The Latest Breaking News from Religion

The leader of the small Baha’i community in Qatar has been sentenced to five years in prison on charges alleging that posts on Baha’i social media accounts “cast doubt on the foundations of the Islamic religion."

There is an ongoing push to make chaplains available in public schools across the United States. Chaplains, also called spiritual caregivers, are religious professionals who work in secular institutions and can be of any tradition or none at all.

COMMENT: Kemi Badenoch says she lost her faith after following the Josef Fritzl case. It misses the point in what God is, writes Kat Brown – less a benevolent wishing tree with an accompanying book, more a source of inner strength

Mod Kieren says "it has been awesome to see the love the crab's gotten"

Bush-era New Atheism couldn't last forever.

Thou shalt not pass — or make a fool of yourself trying.

A textualist solution to controversies over religious hiring.

With the start of another high school football season around the corner, a long-simmering dispute has heated up: prayers at games.

IN FOCUS: There can be severe social consequences to leaving your religion behind, but many continue to do it, spurred on by a desire to live and learn independently. Taz Ali meets the people who’ve used their freedom from faith to discover themselves for the very first time – and…

The IRS will offer religious congregations more freedom to endorse political candidates without jeopardizing their tax-exempt status, the agency said in a July 2025 court filing. President Donald Trump has previously vowed to abolish the Johnson Amendment, which bars charitable nonprofits from taking part in political campaigns – although the…

As I learned with ayahuasca, the greatest healing often comes from the most challenging experiences.