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  How did sports betting spread in spite of faith leaders?

  Some of the nation’s largest faith groups have long considered gambling a menace to society, but some faith leaders feel like they are fighting an uphill battle.

  02/06/2024 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

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  CVS employee fired for refusing to sell birth control sues

  A former CVS Health employee filed a federal lawsuit in Florida against the company after she was fired for refusing to prescribe contraceptives due to her religious beliefs.

  02/05/2024 - By Fiona André / Religion News Service

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  Biden speaks of praying, working for peace

  President Joe Biden vowed to keep working and praying for resolutions to global conflicts as he addressed the National Prayer Breakfast.

  02/02/2024 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

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  Respect for religious diversity voiced, but hate crimes rise

  More than 90 percent of surveyed American adults say they support religious pluralism, the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty found in its latest Religious Freedom Index, contrary to acts of religious hatred and intolerance amid the Israel-Hamas War.

  01/22/2024 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  Chicago pastors help the city grapple with flood of migrants

  Chicago already was facing a homelessness crisis before Texas Gov. Greg Abbott began directing thousands of migrants entering his state to places that had declared themselves migrant-friendly sanctuary cities.

  01/18/2024 - By Rebekah Barber / Religion News Service

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  Evangelicals ask candidates: Seek biblical immigration solutions

  The Evangelical Immigration Table and World Relief issued a letter Jan. 11 to U.S. presidential candidates urging them to consider biblical principles when drafting solutions to the immigration crisis.

  01/16/2024 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  Religious leaders mark MLK Day with voter mobilization

  For Black church leaders and multiracial coalitions, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, less than 300 days from Election Day, has come to represent the unofficial start to voter mobilization efforts.

  01/15/2024 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

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  TikTok account spotlights dangers of Christian nationalism

  The @EndChristianNationalism TikTok account has gained more than 40,000 followers and earned 600,000-plus likes in the past year.

  01/09/2024 - By Kathryn Post / Religion News Service

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  At church, Biden denounces ‘poison’ of white supremacy

  President Joe Biden denounced the white supremacy he said led to deadly violence at Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church almost nine years ago.

  01/09/2024 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

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  Muslim couple’s lawsuit against school district dismissed

  A federal judge in Illinois ruled a state school district is not responsible for the actions of a teacher who allegedly proselytized students in a public school classroom, leading a Muslim student to convert to Christianity.

  01/08/2024 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

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  How widespread is Christian nationalism? It’s complicated

  A new study estimates about 30 percent of Americans are open to the ideas associated with Christian nationalism. However, the study’s authors say those who adhere to or sympathize with the ideology are a more complex group than other studies have found.

  12/19/2023 - By Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service

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  Black church coalition names health equity as a priority

  The Conference of National Black Churches has called on African American congregations to embrace a list of priorities—from “government-sponsored reparations” to improved access to health care—as they move out of a pandemic era and into an election year.

  12/15/2023 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service