The Catholic Church in the United States has always had a knack for responding not just to the needs of the faithful but of society at large. Consider, for example, the U.S. bishops’ Religious Freedom ...

In a world replete with geopolitical tensions, economic disparities, and environmental challenges, the issue of religious freedom has often been sidelined and treated as a second-rate human right. Now ...

This year’s annual gathering of religious studies and biblical scholars will take a stand for academic freedom.

Almost 100 faith leaders wrote to President Trump urging him to put pressure on Syria’s Ahmed al-Sharaa not to block ...

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In June, BYU professors Sam Hardy and Justin Dyer published research regarding religious deidentification and its effects on ...

On Tuesday, a legal battle in Maine moved to the federal court of appeals in Boston, bringing a fight over public funding in religious schools one step closer to the United States Supreme Court. The ...