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Southern Baptists target porn, sports betting, same-sex marriage and ‘willful childlessness’

Southern Baptists meeting this week in Dallas will be asked to approve resolutions calling for a legal ban on pornography and a reversal of the U.S. Supreme Court's approval of same-sex marr...

Spanish Muslims retrace ancient Hajj route on horseback

Route from Andalusia to Mecca was used in 1491

Symbolism and smiles during the stoning of the devil

Ritual at the Hajj has different meanings

Why Sacred Harp singers are revamping an iconic pre-Civil War hymnal

The American folk tradition is as much about the community as it is the music

How a Raleigh ministry decided to help resettle Afrikaners

‘We don't get to discriminate,’ says Marc Wyatt, director of Welcome House

Pope Leo XIV lays out vision of papacy

First American-born pope identifies AI as a main challenge for humanity

How long was the longest conclave? Facts about the secret voting to elect a pope

VATICAN CITY – “Conclave” the film may have introduced moviegoers to the spectacular ritual and drama of a modern conclave, but the periodic voting to elect a new pope has been going on for...

Brazilian nun who was the world’s oldest person has died at 116

‘I'm young, pretty and friendly,’ she told visitors

About 250,000 mourners pay last respects to Pope Francis

Western leaders attend during three days of public viewing

Thousands of pilgrims trek through New Mexico desert to historic adobe church for Good Friday

For generations, people have walked to reach El Santuario de Chimayó on the holy day

Crowds flock to newest Catholic saint in Assisi

Carlo Acutis, the first millennial saint, is a teen whose ordinariness is the draw

Doctor cites the pope's ‘surprising improvement’

‘I believe that he will return if not to 100%, 90% of where he was before’