Kathryn Post

'I know there are plenty of people out there who believe animals have no souls,’ said Giuliano. ‘And I cannot accept one of God’s creation is, spiritually, the equivalent of a cup of ice cream.'

Is there an ethical or spiritual way to kill an animal?

That’s the question that animates "Christspiracy: The Spirituality Secret," the forthcoming documentary that suggests Jesus and many of his early followers opposed the killing and eating of animals. 

While reductive narratives depict priests as perfect heroes or evil villains, truth is more complicated, says Fr. Stephen Fichter, writer and producer of the streaming movie "Trinity's Triumph."

In her new book Black Liturgies: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Staying Human, Cole Arthur Riley centers Black emotions, experiences, memories and bodies in every prayer, mantra and poem.

America's religiously unaffiliated, or "nones," are largely defined by what they are not, rather than what they are. So as they've multiplied, it's perhaps unsurprising that they've also been shrouded in myths and misconceptions.

Over two decades since DreamWorks' widely acclaimed 1998 animated movie "The Prince of Egypt" wooed religious and nonreligious viewers alike, a live-action staged version debuted on streaming platforms in December.

Recent polls report a swift and decisive drop in support for the president among Muslim and Arab American voters amid the Israel-Hamas war.

When not leading prayers, attending marches or checking on community members, Anwar Arafat, an imam of a large Memphis, Tennessee, mosque, has been glued to his phone. His spare moments are consumed by reading the news and checking WhatsApp for updates from his sprawling Palestinian family in Gaza. So far, none of his family members have been killed. But the situation is only growing more tenuous.

"In the Lord’s prayer, we ask that his will be done on earth as in heaven. So how can we make the situation better?" asked Erin Haynes, who is leading the study.

She is the first African woman to receive the prize, which is valued at 1.1 million British pounds (over $1.3 million).

In 2013, then-Catholic priest and would-be artist Kevin Barry McGoldrick was transferred from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia to the Diocese of Nashville, where he became chaplain of Aquinas College.

Gracie Morbitzer paints her saints with dreadlocks, tattoos, headphones and cigarettes, and commissions of her saints are in churches and schools all over the world.

Kyle Meyaard-Schaap's Following Jesus in a Warming World is a field guide for Christian climate action.

Vladimir Putin ordered Russian troops Jan. 5 to recognize a 36-hour truce throughout Ukraine during the Orthodox Christmas holiday weekend. The announcement came in response to an appeal by Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, who called for a cease-fire lasting from noon Jan. 6  through Jan. 7.

Over 1,000 U.S. faith leaders are calling for a Christmas cease-fire in Ukraine 10 months after Russia invaded its neighbor. The leaders, who represent a broad range of faiths, said they hoped a temporary truce could lead to the negotiation of permanent peace.

This December, Christian congregations will belt “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” and priests will wax poetic about Old Testament prophecies. As they do so, a group of Jewish, Christian and Muslim educators is calling on them to examine where antisemitic ideas might be lurking undetected.

"There's really no space in the nonprofit world, racial justice world or the ministry world that is just for women of color."

Hurricane Fiona, the latest storm to strike Puerto Rico, arrived as groups like Catholic Extension were still working to restore church buildings damaged by Hurricane Maria five years earlier.

Some adoptees are challenging the often-religious argument that adoption is a simple, sacred and mutually beneficial solution to abortion.

Catholic lawmakers in Colorado who have been asked by their bishops to voluntarily refrain from Communion say the church leaders are "weaponizing" the Eucharist to punish the legislators for their votes for an abortion rights bill.