Hub

Q&A: Meet first Jewish American ambassador to Muslims

Obamacare punt by high court gives hope to both sides

Church-going women live longer, Harvard study shows

Judge: R.I. congregants can take control of oldest US synagogue

Asian-American Lin to head national campus Christian group

Study: Congregational diversity leads to church attendance decline

South Shore parishioners to leave closed church after 11-year protest

Biden, Boehner receive high Catholic honor

Indian Hindus ask gods to help Donald Trump

Catholic school settles case that pit gay rights against religious liberty

Trump slams Southern Baptist leader Moore as ‘nasty’

Greater Boston churches observe National Day of Prayer

Memories of a great rabbi

Andover Newton to partner with Yale, shutter Mass. campus

Report: Religious freedom deteriorating around the world

Victims of Islamic State horrors appeal for intervention

How will faith-based partners fare under new White House rules?

Pope laments recent violence in Syria, renews call for dialogue

Stories of ISIS victims are emerging, and they’re unbelievably brutal

Yale names residential college after Episcopal saint

Student sues Missouri State for bouncing him based on morals

Little Sisters sees ray of hope in Obamacare court battle

Bono makes ‘Psalms’ film with Bible translator Peterson

New book claims atheist Christopher Hitchens considered Christianity before his death

Faith-based groups rush to aid quake-stricken Ecuador

Kasich: Balance needed on LGBT rights and religious freedom

New study sheds light on Latino Jews in US

Cuban poet Valladares to receive Becket’s Canterbury Medal

The Bible listed among most ‘challenged’ books in US

Pope Francis: Children are always gifts, even in tough circumstances

‘You are not forgotten,’ Cardinal Dolan tells Iraq’s Christians and Yazidis

DHS will make ‘Freedom of Religion’ change in naturalization exam

Vandals strike Catholic churches in Boston suburbs

Pope insists conscience, not rules, must lead faithful

Israel’s national library turns the page with an eye on community, technology

Majority of Scots have no religion, study finds

U.S. bishops urge Congress to back protections for doctors opposed to abortion

Sikh Army captain wins right to wear turban, beard

In John Kasich’s call for community, an echo of Catholic social teachings

Jeremy Irons says he opposes abortion, easy divorce

Supreme Court requests additional briefing on key Obamacare case

Survivor of Brussels terror attack writes letter of hope to unborn baby

Pope Francis appeals for global peace on Easter

Mother Angelica, foundress of EWTN, dies on Easter

Gunmen kill Congolese priest who reported on atrocities

‘Miracles From Heaven’ mom talks faith, illness, Jennifer Garner

Easter celebrations worldwide range from bloody to benign

Thousands trace Jesus’ footsteps on Good Friday in Jerusalem

Gallery: Holy Week around the world

Justices divided over Little Sisters case on contraception

French woman escapes ISIS to tell about its horrors

New Kansas law lets campus religious groups restrict members

Thinking outside the (reliquary) box: A historicist approach to a socialist emblem

Supreme Court to hear Little Sisters of the Poor

Filmed ‘Easter Mysteries’ musical brings the Passion to life

Election campaign makes some evangelicals reject name

Buddhist protests against Dalai Lama called off

Date set for Mother Teresa to be made a saint

Keeping faith the message in Garner’s ‘Miracles’

ISIS unanimously condemned for genocide in House resolution

In Egypt, Christians can suffer under strict laws – and a pattern of lawlessness

Finding contemporary religious high art: A Q&A with Aaron Rosen

Priest still missing after Yemen attack that killed 4 nuns

China’s efforts to mold Christianity in its own image draw resistance

Carson signs up to lead evangelical voters to polls

Army ordered to back off testing Sikh soldier

Study shows diverse religious affiliation of primary voters

Sikh soldier sues Army over religious right to beard, turban

Easter movies to get you into the spirit of the season

New Israeli-American policy group seeks more activity on state and local levels

Atheists drop suit to block Christian prison ministry funding

Israel advocates, opponents celebrate Chicago school divestment bill

‘Risen’ offers fresh take on the last days of Jesus

Pope vs. Trump: ‘Not Christian’ to only build border walls

Could Sri Srinivasan be the first Hindu on the Supreme Court?

Cardinal O’Malley: clergy have responsibility to report abuse

Pope turns eye to Mexico’s drug heartland in Michoacan stop

Pope celebrates indigenous in Chiapas as Catholics dwindle

Pope in Mexico condemns drug trade’s ‘dealers of death’

Putin may benefit from meeting of Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill

Young, white Americans are addicted to this (and what Catholics should do about it)

Catholic Republicans vying for place in history

Despite apology, professor Larycia Hawkins leaves Wheaton College

5 faith facts about Ted Cruz: It’s all about God’s work

5 faith facts about Donald Trump: a Bible-collecting Presbyterian

Cruz faces tough sledding in least-religious NH, Gallup shows

Obama shifts focus to religious liberty and Muslims

5 faith facts about Bernie Sanders: Unabashedly irreligious

5 faith facts about Hillary Clinton: Social Gospel Methodist to the core

5 faith facts about John Kasich: ‘God is with me wherever I happen to be’

5 faith facts about Jeb Bush: Catholicism ‘resonated with me’

Catholic college offers religious freedom training

The astonishing secret history of the Pope who fought Hitler

5 faith facts about Carly Fiorina: ‘What you make of yourself is your gift to God’

5 faith facts about Marco Rubio: Once a Catholic, always a Catholic

5 faith facts about Chris Christie: Cradle Catholic and member of the Church of Bruce

Bernie Sanders disappoints some atheists with his ‘very strong religious’ feelings

A Paris butcher offers a lesson in interfaith ties

Obama visits mosque tied to controversial imams

President Obama nominates Rachel Held Evans, others as faith advisers

Muslim Americans involved in terrorism ‘rose dramatically’ in 2015

Muslim cleric wanted in Turkey lives in US seclusion

Gateways founding director serves Boston’s Jewish community and beyond

Harvard panel highlights Sikh message of healing following massacre

Apology demanded from Fla. athletic association for denying football teams use of loudspeakers to pray

Voters warm to candidates who are not religious

Russian pressure forces historic Orthodox summit to meet in Crete

Vows and body piercings abound as Hindus celebrate Thaipusam in Malaysia

Prison ministries win religious freedom case

Dorothy Day: From bohemian to beatitude

Religion declines among Americans as spirituality rises

Iranian-American pastor expected back in the US

Rubio: faith ‘single greatest influence in my life’

Islamic State razing of Iraq monastery condemned

Vatican commits to slavery-proofing its supply chains

Momentum builds for Lowell Middle East relief effort

‘The Revenant’ and search for higher justice

Number of Christian martyrs has tripled in two years

Episcopal Church U.S. leader sticks to gay marriage stand

Video: Delve into the history of the Baha’i faith

Cultural cleansing in Mosul and Nineveh

Religious freedom resource planned by Becket Fund

Episcopal Church suspended from Anglican Communion

Conservative Judaism’s rebranding effort could signal a sea change

Catholics and Lutherans to worship together at Reformation anniversary

Teen attacks French-Jewish teacher with machete

Boston’s O’Connell uses TV for pro-life advocacy

Belgian archbishop wants euthanasia opt-out for Catholic hospitals

Protesters demand Wheaton College professor reinstatement

Lowell churches unite to help persecuted Christians

Pro-life movement veterans recall the early days in Boston

Christian philanthropy group tackles poverty in Israel

Why one radical feminist changed her mind on abortion

Italian children await gifts from good witch, not Magi

Candy Carson: Wife of GOP candidate sees God working in campaign, marriage

Wheaton prof faces termination after ‘same God’ comment

Does it matter if there was really a Star of Bethlehem?

Finding nuance in Vatican’s Jewish-Catholic relations ‘Reflection’

Supreme Court Justice Scalia: Constitution says government can favor religion

Leading US bishop: 2016 is the time for pro-life conscience protections

Former Moral Majority leader Ed Dobson dies

Pope Francis surprises an Italian family with a Christmastime call

Helping leaders grow businesses and faith

Religion will grow, experts say, and here’s why

Let God’s forgiveness heal your heart, Pope Francis says

Pope focuses on Mideast conflicts, persecution

Harvard Pluralism Project maps religions, conflicts

Obama says he prays for persecuted Christians

Christmas controversy as American tradition, 2015 edition

Franklin Graham leaves GOP over Planned Parenthood funding

A German scholar reflects on the fading influence of religion on Christmas in Europe

Former Iraqi refugee leads inspiring community outreach programs

Pope approves miracle for Mother Teresa’s canonization

Judge rules against Milton Catholic school in gay-hiring retraction

Massachusetts communities of faith become more diverse

Obama convenes a discussion of religious pluralism

Massachusetts ranks among nation’s most secular states

Canadian judge rules in favor of religious liberty for Christian law school

American mosques trying to protect bodies and spirits from hate

Should voters care about candidates’ religious views?

Charleston church hosts cross-racial gathering to tackle racism

Army lets Sikh captain wear beard, turban on duty

Priest who survived ISIS: ‘My interfaith work saved my life’

When religious fashion invites suspicion

Vatican: Catholics shouldn’t attempt to convert Jews

New Jersey town: Christmas tree, yes, menorah, no

Orthodox rabbis’ statement calls Christianity part of God’s plan

No ‘Christmas’ trees in New Hampshire

For persecuted Mideast Christians, Obama admin tongue-tied on genocide

Religious freedom advocates cite persecution of religious minorities in Iraq and Syria

Hanukkah’s origins spring from a restoration of faith

Menorahs spread their light across Boston — Gallery

What does it really mean to observe Advent?

8 amazing Hanukkah parties across America

‘Saint Nicholas’ makes surprise appearance in Saint Peter’s Square

Hanukkah in Paris: a time to celebrate life, express unity, and be proud

Nuns dress as prostitutes to save trafficking victims

‘Prayer shaming’ debate flares after California massacre

Let women light Hanukkah candles at Western Wall, Israeli official says

Christmas banned in Boston!

Armenians celebrate Christmas in the Holy Land

Don’t let youth fall prey to Islamic extremism, French Muslim leaders say

Palestinian Authority limits Christmas celebrations in West Bank

Abandoned but not forgotten: The Lazarus Ministry

In Australia, bishops face legal complaint for defending marriage

Video: In storytelling, Plimoth Plantation faces religious nuance head on

Inspired by sin, Amish man runs marathon

US to cancel lease on land sacred to Blackfoot Indian tribes

Patriots honor memory of local Jewish teen killed in Palestinian terror attack

Little Sisters of the Poor offer different ‘death with dignity’

Preschooler whose ‘celebration of Mass’ went viral dies of cancer

Reports fly on sainthood for Mother Teresa

Greater Boston celebrates Diwali — Video and gallery

Catholic bishops tout abortion, marriage as key election issues

Christian-Jewish group sends swift aid to French Jewry, pledges aliyah support

Mass. Muslims push agenda with first ‘Day on the Hill’

“Wall of Honor” in Jerusalem honors Jewish soldiers nationwide

Knights of Columbus hits $100 billion mark in life insurance

Denzel Washington preaches gratitude to church members at Pentecostal convention

Supreme Court to hear nuns’ challenge to Obamacare contraceptive mandate

‘Pope Star’ Francis releases first album, ‘Wake Up!’

Wisconsin convent says prayer has gone on nonstop since 1878

Judge to rule on female guards touching Muslim detainees

Canadian religious leaders unite against assisted suicide

In Austin, 19th-century synagogue meets 21st-century Jewish community

Rome pilgrimage gives homeless man a new perspective on life

Pew study: More Americans reject religion, but believers firm in faith

Two arrested at Vatican for leaking confidential documents

Saudi blogger awarded EU’s human rights prize

Student: Teacher graded on belief in God

With secret prayers, Jews challenge ‘status quo’ at Jerusalem holy site

World Congress of Families full of Mormon connections

Five takeaways from Vatican synod

Final synod document strongly backs Church teaching, beauty of family life

Controversial study on Conservative rabbis and intermarriage

How a ‘culture of distraction’ is keeping millennials from marrying

Evangelicals change official stance on death penalty

African bishops play major role at contentious Vatican summit

Kidnapped Syrian priest escapes from Islamic State

New Jersey professor discovers earliest draft of King James Bible

Synod bishops: We need to clearly define marriage

Violent marriages: one woman helps synod bishops understand

Man claims he lost job at Catholic home because he’s gay

Hindu temple rising in Groton serves growing immigrant community

In ‘holy flash mob,’ Shabbat Project rallies 5,000 partners across 500 cities

Role of blacks in Mormon faith topic of conference

On Syrian refugee crisis, Jewish community moves from words to action

A triumph through remarkable trial: The story of one Catholic athlete

Pope Francis: Family saves us from loneliness

Muslim woman can wear niqab for Canada citizenship oath

Can Indiana compromise on LGBT rights, religious liberty?

This Catholic healthcare group is being sued for refusing to provide abortions

A warning from Pope Francis: Don’t politicize the synod

Witnesses: Gunman targeted Christians

Pope: God’s dream for creation? The union of a man and woman

The Rev. Liz Walker: Trading the evening news for the ‘good news’

Dalai Lama leaves US clinic after ‘routine’ health check

Obama administration alleges Chicago suburb discriminated against Muslim group

Reconstructionists to ordain rabbis with non-Jewish partners

Pope Francis: To welcome a migrant is to welcome God himself

Clerk jailed over gay marriage says pope encouraged her

Mormons acknowledge early polygamy days at renovated museum

Catholic school backers on mission to serve Boston students

Dalai Lama plans private audience with Minnesota Tibetans

Devout Hindus celebrate the birth of god Ganesha

Archbishop Lori: Pope defended religious liberty in word and deed

Pope to bishops: Help youth be brave in opting for marriage and family

Pope Francis hails America’s freedoms, praises nation’s immigrants

How not to panic about possibly meeting Pope Francis

Black Catholics: Pope will meet ‘vibrant, active part of the church’

Pope to Congress: Use the “Golden Rule” and work for the common good

Pope Francis makes surprise stop at Little Sisters of the Poor

Pope Francis warns US bishops against ‘divisive’ language

Pope at White House urges action on climate change, promotes religious liberty

In Yom Kippur, a time to fast and reflect

A rabbi and an imam: The story of Isaac and Ishmael can be a source of hope

Obama snubs former Vatican envoys Flynn, Glendon in party planned for Pope Francis

Pope Francis transcends politics to embrace diversity

Evangelical transgender conference rejects notion that gender can change

1,000-year-old Yom Kippur prayer book fragment to be put online

Who are the Jesuits? To understand Pope Francis, know Saint Ignatius

Pope meets with Fidel, misses out on dissident greeting

Revisiting an old sin with modern faith

In choosing the name ‘Francis,’ new pope sent a clear message

Israeli president urges interfaith response to terrorism

Pope to give 4 speeches in English in US, rest in Spanish

Religious groups press Obama to let them keep the faith when hiring

Pope Francis: ‘Jesus was popular and look how that turned out’

Preserving tradition, spirituality at Jewish day schools

50 inmates get tour of Vatican gardens, Sistine Chapel

Cloistered nuns bake altar breads for papal Mass in Philly

POPE WATCH: Mass scalpers; Stephen Colbert’s ‘Catholic Night’

Jewish beekeepers sweeten New Year, teach wisdom of the hive

Religious liberty in the workplace on land and in air

Hospital review board to decide fate of doctor who criticized gay “lifestyle”

‘War Room’ trounces ‘Compton’ for No. 1 at box office

Kentucky clerk Kim Davis to be released from jail

The Rosh Hashanah wakeup call

Pope speeds up, simplifies process for marriage annulments

Police cars’ ‘In God We Trust’ decals draw complaints

Israeli president hopes Pope Francis can be a ‘bridge’ for peace

American ideals draw U.S. citizens to settle in Israel’s West Bank

The Pope heads to Washington: a rundown on the 2015 papal visit

‘Antidisestablishmentarianism’ isn’t in the dictionary. Let’s change that!

Judge jails Kentucky clerk for refusing marriage licenses

US Muslims hope new billboards reclaim Islam’s message

Pope Francis to city dwellers: ‘Come down from the towers’

Clerk in gay marriage fight: ‘A heaven or hell decision’

Pope: Priests in Holy Year can absolve ‘sin of abortion’

‘War Room’ makes surprise bid for the box-office lead

South Africa’s Tutu expected home from hospital next week

In the Ashkenazi heartland, a struggle over ruins and Jewish memory

Vatican backs plan to name Rome square for Martin Luther

India’s river waters cleanse spirits at Hindu festival

When it comes to worship music, Hispanic churches look within

Mormons keep affiliation with Boy Scouts

Pope Francis’ spontaneity makes security a challenge

How Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein cracked the code on Jewish-evangelical relations

ISIS images purport to show destroyed Syrian temple

ISIS systematically destroying heritage sites

India’s Muslim women seek marriage, divorce rights

Federal appellate court grants nuns temporary reprieve from birth control mandate

Pope: Unemployment causes grave harm to society, family

Bible Museum to display artifacts from Holy Land under deal

Most Utah Mormons want their church out of Boy Scouts, poll shows

Former Buddhist monk creates home for 85 abandoned children

New Vatican arts app highlights museum pieces, restoration

Better together — a family’s story of giving

Skyping with spirit: Chaplains use computers to support the seriously ill

Social workers want to talk religion — but they don’t

Ancient Italian city of Norcia now known for its singing monks

Black churches bucking trend of decline

Orthodox Jewish enclave faces growth, conflict

Italian priest offers $2,000 to families with three or more children

Life-size cutouts of Pope Francis pop up ahead of US visit

Congress prepares for visit of Pope Francis

Iraqi Christians who fled ISIS in limbo while in exile

Trinity Boston Foundation works to create stronger communities

Experts: ISIS atrocities are genocide

Do polls reveal the God’s honest truth? No, but they still count

An American Dream, inspired by faith

Amid tensions with authorities, China gets first catholic bishop in three years

Pastors facing death sentence freed in Sudan

Chinese Christians detained after refusing to take down cross

UK witnesses surge in anti-semitic incidents

Israeli-British project makes Hebrew texts available online

US Hispanics energized by upcoming visit of Argentinian Pope

Roving Rabbis on a Kosher mission

With gay ban lifted, Mormons consider alternative to boy scouts

Exhibit celebrates JP2’s relationship with the Jews

Muslim ‘female heroes’ ride inspires women

Quran fragments may be world’s oldest

Pope asks Americans to do good deed before his arrival

Pope denounces the inhumanity of throw-away culture