Lauren Markoe

The Presbyterian Church (USA) voted Friday (June 20) to divest church funds from three American companies it cited for profiting from the...

The Presbyterian Church (USA) voted Thursday (June 19) to allow gay and lesbian weddings within the church, making it among the largest Christian...

Americans are slowly pulling themselves out of a charitable slump — except when it comes to religious groups.

To protect Jewish and other cemeteries worldwide, the U.S. House on Wednesday (May 28) passed a bill that makes desecrating graves a violation of...

Two religious families owning the Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood Specialties have gone to the Supreme Court for exemption of the birth control...

It’s been three months since the Rev. Suzan Johnson Cook resigned as the State Department’s religious freedom watchdog, and those who decry...

In a case that could determine restrictions on expressions of faith in the public square, the Supreme Court on Wednesday will consider religious...

Conservatives are rallying around a House bill designed to protect religious people who advocate for traditional marriage — a belief, they say,...

Amid persistent criticism that the U.S. marginalizes religion and religious people in its foreign policy, Secretary of State John Kerry tapped...

There is a lopsided divide in America about what it means to be a religious person, with a majority believing that it's about acting morally but a...

When it comes to God and country, white evangelicals report the most intense patriotic feelings in a new poll, with more than two-thirds saying...

For the first time, the federal government has issued written guidelines for houses of worship that are confronted with a homicidal gunman.

For its annual report of violators, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom counts 15 nations where abuse of religious liberty is...

Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., convened a hearing on Wednesday on the rise in anti-Semitism across Europe, calling it a threat not only to Jews, but to...

The persecution of Christians "vastly rose" in 2012 as radical Islamists consolidated power in Africa, according to Open Doors, a Christian...

President Obama won last week with a voter coalition that was far more racially and religiously diverse than Mitt Romney's -- a phenomenon both...

Advocates lament America's failure to protect religious freedom abroad, saying things have gotten worse, not better.

A third of the world lives in nations where restrictions on religion have substantially increased, according to a new report.