Religion

LONDON (AP) — The trial of radical British preacher Anjem Choudary on a charge of leading a terrorist organization will start in May of next year, a judge said Friday. Choudary, 56, is also charged with two other counts under the…

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s security situation has deteriorated after recent Quran burnings in the country and protests in the Muslim world, both of which have negatively impacted the Nordic nation’s image, its domestic security service…

No, I said to myself.  I must be reading this newspaper article wrong.  I wasn’t.  Here it is.   ”“Israel protests as Sweden allows Torah burning outside embassy on Saturday.” Israeli officials protested to Sweden on Friday after local…

ROME (AP) — A U.S.-based group that tracks how the Catholic hierarchy deals with allegations of sexual abuse by clergy says Pope Francis made a “troubling” choice in appointing an Argentine prelate to a powerful Vatican office that…

WASHINGTON (RNS) — A group of more than 30 Catholic Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives unveiled a “statement of principles ”on Saturday (June 24) reaffirming their support for abortion rights and expanding on a similar letter…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Under the plaintive painted eyes of the holy, a volunteer team of two United Nations-backed engineers watched as a whirling laser took a million measurements a second inside Kyiv’s All Saints Church. The laser swept…

(RNS) — In the height of the pandemic, many Americans who attended in-person worship services turned to their computers and their couches instead for virtual viewing. Now, the Pew Research Center finds a third of Americans regularly…

(RNS) — At the start of Pride month, a small rainbow flag spotted on the set of “The Chosen,” the wildly popular TV series on Jesus’ life, has triggered a dust-up among fans of the show on social media. The hand-size flag, usually…

(RNS) — What’s the future of religion in America?  The big story of the past couple of decades is, of course, the rise of the nones — the burgeoning proportion of Americans who, when asked, “What is your religion, if any?” answer,…

(RNS) — A group of former followers of Dave Ramsey has sued the Christian finance guru and radio host, along with his company and a marketing firm, for endorsing a failed timeshare exit company that allegedly defrauded customers out of…