Supreme Court turns down pregame prayer case
After a nine-year legal battle, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up an appeal by a Tampa Christian school that contended its speech rights were violated when it was prevented from offering a prayer over a stadium loudspeaker before a 2015 state championship football game.
Oklahoma pastor faces human trafficking, sexual battery charges
An Oklahoma City-area pastor is facing new charges after investigators say he exploited and trafficked members of his congregation.
'Text With Jesus' AI chatbot app grows rapidly despite blasphemy criticism
App creator Stéphane Peter tells FOX Business no pastors were directly involved in Text With Jesus' development.
Man hauled away by security after urinating on main altar at St. Peter’s Basilica: report
The latest in a series of disturbances at St. Peter’s Basilica prompted swift intervention by plainclothes police when a man was accused of urinating on the main altar.
Russell M. Nelson, oldest LDS president, dies at 101
Russell M. Nelson, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the oldest leader in the faith’s history, died Saturday at his home in Salt Lake City at the age of 101.
Grand Blanc Township church shooting: 5 dead after shooting, fire at LDS church
Five people are dead, including the shooter, and eight others are hospitalized after a shooting Sunday morning at a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township, according to police.
New Orleans Archdiocese agrees to $230M settlement for clergy sex abuse survivors
The archdiocese's bankruptcy case, filed in May 2020, is one of the longest-running cases related to church abuse.
Pope Leo XIV announces two new saints, including first canonized millennial
Carlo Acutis created a multilingual website documenting Eucharistic miracles before dying of leukemia at 15.
Church leaders arrested in multi-state money laundering, forced labor investigation
Two church leaders have been arrested in an alleged multi-million-dollar conspiracy after multiple FBI raids across the country on Wednesday morning, including one in Hillsborough County's exclusive Avila neighborhood.
Dr. James Dobson, Focus on the Family founder, dead at 89
Dr. James Dobson, founder of the Focus on the Family Christian ministry and former advisor to five U.S. presidents, has died at 89.
‘Chamber of horrors’ finally being exhumed at mass baby grave site
The site, run by the Bon Secours Sisters, has forced Ireland and the Catholic Church to confront a legacy of shunning unmarried mothers.
Illinois landlord who killed 6-year-old Muslim boy in 2023 hate crime has died, police say
Joseph Czuba, the landlord who was convicted of murdering Wadea Al-Fayoume, 6, and attacking his mother in a 2023 hate crime, has died.
Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart dies at 90
Family members of the Rev. Jimmy Swaggart say the famed 1980s televangelist has passed away at the age of 90.
Poll shows low support for taxpayer-funded religious schools
The recent poll sheds light on an ongoing debate involving the role of religion in public schools.
Security guard kills gunman at Wayne church
The Wayne Police Department say they responded to an active shooter at Crosspointe Church in the 3600 block of Glenwood Road at around 11 a.m.
Kingdom Ministry Iowa camp investigated, 88 kids removed amid abuse claims
Authorities in Columbus Junction, Iowa, said they removed 88 minors from a church camp earlier this month after receiving reports of alleged abuse.
Historian who found Ireland's mass grave of babies was scorned in hometown
Catherine Corless, the historian who found the gravesite of nearly 800 babies and children beneath an Irish home for unwed mothers, was widely ridiculed for her life's work.
America's longest-running TV evangelist, Jimmy Swaggart, in critical condition after cardiac episode
Jimmy Swaggart's son says only a 'miracle' can save the influential preacher who has broadcasted longer than any other American evangelist.
Watch: Beatboxing nun shows off unusual talent on TV
Two Brazilian nuns have gone viral after an impromptu beatboxing and dance performance on the Catholic TV channel Pai Eterno.
Supreme Court blocks launch of nation's first public religious school
Oklahoma cannot proceed with opening the nation’s first publicly funded religious school after a 4-4 Supreme Court vote.