A federal court in Michigan enjoined the Board of Governors of Wayne State University from revoking a Christian student organization’s status, finding that the university violated the group’s rights by stripping its recognition as a legitimate student group because the group requires that its “faith leaders profess to be faithful.”
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Christians in the Holy Land are marking Good Friday this year amid signs the coronavirus crisis is winding down, with religious sites open to limited numbers of faithful but none of the mass pilgrimages usually seen in the Holy Week leading up to Easter.
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A Holy Thursday service in Paris was held at Notre Dame cathedral, which is still under construction after it was ravaged by flames just days before Easter in 2019, its spire crumbling in a shocking blaze.
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In time for the holiest day on the church calendar, a federal injunction means that the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Washington can welcome as many worshippers as other pandemic-minded guidelines will allow.
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The district court shouldn’t have granted administrators qualified immunity for an Iowa university’s violation of a religious student group’s constitutional rights, an appeals panel found.
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The trial against two former Central African Republic officials charged with dozens of counts of murder, torture and the destruction of religious sites is expected to take several years before a final judgment is delivered.
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The federal panel endorsed immunity for the website, which had banned a pastor over videos in which he identified as a “former homosexual.”
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PARIS (AFP) — A 15th century “birthing girdle,” inscribed with prayers and a well-thumbed crucifix image, was likely actively used
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Pope Francis spread a message of peace between peoples and religions during a three-day trip to war-ravaged Iraq that saw him meet a powerful Shiite cleric and boost the hopes of a dwindling Christian community.
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A Polish court on Tuesday acquitted three activists who had been accused of desecration and offending religious feelings for producing and distributing images of a revered Roman Catholic icon altered to include the LGBT rainbow.
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An analysis from the University of Chicago finds more similarities than differences in the morals driving atheists and believers in God, challenging the notion of the amoral atheist.
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The trial of two Christian militants from the Central African Republic will resume next month and could take years before a final judgment is handed down.
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Two former Central African Republic militia leaders pleaded not guilty to dozens of charges of murder, torture and the destruction of religious sites at the start of their trial Tuesday before the International Criminal Court.
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A split Seventh Circuit panel ruled that a holiday nativity scene displayed on the grounds of a county courthouse does not violate the Constitution.
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In a major ruling on free speech and religion, a city that has flown hundreds of flags supporting other causes was allowed to rebuff a Christian one.
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Lebanon handed back two 18th-century religious icons of Jesus and Mary to Greece on Tuesday after they were seized during an auction, a judicial source said.
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The single-dollar court verdict against a DJ who groped Taylor Swift helped the Supreme Court grapple Tuesday with an guttered free-speech case against a public college.
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The Greek government relented and allowed limited attendance at churches celebrating the feast of the Epiphany on Wednesday, reversing a ban on attendance designed to limit the spread of the coronavirus.
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The number of congressional lawmakers who identify as Christian remains disproportionately high compared to the rapidly shrinking Christian population in the American public, the Pew Research Center reported Monday.
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Greece’s powerful Orthodox Church is rebelling against a government order to briefly close places of worship under a weeklong drive to tighten virus restrictions before the planned reopening of schools.
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