2) Political v. pastoral Pope. In Vatican history the ... Valeric Cardinal Valeri, 75, the Vatican’s top administrator for religious orders and an outstanding theologian.

What’s the cost of aligning Christianity to division? As the political landscape grows ever more polarized, religious language has become a tool for framing debates in extreme, all-or-nothing terms.

Post-revolutionary Iran often is depicted as a society devoid and incapable of self-criticism that is dominated by a monolithic view of religion and politics. A revolutionary Islamic ideology is ...

Five ways Catholic parishes can keep politics out of church.” (The views expressed in this opinion piece do not necessarily reflect those of Religion News Service.) ...

How you cast your ballot may depend on how you practice your faith. Studies of American politics have long shown that religion is a good predictor of how Americans vote. As a result, most ...

For someone of her stature, she is not well-known in political circles. During his victory speech, Trump referred to Wiles as the "ice maiden.” She is one of Trump’s most trusted advisers.

Apps on our phones and computers are part of daily life – we all use them in some way for a variety of different purposes. The fact our data is collected by apps isn't anything new but, ahead of ...

This approach has the underappreciated benefit of allowing tradeoffs between competing legitimate concerns – such as religious liberty ... its relationship to our political system and economy.

Although it’s difficult to prove that climate change contributed to the ascent of these strongmen, political scientists ... race, or religion. “If it’s true that threatening climate change ...

Right. Before that surprisingly flexible and shameless display of political gymnastics (a 10 from the American judges!), Roth’s first reaction was correct. No Other Land is the political ...

A quarter-century ago, the onset of the Bush v. Gore legal fight felt as unprecedented ... From Nov. 8 through Dec.12, two small armies of lawyers and political strategists went to work, fighting ...