Religion

After a devastating fire, the congregation of Greater Bible Way Temple worshipped outside and pledged to rebuild by spring.

As the number of Americans who belong to a house of worship declines, congregations are selling their buildings. Some of those former houses of worship are finding new life.

After last week’s shootout in Nicetown-Tioga, the sermons on Saturday were given in a new light — with a focus on hope, unity and healing.

A federal appeals court is reversing a lower court ruling that the Pa. House's policy barring atheists from delivering invocations doesn't violate the U.S. Constitution.

As the 400th anniversary of the Transatlantic Slave Trade approaches, religious leaders said the legacy of the early Black church must continue for complete freedom

The anxiety of one mass shooting after another has led some churches to start training and arming their worshippers with guns.

The diocese launched its compensation program in February. Those wishing to apply had to do so by mid-May.

Several local Catholic Charities affiliates report a drop in donations linked at least in part to the scandals.

On Saturday, Millati Islami World Services — the national organization that supports chapters across the country — will host its 30th-anniversary celebration in Camden.

A lawsuit has been filed against Harrisburg's Roman Catholic diocese for covering up alleged brutal sexual abuse of a boy more than 40 years ago.

It didn’t take long for word of this freedom of religious expression to seep out, and the church, which began with a few faithful, is growing rapidly.

Through this year, we wanted to live out the call of journalist Krista Tippett to “speak together differently, in order to live together differently.”

A Chestnut Hill minister and LGBTQ rights activist is making waves here in the city and across the country.

State Sen. Dave Lawson is sponsoring a bill that would ban “foreign law” in Delaware courts. A Muslim group contends the bill is rooted in Islamophobia.

A recent investigation has revealed numerous cases of sexual abuse in Pennsylvania's Amish and Mennonite communities. Why has the abuse gone unchecked for so long?