Augustus Tolton was ordained in Rome in 1886. Previously, the only Black Catholic priests in the US had been men who ...

Suleiman Ghawanmeh is tired of talking. For over 10 years, he talked himself hoarse until he realized his words could not save his community from being driven out. After his final appeal for help came ...

Hinduism gained ground in the region in the early centuries of the Common Era because it provided elites with a fully-fleshed metaphysical package along with literacy.

Research has shown that claims of increased church attendance, particularly among young people, ‘may be misleading’ ...

When the Pew Research Center asked Mainers in 2023 and 2024 what religions they followed, the most common answer wasn’t Catholicism or Evangelical Protestantism. It was “nothing in particular.”  But ...

We live in a world where conversations about religion and secularity often paint an oversimplified picture. You've probably ...

Daniel Cox of the American Enterprise Institute agrees that we are not at an inflection point of religious awakening. He cites flat or waning attendance rates for churches, especially the recent ...

From a subcontinent impoverished by centuries of exploitative and often brutal colonial rule, India is today once again the ...

(RNS) — Ryan Burge calls it 'trying to put smoke in a box' — mapping religious decline when people can't explain their own choices and churches won't die on schedule.

All the religious trends you’re wrong about.

How the Hollowing Out of Moderate Congregations Is Hurting Democracy, Faith, and Us” may be the decade’s most important book ...

The average price for gasoline in northern West Virginia has dropped by 10 cents over the past week, now sitting at $2.623 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s latest Gas Price Report. Across ...