Georgia Teen Planned To Attack Predominantly Black Church: Police
ATLANTA (AP) — A white 16-year-old girl is accused of plotting to attack a mostly black church in a north Georgia city, where police say she planned to kill worshippers…
Los Angeles Archbishop Is First Hispanic Man Elected To Lead U.S. Catholic Bishops
BALTIMORE (AP) — Archbishop José Gómez of Los Angeles, an immigrant from Mexico, overwhelmingly won an election Tuesday as the first Hispanic to head the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.…
Christian Comedian Popular On YouTube Accused Of Harassing Multiple Women
A popular Christian comedian has canceled his tour dates for the rest of this year after a major conservative Christian magazine published a story Wednesday in which five anonymous women…
Texas Judge Defends Hugging, Gifting Bible To Botham Jean’s Killer
A Dallas judge says her decision to hug and share Christian teachings with a convicted murderer in her courtroom was appropriate because she did so after sentencing had occurred in…
Secular Groups Claim Judge Crossed A Line By Giving Amber Guyger Her Bible
A secular advocacy organization has accused a Dallas judge of violating the separation of church and state by proselytizing to a convicted murderer in the courtroom during the final moments…
Jewish American Activists Observe The High Holidays With Protests Against ICE
Jewish Americans across the country are marking the High Holidays this year by praying with their feet ― showing up at protests to speak out against the detention and mistreatment…
Progressive Christians Decry Pastor’s Invoking Civil War Over Impeachment Effort
Progressive Christians are calling out Texas pastor Robert Jeffress for his prediction that America will face a “Civil War-like fracture” if President Donald Trump is impeached. Jeffress said in an…
Pastors Wash Immigrants’ Feet To Honor Their Difficult Journeys
As lawmakers on Capitol Hill debate how to appropriate federal funds for the next fiscal year, a group of ministers from the United Church of Christ gathered in Washington to…
Trump Labels Democrats As Non-Religious, But Surveys Show Otherwise
President Donald Trump made another appeal to his white evangelical fan base on Monday, suggesting to a crowd of supporters that Democrats aren’t religious. Speaking at a rally for the…
‘Islamophobe’ Pastor’s Church Cancels Anti-Muslim Lecture Series After Backlash
A Baptist church in Michigan has canceled a blatantly anti-Islam lecture series after heated backlash from politicians and religious leaders. Bloomfield Hills Baptist Church’s two-day event, originally scheduled to start…