NASHVILLE, Tenn. (RNS) — President Trump’s most prominent spiritual adviser speaks to the Religion News Association’s annual conference in Nashville.

(RNS) Ben Carson withdrew from the 2016 GOP race on March 4, in the wake of losses on Super Tuesday

(RNS) More than half of the nation’s governors declared their state’s borders closed to Syrian refugees after the Nov. 13 terrorist attacks in Paris. But some churches and faith-based agencies are defying the orders.

WASHINGTON (RNS) But in his homily at the Mass, the first on his historic visit to the U.S., the pontiff made scant mention of the new saint. He instead blasted the church’s “frozen elites” and said Catholics need to get out of their comfort zones and serve others.

Fires at several predominantly black churches in Southern states the past two weeks — at least three attributed to arson — raise concerns about potential fallout from the recent South Carolina church shooting.

Religion communicators are to consider April 9-11 in Washington how faith influences news and public debate – both locally and globally. Registration is now open for the 86th annual Religion Communicators Council National Convention. Theme for the meeting, with sessions at The Newseum in Washington and The Westin Alexandria in Alexandria, Virginia, is “Faith-Based Communications: […]

How many Americans are Christian? Can you question the Virgin Birth and still be a Christian? Do Christians over-emphasize the birth of Jesus? Can Santa make it to every house in one night? And why Driscoll again, so soon?

Alan Gross is out. Germany’s Catholic bishops may allow gay church employees. J.K. Rowling’s Jewish (but not Wiccan) characters. Last Dalai Lama? First female (CofE) bishop.

God-fearing cheerleaders and the Constitution. The Texas textbook debacle. And meet Bishop Blase Cupich.

ATLANTA — Religion reporters from across the country won top honors Saturday, Sept. 20, at the Religion Newswriters Association’s 2014 awards banquet. Roy Larson was presented the William A. Reed Lifetime Achievement Award for his intrepid reporting and commitment to fostering a new generation of religion writers. Larson was a religion reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times. He […]

The fourteenth Dalai Lama says we don’t need a fifteenth. Is Putin the “new Cain?” And if you were to go into exile, would you pick the Poconos?

(RNS) Trolling for souls in God’s waiting room. Insult to injury in another botched execution. Pope Francis’ evangelical BFFs. All that and more in today’s Roundup.

Obama had to convince Christians that he wasn’t a Muslim. The would-be president of Indonesia has to convince Muslims that he’s not a Christian. A drone offers a lovely view of a Mormon temple. And Obama meets with Texas faith leaders to talk about the border crisis.

(RNS) Buddhist monks get a ticket for lighting the wrong kind of candle. Katharine Jefferts Schori is sounding a tad anti-democratic and apparently we should care about the Kardashians in church. All that and more in today’s Roundup.

Today is Friday the 13th and there’s a full moon. Soccer has many similarities with religion. What is ISIS?