Nation Jun 16 Mass shooter found guilty of murdering 11 people at Tree of Life synagogue in 2018 Robert Bowers’ lawyers conceded at the trial’s outset that he attacked and killed worshippers at the Tree of Life synagogue on Oct. 27, 2018, in the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. history.
Nation Jun 14 Southern Baptists refuse to take back megachurch with women pastors The statement of faith for the nation's largest Protestant denomination asserts that only qualified men can serve as pastors.
Nation May 30 Trial for accused gunman in Pittsburgh synagogue massacre begins The federal jury trial of the suspect in the nation's deadliest antisemitic attack is scheduled to get underway Tuesday morning, four and a half years after the shooting deaths of 11 worshipers at a Pittsburgh synagogue.
Nation Apr 24 Trial to begin for man who killed 11 at Tree of Life synagogue in 2018 The shooting was the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history.
Politics Jan 05 Religiously, Congress doesn't reflect modern America, Pew finds The religious makeup of the incoming 118th Congress looks more like what America used to be than what it is today.
World Jul 25 WATCH: Pope apologizes for 'evil' school abuses committed against Indigenous peoples in Canada The pontiff says the forced assimilation of Native peoples into Christian society destroyed their cultures, severed their families and marginalized generations in ways still being felt today.
World Jul 24 Pope Francis visits Canada to apologize to Indigenous peoples for abuses Aboard the papal plane, Francis told reporters this was a “penitential voyage” and he urged prayers in particular for elderly people and grandparents.
Nation May 14 U.S. report details church-state collusion on Indigenous schools The role of churches forms a secondary part of the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative Investigative Report, released Wednesday after a yearlong review sparked by the 2021 discoveries of hundreds of potential graves at former residential schools in Canada. Most…
Nation Jan 19 Jewish leaders call for vigilance and solidarity after Texas hostage case For many Jewish leaders, the hostage standoff in a Texas synagogue was all too familiar.
World Dec 25 Surging COVID cases, 'jingle jabs' make for somber Christmas In the United States, many churches canceled in-person services, but for those that did have in-person worship, clerics reported smaller but significant attendance.