A woman in Paris defied the Iranian clerical regime by removing her burqa to reveal an anti-Khamenei message, risking severe punishment ...

In an Iowa swing district, Democrat Sarah Trone Garriott recounts how her work as a hospital chaplain and a Lutheran minister set her on a path to public service. In deep-red Alaska, the Rev. Matt ...

Cornealious "Mike" Anderson served a little more than a year of his sentence between 2013 and 2014 when authorities discovered the clerical error. A judge released ...

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(RNS) — By allowing clergy who have opted out of the Social Security system to opt back in, the legislation will ensure that these crucial workers can continue to help the rest of us. (RNS) — In ...

Cover of a report by the Benedict XVI Centre for the Study of Religion, Ethics, and Society for the St. Barnabas Society, Nov. 2025. Image courtesy of BXVI Centre Listen Roughly a third of all ...

Pastors say the proposed law could harm religious freedoms. When Matthew Okeyo heard in 2023 that a religious sect leader had led hundreds of followers to starve to death in Kenya’s Shakahola Forest, ...

The U.S. Senate on Monday passed the Internal Revenue Service Math and Taxpayer Help Act, H.R. 998, which, among other changes, requires the IRS to provide taxpayers ...

The humble closet staple can be dressed up and down in seemingly infinite ways. Our critic offers a few options for taking it from the office to the street. By Vanessa Friedman I have a number of ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — The State of Washington and Catholic clergy members who sued over a recently passed mandatory reporting law have come to an agreement that may put the issue to rest. Clergy members ...

UN sanctions reimposed after failed talks with European powers Mounting public anger in Iran over economic hardships and inflation Concerns over potential Israeli strikes on Iranian nuclear sites ...

Many say the activist’s inflammatory statements on race should inform how we remember his life. Many Black pastors and Christians are contesting the fond memorialization of conservative activist ...