Religion News Service

Jackline Mukisa sobbed as she described how her 8-year-old son was found in a nearby swamp in February without teeth, lips, ears and genitals.

Stroll down Ifestou Street in the bustling Monastiraki market, and you’ll spy ropes of necklaces, bracelets and keychains bedecked with the mati, or “eye.” 

Texas officials have written to President Trump urging him to follow up on his tweeted endorsement of federal disaster relief for churches after Hurricane Harvey.

Abdul El-Sayed, a 32-year-old liberal doctor in Detroit, is mounting a surprisingly robust bid to become the nation's first Muslim governor.

American Catholic: Leaders in the Catholic Church, like leaders in any organization, hate scandals. They wish that they never happen, and when they do, they try to deal with them internally so as not to get a lot of bad publicity.

A Catholic priest from India who was freed after being held 18 months in Yemen said Saturday that he was never physically harmed.

An interfaith coalition has told the Supreme Court there is “no principled basis” for President Trump’s travel ban on Muslim-majority nations.

American Catholic: Attacking the bishops is almost always counterproductive, especially if you are Catholic. Rule No. 1 for politicians: Never debate theology with bishops.

After years of criticism, the Archdiocese of Santa Fe has released the names of 74 priests and religious leaders who were accused or later found guilty of sexually abusing children.

American Catholic: Over its 2,000-year history, the Catholic liturgy has constantly changed in response to new situations and cultures. Like software, it must continue to be updated and adjusted to the people and cultures of today. 

Thousands of Christians and Muslims came together to celebrate the consecration of Kosovo's first Roman Catholic cathedral in the name of St. Teresa of Calcutta.

Nashville, Tenn. -- Paula White, President Trump's most prominent spiritual adviser, told a crowd of journalists at the Religion News Association's annual conference that she is certain President Trump is not a racist and that he "understands ... repentance."

America Catholic: I am looking forward to the annual Religion News Association meeting in Nashville. I enjoy the company of religion journalists, but I know many old friends won't be there.

The future of religion in America is young, non-Christian and technicolor.

Evangelical leaders who have met with Trump administration officials say they talk about a range of policy issues when they visit the White House.

Here’s a list of some of the key evangelical leaders — mostly men but also one woman — who were on President Donald Trump’s campaign evangelical executive advisory board and/or have served in an advisory role since his inauguration.

After being elected president with 81 percent of the white evangelical vote, Trump retains unprecedented ties with a group of conservative Christian religious leaders.

The theological differences that led to the Protestant Reformation 500 years ago have dwindled since in both the United States and Western Europe.

American Catholic: "Some of the greatest Christians I know are people who don’t actually have a faith system that they believe in, but in their activity, in the way they conduct themselves, there is a goodness there.”

Nigerian clergy say at least 1,000 churches have been destroyed in the six-year insurgency, which the government declared crushed last year.