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Religion

A section for news and explainers on religion news — from the latest goings-on at the Vatican to explainers on Ramadan.

Procession is a doc about the Catholic sex abuse scandal. Its approach is wholly unexpected.

By Alissa Wilkinson

The Supreme Court finally figures out that religious liberty cases are hard

By Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court must decide if it loves religious liberty more than the death penalty

By Ian Millhiser

9 high-stakes issues SCOTUS will take up this term

By Ian Millhiser

The Eyes of Tammy Faye captures the moment the GOP got in bed with the Christian right

By Alissa Wilkinson

3 winners and 3 losers from the just-completed Supreme Court term

By Ian Millhiser

Abortion rights, Joe Biden, and communion: The controversy, explained

By Cameron Peters

America’s largest evangelical denomination is at war with itself

By Zack Beauchamp

An epic Supreme Court showdown over religion and LGBTQ rights ends in a whimper

By Ian Millhiser

How can we make it right? What the world’s religions have to say about justice.

By Carol Kuruvilla

The Christian right is racking up huge victories in the Supreme Court, thanks to Amy Coney Barrett

By Ian Millhiser

An unholy union

By Kim Kelly

The Supreme Court’s new decision about evangelical preachers on campus, explained

By Ian Millhiser

The psychedelic roots of Christianity

By Sean Illing

Lent, explained

By Alissa Wilkinson

The many ways Muslim prisoners are denied religious rights in prison

By Tasmiha Khan

The Supreme Court just backed away from one of its cruelest death penalty decisions

By Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court’s new, deeply fractured decision on churches and the pandemic, explained

By Ian Millhiser

The Trump presidency was a catastrophe for American Christianity

By Sean Illing

Supreme Court considers if churchgoers have a right to sing indoors in a pandemic

By Ian Millhiser

The clergy prayers at Biden’s inauguration are a signal of his priorities

By Alissa Wilkinson

Why Christians keep appropriating Jewish ritual symbols

By Alissa Wilkinson

Why pro-Trump evangelicals brought shofars to DC this week

By Alissa Wilkinson

The Supreme Court’s confusing new “religious liberty” order, explained

By Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court hands down a loss for rogue law enforcement officers — and a win for the religious right

By Ian Millhiser

Religious conservatives have won a revolutionary victory in the Supreme Court

By Ian Millhiser

Advent, explained

By Alissa Wilkinson

Advent, explained

By Alissa Wilkinson

One Good Thing: A nonfiction portrait of witchcraft that becomes a spiritual quest

By Alissa Wilkinson

One of Barrett’s first cases asks if religion is a license to discriminate against LGBTQ people

By Ian Millhiser

Muslims worldwide are protesting French President Macron’s crackdown on Islam

By Alex Ward

Pope Francis endorses same-sex civil unions

By Anna North

A gruesome murder in France rekindles the country’s debate on free speech and Islam

By Alex Ward

7 big cases the Supreme Court will hear in its new term, explained

By Ian Millhiser

Religious leaders are becoming content creators to keep their followers engaged

By Rebecca Heilweil

The Supreme Court’s surprising decision on churches and the pandemic, explained

By Ian Millhiser

Is evangelical support for Trump a contradiction?

By Sean Illing

The Supreme Court just gave Republicans a powerful new weapon against Obamacare

By Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court stripped thousands of teachers of their civil rights

By Ian Millhiser

A rabbi explains how to make sense of suffering

By Sean Illing