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Many conservative commentators are apoplectic over these remarks by President Obama at the National Prayer Breakfast yesterday: But we also see faith being twisted and distorted, used as a wedge — or…

No religious leader has ever addressed a Joint meeting of Congress—so, why now?

The Boston Globe reported this week that the U.S. State Department will appoint a special envoy “to advocate for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people overseas.” Legislation…

It may be Women’s Week at the Vatican, but you have to look carefully at the skirts to find many women. However well-intentioned Vatican officials may be, they embody Murphy’s Law when it comes to…

Will Democrats boycott Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech on March 3? Why didn’t Republican National Committee members boycott a trip to Israel hosted by the American Renewal Project…

Pope Francis has promised to lift up women’s voices and create more meaningful roles for women in the church, but if the Vatican’s latest bumbling effort to do so is any indication, it might be better…

New York Times columnist David Brooks is way behind the curve when it comes to post-theistic ethics and religion. In yesterday’s column, ” Building Better Secularists,” what he actually builds is a…

There were no saints in the California missions.

According to one common reaction to Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, the Court set a precedent in nonsense by supposing that a corporation—an artificial legal construct—could engage in an exercise of religion…

This month an Icelandic Pagan organization called the Ásatrúarfélag (roughly translated,* “the fellowship of those who trust in the ancient gods”) will begin construction of a temple in Öskjuhlíð hill…