On Africa trip, Pope Leo XIV condemns war and brushes off Trump criticism

Sabbath observance is dwindling on the islands of the Outer Hebrides

Evangelical churches flourish among Indigenous communities in Ecuador

In one of the world’s most secular countries, some Gen Z Christians are finding faith again — but not at church

A rapper finds peace and a channel for his activism through hip-hop and Islam

Some Russians push back against a church building spree in Moscow

After Assad’s fall, a revered Shia shrine in Syria faces a new era of uncertainty

The life and legacy of Pope Francis

Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff who ministered with a charming, humble style, dies at 88

For more than a century, a synagogue known as the ‘Carnegie Hall of Brooklyn’ has been home to the US’ greatest cantors

Ukrainian military chaplains tend to soldiers and others at risk amid the ongoing fighting

A Baha’i temple in Uganda’s bustling capital offers a rare respite

Crimean Tatars mark Ramadan while in exile from the Crimean Peninsula

Japan moves to shut down the Unification Church 

What South America’s largest Buddhist temple says about the religion’s growing influence in Brazil 

Kolkata’s Jewish population is dwindling

On this remote isle, an icon of the Virgin Mary has endured the flames of war

Holy Catholic relics from shuttered institutions are preserved on a New York campus

As Catholic faith ebbs in Spain, missionary priests come to the rescue

‘Our community is terrified’: A faith leader talks about what it means to be a Palestinian Christian in the US

‘It so clearly discriminates against Muslims’: India rolls out faith-based test for citizenship

A far-right Dutch politician who once railed against Islam now spends his time defending it

The world celebrates Eid — including some of The World’s listeners

Iranian American composer Sahba Aminikia: Music transforms like raindrops that ‘wash this part of humanity’

Americans are prone to reading Constitution as scripture, says legal scholar

In ‘Twice Born,’ author Aatish Taseer explores the impact of caste in today’s India

Photos: The world celebrates Christmas

“Out of Many, One.” But Do We Have One American Identity?

Wealth In America: What Is It? And Who’s Got It?

“Out of Many, One.” But Do We Have One American Identity?

Novelist Mark Salzman on Devotion

Novelist Mark Salzman on Religious Devotion

Qawwali

Sonic Buddhism

Aha Moment: Matisyahu

Carlos

The Messiah of Morris Avenue

Forgive Me Father

How to Compose Psychedelic Earthquakes

Museum of God

How hate and debate came to a Connecticut mosque

Fashion, faith and culture come together through the global art of head wrapping

SHORT: Is Trump cutting the US program that could stop bombings like Manchester?

Targeting the Vulnerable, Disconnected Youth, The Pope and The President

The biggest group of current refugees in the US? Christians from Myanmar.

Religion is alive and kicking in officially atheist China

The biggest megachurch on Earth and South Korea’s ‘crisis of evangelism’

After church bombings in Cairo, a poignant Good Friday for pilgrims in Jerusalem

A Muslim immigrant and a Christian pastor find common ground — and try to connect with their Latino neighbors too

Why this Muslim American, who fled Iran in 1979, backs Trump’s travel ban

Myanmar’s Inle Lake is just one small body of water, but this man is dedicating his life to saving it

In North Carolina, an immigrant church braces for the Trump administration

They gave her the keys to the mosque — and now she wants to open its doors to the neighborhood

This Englishman’s search for truth was about the transformation of spirit, and of gender

Trust, Faith & Trump

This church offers ‘sanctuary’ to those who feel threatened under a Trump administration

In an era of ‘enormous rage,’ I’m still finding love in America

Helping Syrian refugees is the Christian thing to do, say these church leaders

Did religion save this Guatemalan town?

Did religion save this Guatemalan town?