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Thousands of baptisms by Arizona priest presumed invalid

PHOENIX – The priest was beloved by his parishioners – yet for years he made a one-word ritual mistake, repeatedly, that has caused confusion and anxiety for thousands of Catholics in the Ph...

Catholic school enrollment rebounds after sharp drop

Enrollment in Catholic schools in the United States rose 3.8% from the previous academic year, rebounding from a sharp drop caused by the coronavirus pandemic, Catholic education officials r...

How does a religious upbringing affect academic outcomes?

In America, the demographic circumstances of a child’s birth substantially shape academic success. Sociologists have spent decades studying how factors beyond students’ control – including t...

Suds in the sanctuary: Breweries populate vacant U.S. churches

Bruce Lindsay never expected to own a church. But when his mother died shortly before the pandemic, he wanted to use his inheritance to do something extraordinary. “My mother, if she were al...

Historic city churches find new life as neighborhood centers

MINNEAPOLIS – The pews were rocking at Holy Trinity on a recent Sunday as worshippers from the Minnesota Swahili Christian Congregation sang and danced beneath the lofty, dark-wood-trimmed c...

Faith in the metaverse: A VR quest for community, fellowship

Under quarantine for COVID-19 exposure, Garret Bernal and his family missed a recent Sunday church service. So he strapped on a virtual reality headset and explored what it would be like to ...

Thich Nhat Hanh, influential Zen Buddhist monk, dies at 95

HANOI, Vietnam – Thich Nhat Hanh, the revered Zen Buddhist monk who helped spread the practice of mindfulness in the West and socially engaged Buddhism in the East, has died. He was 95. ...

At many churches, pandemic hits collection plates, budgets

Biltmore United Methodist Church of Asheville, North Carolina, is for sale.

Can a Christian flag fly at City Hall? The Supreme Court will have to decide

There are three flagpoles outside Boston City Hall. One flies the United States flag. Another flies the Massachusetts state flag. What can – and can’t – fly from the third is an issue being ...

Ex-boarding school for Native children owning up to its past

PINE RIDGE, S.D. – Middle schooler Rarity Cournoyer stood at the heart of the Red Cloud Indian School campus and chanted a prayer song firmly and solemnly in the Lakota language – in a place...

Mormon women’s influence expands despite priesthood ban

SALT LAKE CITY – When she was younger, Sharon Eubank figured she would one day marry and form the kind of nuclear family typically expected of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter...

Across U.S., houses of worship struggle to rebuild attendance

When Westminster United Methodist Church in Houston resumed in-person services late last year, after a seven-month halt because of COVID-19, there were Sundays when only three worshippers sh...