Today: September 11, 2024
Today: September 11, 2024

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Apache Christ icon controversy sparks debate over Indigenous Catholic faith practices

The congregation at St. Joseph Apache Mission in the Mescalero Reservation in New Mexico, is struggling to deal with the hurt caused by their priest removing a cherished painting called the Apache Christ, which portrays Jesus as an Indigenous holy man

Apache Christ icon controversy sparks debate over Indigenous Catholic faith practices
Americas|Opinion

As Venezuela holds a presidential election Sunday, what does its religious landscape look like?

What do Venezuelans believe in

As Venezuela holds a presidential election Sunday, what does its religious landscape look like?
Entertainment|Environment|News|World

Ox-pulled floats with sacred images of Mary draw thousands to Portugal’s wine-country procession

In the small town of Lamego in Portugal's Douro River Valley, where harvesting grapes for wine is in full swing in early September, one of Portugal’s largest and oldest religious festivals draws thousands

Ox-pulled floats with sacred images of Mary draw thousands to Portugal’s wine-country procession
News|World

Catholic priests bless same-sex couples in defiance of a German archbishop

Several Catholic priests have held a ceremony blessing same-sex couples outside Cologne cathedral in a protest against the city’s conservative archbishop Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki

Catholic priests bless same-sex couples in defiance of a German archbishop
News

California bishop acquitted in first United Methodist court trial of its kind in nearly a century

A United Methodist Church court has acquitted a California bishop of all charges in the first trial of one of the church’s bishops in nearly a century

California bishop acquitted in first United Methodist court trial of its kind in nearly a century
News|Sports|World

Soccer player Paulinho won't let intolerance of his Afro-Brazilian religion stop his faith

When Brazilian soccer player Paulinho scored a goal at the Tokyo Olympics, he celebrated by pointing an imaginary arrow at the flashing cameras as homage to a deity in his persecuted Afro-Brazilian faith

Soccer player Paulinho won't let intolerance of his Afro-Brazilian religion stop his faith
News

A green card processing change means US could lose thousands of faith leaders from abroad

Because of a procedural change in how the U.S. government processes some green cards, faith communities across the country may lose thousands of leaders and workers

A green card processing change means US could lose thousands of faith leaders from abroad
News|World

Pope Francis creates 21 new cardinals who will help him to reform the church and cement his legacy

Pope Francis has presided over a ceremony to create 21 new cardinals

Pope Francis creates 21 new cardinals who will help him to reform the church and cement his legacy
World

Pope Francis cements legacy, stamps Church future with new cardinals

Pope Francis on Saturday further cemented his legacy, elevating 21 prelates to the high rank of cardinal and significantly raising the percentage of

Pope Francis cements legacy, stamps Church future with new cardinals
News

America's nonreligious are a growing, diverse phenomenon. They really don't like organized religion

Ask Americans what their religion is, and nearly 1 in 3 say this -- none

America's nonreligious are a growing, diverse phenomenon. They really don't like organized religion
News|World

From cradle to casket, life for Italians changes as Catholic faith loses relevance

In small towns across Italy, life has changed over the last generation as the Catholic faith loses relevance in people’s routines and choices

From cradle to casket, life for Italians changes as Catholic faith loses relevance
News|Opinion|Political|World

Fearing ostracism or worse, many nonbelievers hide their views in the Middle East and North Africa

In the Middle East and North Africa, where religion is often ingrained in daily life’s very fabric, rejecting faith can come with consequences

Fearing ostracism or worse, many nonbelievers hide their views in the Middle East and North Africa
News|Opinion|World

In the pope’s homeland, more Argentines are seeking spiritual answers beyond the church

In the pope’s homeland of Argentina, Catholics have been renouncing the faith and joining the growing ranks of the religiously unaffiliated

In the pope’s homeland, more Argentines are seeking spiritual answers beyond the church
News|World

Nearly 80% of Italians say they are Catholic. But few regularly go to church

In Italy, centuries-old churches dot the landscape, sanctuaries and processions draw crowds, and nearly 80% of the population profess themselves Catholic

Nearly 80% of Italians say they are Catholic. But few regularly go to church
News|World

In secular Japan, what draws so many to temples and shrines? Stamp collecting and tradition

Momo Nomura, a graphic artist and entrepreneur, visits a shrine near her business meetings or trips almost weekly

In secular Japan, what draws so many to temples and shrines? Stamp collecting and tradition
News|Political|World

Nonreligious struggle to find their voice and place in Indian society and politics

Nones, or those unaffiliated with religion in India, account for less than 1% in a nation of 1.4 billion

Nonreligious struggle to find their voice and place in Indian society and politics
News|World

Fearing ostracism or worse, many nonbelievers hide their views in the Middle East and North Africa

In the Middle East and North Africa, where religion is often ingrained in daily life's very fabric, rejecting faith can come with repercussions

Fearing ostracism or worse, many nonbelievers hide their views in the Middle East and North Africa
News|World

Nearly 80% of Italians say they are Catholic. But few regularly go to church

In Italy, centuries-old churches dot the landscape, sanctuaries and processions draw crowds, and nearly 80% of the population profess themselves Catholic

Nearly 80% of Italians say they are Catholic. But few regularly go to church
News|World

In the pope’s homeland, more Argentines are seeking spiritual answers beyond the church

In the pope’s homeland of Argentina, Catholics have been renouncing the faith and joining the growing ranks of the religiously unaffiliated

In the pope’s homeland, more Argentines are seeking spiritual answers beyond the church
News

Highlights from AP-NORC poll about the religiously unaffiliated in the US

Thirty percent of Americans don’t identify with a religious group — but not all of them are atheists or agnostics

Highlights from AP-NORC poll about the religiously unaffiliated in the US
News|World

Largest Hindu temple outside India in the modern era opens in New Jersey

After 12 years of planning and construction, the largest Hindu temple outside India in the modern era is ready to open to the public in Robbinsville, New Jersey

Largest Hindu temple outside India in the modern era opens in New Jersey
Health|News

Clergy burnout is a growing concern in polarized churches. A summit offers coping strategies

Burnout and deteriorating mental health symptoms like anxiety and depression are affecting religious leaders at a worrisome pace

Clergy burnout is a growing concern in polarized churches. A summit offers coping strategies
News|Political|World

In Poland, church and state draw nearer, and some Catholic faithful rebel

For many Catholic Poles, their country’s heart beats in Czestochowa

In Poland, church and state draw nearer, and some Catholic faithful rebel
Business|News|Political|World

Japan's government will ask court to revoke legal status of Unification Church

Japan’s government says it will ask a court to revoke the legal status of the Unification Church after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s assassination raised questions about the group’s fundraising and recruitment tactics

Japan's government will ask court to revoke legal status of Unification Church
Business|News|Political|World

Japan's government asks a court to revoke the legal religious status of the Unification Church

Japan’s government has asked a court to revoke the legal status of the Unification Church after an Education Ministry investigation concluded the group systematically manipulated its followers into donating money, sowing fear and harming their families

Japan's government asks a court to revoke the legal religious status of the Unification Church

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