Religion

Officials tell Action News that kids were playing basketball in the rear of the church when they reported seeing smoke.

The Freedom Seder, conceived 54 years ago, ties Jewish religious teaching with social activism.

A new group — the Saving Lives: Ending Gun Violence Committee — led by Pennsylvania’s Episcopal Diocese, is calling for tougher gun laws.

One sponsor says current law turns “a sacred space into an unsafe space.” A lawyer who opposes the bill calls it “anti-Catholic bigotry.”

The 2023 parade theme "St. Patrick, Let There Be Peace" centers on the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement.

The suspect accused of vandalizing the Masjidullah Center for Human Excellence last Friday has been captured, according to prosecutors and police. More details are expected.

Researchers found that more than half of Republicans believe the country should be a strictly Christian nation.

The 100-plus-year-old ban is rooted in anti-Catholic sentiment and was used to prevent a hijab-wearing teacher from working in Philadelphia in the 1990s.

Bishop Aretha Morton, Delaware’s first female Baptist pastor, died Saturday at the age of 85.

The 26-year-old Clifton man was due to make his initial appearance Thursday in federal court in Newark, and it wasn’t known if he has an attorney.

Authorities are searching for the suspect who threw a Molotov cocktail at a New Jersey synagogue over the weekend, an incident that caused no damage but rattled the community

Pa. lawmakers are looking to remove a provision in state law that bars educators from wearing religious garb while in the classroom.

One of the goals is to address poverty “in a way that acknowledges the root,” an organizer said.

The Vatican says Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has died. He was 95.

The $3.5 million federal grant will add more fellows to Jewish Family Services’ newest mental health program.