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Trump immigration remarks intensify evangelical rift

NEW YORK – Donald Trump’s vulgar remarks questioning why the U.S. should admit immigrants from Haiti and Africa have spotlighted the bitter divide among American evangelicals about his presi...

DATE: Jan 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

Museum of the Bible, built by Hobby Lobby owner, opens in DC

WASHINGTON – Eight years ago, Hobby Lobby president Steve Green found a new way to express his Christian faith. His family’s $4 billion arts and craft chain was already known for closing sto...

DATE: Nov 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

White Christians are now a minority of U.S. population

NEW YORK – The share of Americans who identify as white and Christian has dropped below 50 percent, a transformation fueled by immigration and by growing numbers of people who reject organiz...

DATE: Sep 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Religion

More births expected for Muslims than Christians worldwide

Muslim baby boom is expected soon

DATE: Apr 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Religion

Growing prejudice in U.S. unites Jews, Muslims

Alliance builds between two faiths to fight bigotry

DATE: Mar 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Religion

Prosperity preachers picked for inauguration

Six faith leaders to participate in Jan. 20 ceremony

DATE: Dec 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: Religion

U.S. Jews grapple with election-year eruption of anti-Semitism

NEW YORK – American Jews gathered Thursday to wrestle with how they should confront an election-year surge in anti-Semitism, a level of bias not seen in the U.S. for decades. At a...

DATE: Nov 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

America’s evangelicals anxious as influence wanes

BENTON, Kentucky – Pastor Richie Clendenen stepped away from the pulpit, microphone in hand. He walked the aisles of the Christian Fellowship Church, his voice rising to describe the perils ...

DATE: Jul 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Religion

Methodists trying to prevent split over gay rights

New commission to spend 2 years reviewing policy

DATE: May 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Religion

Muslim women debate safety of hijab

Faithful weigh duty vs. risks of wearing head-coverings

DATE: Dec 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Religion

Catholic church aims to keep Latinos

In Georgia, growth among the faithful

DATE: Sep 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Religion

Catholics to promote pope’s climate-change message

NEW YORK – There will be prayer vigils and pilgrimages, policy briefings and seminars, and sermons in parishes from the U.S. to the Philippines. When Pope Francis releases his muc...

DATE: May 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Religion