Faith - The Journal

Qatar sentences country’s Baha’i leader to 5 years for social media posts

He allegedly ‘cast doubt on the foundations of the Islamic religion’

DATE: Aug 15, 2025 | CATEGORY: Faith

Trump’s religious rhetoric clashes with Canada’s secular politics

‘We have a political leadership that keeps its religion quiet’

DATE: Aug 2, 2025 | CATEGORY: Faith

Christian patriarchs make rare visit to Gaza after deadly Israeli strike on church

Strike draws condemnation from pope and Trump

DATE: Jul 19, 2025 | CATEGORY: Faith

Nobel Peace Prize laureate says Iran threatens her life after its war with Israel

Narges Mohammadi keeps up statements about theocracy, rights

DATE: Jul 12, 2025 | CATEGORY: Faith

A volunteer finds the Holy Grail of abolitionist-era Baptist documents in Massachusetts

GROTON, Massachusetts – Jennifer Cromack was combing through the American Baptist archive when she uncovered a slim box among some 18th and 19th century journals. Opening it, she found a scr...

DATE: Jul 4, 2025 | CATEGORY: Faith

Crowds block Armenian security forces seeking to arrest a clergyman who criticized the government

YEREVAN, Armenia – Security forces faced off with crowds Friday at the headquarters of the Armenian Apostolic Church as the government sought to arrest a clergyman in the latest move agains...

DATE: Jun 27, 2025 | CATEGORY: Faith

Supreme Court says Maryland parents can pull their kids from public school lessons using LGBTQ books

Lack of ‘opt-out’ goes against 'free exercise’ of religion

DATE: Jun 27, 2025 | CATEGORY: Faith

Court blocks Louisiana law requiring schools to post Ten Commandments in classrooms

NEW ORLEANS – A panel of three federal appellate judges has ruled that a Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in each of the state's public school classrooms is unconsti...

DATE: Jun 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Faith

Pope Leo XIV flags AI impact on kids’ intellectual and spiritual development

Calls for safeguards to respect human dignity and diversity

DATE: Jun 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Faith

‘Absolutely revolting’ church play depicting Navajo medicine man in hell sparks outrage

Navajo Nation Council issues letter to Gallup church

DATE: Jun 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

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...

DATE: Jun 9, 2025 | CATEGORY: Faith

Spanish Muslims retrace ancient Hajj route on horseback

Route from Andalusia to Mecca was used in 1491

DATE: Jun 6, 2025 | CATEGORY: Faith