Religion Today Archives

Thirteen state attorneys general are urging the federal government to broaden religious exemptions for private businesses under the White House's...

Last week, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz adamantly reaffirmed his company's support for same-sex marriage. His comments have refueled a boycott...

Four Christian converts from Islam arrested last year for alleged evangelistic activities had to post enormous bail amounts in order to be released...

Amid the horrors of war and persecution in the Middle East and elsewhere, swelling ranks of displaced Christians are crying out for help even while...

Secretary of State John Kerry is calling for the release of an Iranian-American minister from a Tehran prison, a welcome step for advocates who had...

The next two days are destined to stand among the most significant days in our nation's constitutional history, but the issues at stake reach far...

Christians suffered serious head injuries, expulsion from home and incarceration based on false witness as Hindu extremists continued their reign...

First comes baby, then comes marriage? That is the new norm for many middle-class young Americans -- and they and their children are paying a...

Pope Francis extended a hand to those who don't belong to any religion, urging them on Wednesday to work with believers to build peace and protect...

China has aborted 336 million unborn children, many of them forcibly, during slightly more than four decades, the government has announced.

It happens almost every Easter: Some new "discovery" trying to disprove something about Jesus.

Religious freedom activists scolded the U.S. State Department for not appearing at a hearing Friday on Iran's treatment of religious minorities,...

Pope Francis, the first Jesuit to become pope, not only represents a paradox for the papacy, but also the larger history of the Society of Jesus,...

Repeated electrical shock torture of an Egyptian Christian accused of "proselytizing" in Libya likely exacerbated his heart ailment, leading to his...

Mainstream news outlet headlines shouted the "shocking" news last month that more rural teens are getting pregnant than their urban counterparts....