Religion

Some smaller congregations plan to gather in backyards. Many others are holding services virtually.

“Is now the time to lock up churches?” asked House Speaker Bryan Cutler, R-Lancaster. “Is now the time to not allow people to assemble?"

Pa. Democrats and Black clergy members in Philly decried a Trump campaign-backed attempt by Republicans to ban ballot drop boxes.

Part of a national movement, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community continues its 10-year tradition of sponsoring blood donations around the anniversary of the attacks.

How did the President, whose rhetoric about women and minorities is often violent, become the party of Christians who claim to love their neighbors as themselves?

The National Urban League and the Anti-Defamation League announced the partnership Mon. following a tense period for Black and Jewish communities.

The Chabad Center at the University of Delaware campus in Newark was intentionally set on fire late Tuesday night, according to the state fire marshal’s office.

The executive committee of the Philadelphia Chapter of the NAACP voted on Aug. 20 to dissolve itself and yield full control to the national office.

There’s been an unspoken tension since the local NAACP chapter president shared an anti-Semitic meme.

About 32 minutes into the Facebook Live video of the Mass, a church reader was punched twice in the face by an unidentified suspect.

Nine members of City Reach Philly Church in the Tacony section of Northeast Philadelphia have tested positive for COVID-19.

Carney in March ordered worship services be limited to no more than 10 people, a restriction he did not impose at the time on more than 230 other businesses deemed essential.

The rush to the courthouse is tied to a landmark grand jury report issued two years ago that documented seven decades of child molestation within the Catholic church in Pa.

When the pandemic began, many hospitals strictly restricted visitors. At some, faith leaders have been limited to phone calls and video chats ever since.

An overwhelming majority of Americans say houses of worship should abide by the same restrictions on public gatherings that apply to other institutions.