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Alexandra Rose Howland The Impossible Future of Christians in the Middle East
An ancient faith is disappearing from the lands in which it first took root. At stake is not just a religious community, but the fate of pluralism in the region.
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Alessandra Tarantino / AP Pope Francis Stops Hiding From the Church’s Sexual-Abuse Epidemic
The leader of the Catholic Church has issued rules creating worldwide accountability for reporting allegations of abuse. But he still faces deep cynicism from the body faithful.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters AIPAC Is Losing Control of the Narrative on Israel
American Jews are very uncomfortable with Trump, but the pro-Israel lobby has embraced him wholeheartedly.
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Frank Franklin II / Associated Press ‘This Could Have Been Their 9/11 Moment’
A generation of young American Muslims is coming of age in a time when a mass shooting at a mosque is horrifying, but not surprising.
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Craig F. Walker / The Boston Globe / … Why Does the Catholic Church Keep Failing on Sexual Abuse?
Cardinal Seán O'Malley has spent decades cleaning up after pedophile priests. Now he's once again found himself in the middle of a crisis.
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Charlie Rosser These Preachers Perform Mass Exorcisms—And Live-Stream Them
In Ethiopia, some monks are using Facebook and YouTube to gain thousands of disciples, who see them as modern Messiahs.
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Dado Ruvic / Reuters Want to Cultivate a Liberal European Islam? Look to Bosnia.
Throughout the 20th century, Bosnian Muslim thinkers offered creative theological interpretations that squared with European life.
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David Gray / Reuters China Reneges on Its Deals. The Vatican Is Learning That the Hard Way.
The disappearance of a bishop is an object lesson in interacting with Beijing.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters China’s Mass Detention of Muslims Is a Test for Trump
The Trump administration has been slamming Beijing for its Uighur internment camps. But some worry that criticism will go quiet after the G20.
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Charles Platiau / Reuters Trump's Evangelical Advisers Hear from the Saudi Crown Prince on Khashoggi
“I may have caused some of our people to love our kingdom too much.”
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Mario Tama / Getty The Witches of Baltimore
Young black women are leaving Christianity and embracing African witchcraft in digital covens.
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Darrian Traynor / Getty A Theological Murder Mystery Is Rattling Christians in Egypt
What motivated the killing of a bishop inside his own monastery?
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Hannah Mckay / Reuters How a Comedian Pushed Ireland Into a Referendum on Blasphemy
Stephen Fry called God “stupid” in an interview three years ago. Now voters are headed to the polls.
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Baz Ratner / Reuters A Dead Sea Scrolls Forgery Casts Doubt on the Museum of the Bible
Controversy over the dubious sourcing of artifacts has dogged the museum since its inception. Why hasn’t it learned its lesson?
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Tony Gentile / Reuters Pope Francis Is Still Equivocating on the Sex-Abuse Crisis
He stands by those to whom he’s loyal but, when faced with new evidence, is also willing to change his mind.
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Alessandro Bianchi / Reuters The Catholic Sex-Abuse Scandal Takes Down a Cardinal
The pope has accepted the resignation of the leader of the Archdiocese of Washington. What happens next?
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Boris Pelcer What Óscar Romero’s Canonization Says About Pope Francis
Reassessing the Catholic Church’s dubious history in Latin America
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Sputnik Photo Agency / Reuters Ukraine’s Spiritual Split From Russia Could Trigger a Global Schism
For Moscow, the crisis is geopolitical as well as religious.
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Rami Niemi How Much Would You Pay for a Prayer?
In India, thousands are embracing apps that allow them to pay for a ritual to be performed on their behalf.
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Michaela Rehle / Reuters Why a Small Jewish Group Is Supporting a German Party With Anti-Semitic Ties
The formation of “Jews in the AfD” is baffling to many, but it’s also part of a larger pattern across Europe.
