Across the United States, various institutions that have faced sexual abuse allegations ranging from the Boy Scouts of America to USA Gymnastics have filed for bankruptcy. Could the Archdiocese of Baltimore follow?

The country’s ruling party wants to convert reports that the pontiff turned a blind eye toward child abuse into electoral rocket fuel.

According to the Omaha World-Herald, on May 19, 2022, employees at the organization’s office — which reportedly also contained a domestic violence shelter —heard gunshots and saw a masked man with a semiautomatic handgun enter the building. In an affidavit, one employee said she saw people fleeing the building while others lay on the ground smeared with what turned out to be fake blood.

The late Polish pope John Paul II knew about child abuse in Poland's Catholic church years before becoming pontiff and helped cover it up, private broadcaster TVN reported Sunday.

Netflix and Korean public broadcaster MBC on Thursday defeated a court application for an injunction to stop the airing of their documentary “In The Name of God: A Holy Betrayal.” The 8-part series began airing from Friday (March 3). It is a Netflix Original, meaning that the streamer has global rights, including in Korea.

According to a 2022 Gallup survey, the percentage of people who believe in God has dropped from 98% in the 1950s to 81% today; among Americans under 30, it is down to an unprecedented 68%. Up close, the trend looks even more dramatic. Only about half of Americans believe in “God as described in the Bible,” while about a quarter believe in a “higher power or spiritual force,” according to a Pew poll. Just one-third of Generation Z say they believe in God without a doubt.

Case is latest in series where church seeks to capitalise on landmark ruling that a priest’s death meant church could not receive a fair trial

This is going to be a short one. Most of you reading these words will already be familiar with what I'm about to say. It may even remind you of thoughts you've had countless times. I'm writing it because some people still need to hear it.

In between star-studded advertisements and a whole lot of football, this year’s Super Bowl watchers are being taken to church. “He Gets Us,” a campaign to promote Jesus and Christianity, is running two ads during the game as part of a staggering $100 million media investment. To many, the spots will be nothing new: “He Gets Us” content has been peppering TV screens, billboards and social media feeds since a national launch in 2022.

When Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 — many of them carrying Christian symbols like crucifixes, statues of the Virgin Mary and even life-sized portraits of Jesus Christ — a terrible thought occurred to Bradley Onishi: “Could I have been there?”

As the US adjusts to an increasingly non-religious population, thousands of churches are closing each year – probably accelerated by Covid

There are two pressing crises tied to the state of religion in America today. A new style of atheism can help answer both of them.

Missionaries help grow a Christian community in Nepal - even though converting people is illegal.

The United States has a problem with Christian nationalism. It is not a new problem, and it is important to understand that it predates Donald Trump. It has flared up in some major ways we have to confront. If we fail to do so, it will cause more harm to democracy. It is not going away on its own, not without some help.

While the number of Americans who celebrate Christmas as a cultural holiday is going strong, there has been a shocking rise in the number of people ditching Christianity — what sociologists call “nonverts.” Pew Research Center estimates that Christians will be a minority of Americans by 2070 if current trends continue.

Does part of the process of determining that a Pope has died call for him to be tapped on the forehead with a silver hammer?

In the United States, admirers of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI remembered him warmly for his theological prowess and devotion to traditional doctrine. However, some U.S. Catholics, on learning of his death Saturday , recalled him as an obstacle to progress in combating clergy sex abuse and expanding the role of women in the church.

While the number of Americans who celebrate Christmas as a cultural holiday is going strong, there has been a shocking rise in the number of people ditching Christianity — what sociologists call “nonverts.” Pew Research Center estimates that Christians will be a minority of Americans by 2070 if current trends continue.

Religion News Service columnist Mark Silk on the differing stances taken by the Catholic Church and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on the Respect for Marriage Act.

Atheists and agnostics tend to be just a healthy and satisfied with life as their religious counterparts, according to new research published in Journal of Religion and Health.