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Reuters Banning Muslim Veils Tends to Backfire—Why Do Countries Keep Doing It?
Denmark has become the latest country to prohibit wearing the burqa and niqab in public.
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Tami Chappell / Reuters The Pope's Groundbreaking Rejection of the Death Penalty
In a revised version of the Catechism, the punishment is deemed unacceptable in all cases.
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Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP The Trump Administration Convenes the ‘Super Bowl’ of Religious Freedom
The event has sent a strong message that the U.S. wants to spread democratic values—if only the president will cooperate.
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Dan Cretu / Getty / Katie Martin / ... Artificial Intelligence Shows Why Atheism Is Unpopular
“I lose sleep at night on this.”
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Ronen Zvulun / Reuters Israel's New Law Inflames the Core Tension in Its Identity
Critics, especially Jews in the diaspora, see it as a definitive declaration in favor of a Jewish identity at the expense of a democratic one.
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Rodger Mallison / Star-Telegram / AP Even Never Trump Evangelicals Might Be Swayed by the Supreme Court
Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination is one sign of unity among divided denominations.
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Jim Bourg / Reuters Brett Kavanaugh Has GOP Bona Fides—and a Controversial Record
Trump's Supreme Court pick faces a brutal nomination fight ahead.
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Khalid Al-Mousily / Reuters The Rise of Iraq's Young Secularists
On Facebook and in the cafés of decimated Mosul, they envision a country free from political Islam. Do they have a shot?
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters The Coming Battle to Overturn Roe v. Wade
Anthony Kennedy’s retirement could have a huge effect on a number of issues. Abortion may be the biggest.
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Toya Sarno Jordan / Reuters The Supreme Court Hands a Win to the Pro-Life Movement
Conservative justices decided in favor of crisis-pregnancy centers in NIFLA v. Becerra on First Amendment grounds.
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Customs and Border Patrol / Reuters Religious Leaders Condemn Family Separations—but Not Necessarily Trump
His “zero-tolerance” policy has been called “traumatic” and “cruel.” But his most stalwart supporters are sticking with him.
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Yara Nardi / Reuters The Pope's Turnaround on Sex Abuse May Have a ‘Tsunami Effect’
Francis is trying to fix a series of “grave errors” in Chile, and allegedly affirmed the gay identity of a victim there.
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Reuters A Black Bishop Brings a Political Message to the Royal Wedding
The head of the Episcopal Church spoke about poverty, hunger, and war during Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s nuptials.
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Ammar Awad / Reuters Jerusalem’s Ramadan Is Different This Year
The Muslim holy month began during a dramatic and deadly week in a region where even religious events are shrouded in politics.
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Rebecca Cook / Reuters The End of Trump Won't Be the End of Trumpism
A new book—tweeted out by the president himself—argues that America is in the midst of a populist realignment.
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Baz Ratner / Reuters Celebration in Jerusalem, Bloodshed in Gaza
The new American embassy opens during a chaotic and violent week in the Middle East—and it's just the beginning.
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Margaret Hagan A Design Lab Is Making Rituals for Secular People
Will it work?
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Fabrizio Bensch / Reuters There’s More to Being Jewish Than Fighting Anti-Semitism
A new book looks at the fight against resurgent hatred in Trump’s America, but its prescriptions can’t address the other crisis facing American Judaism.
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Mohammed Salem / Reuters Muslims Recoil at a French Proposal to Change the Quran
Some of France’s most prominent figures, concerned about anti-Semitism, have signed a shocking manifesto aimed at curbing it.
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Leah Millis / Reuters Trump Creates a Not-So-New Faith Office in the White House
The president’s initiative sounds a lot like those of Barack Obama and George W. Bush. But the religious influences on Trump’s government are radically different.
