Below is an excerpt from "On Faith," an Internet feature sponsored by The Washington Post and Newsweek. Each week, more than 50 figures from the world of faith engage in a conversation about an aspect ...

The first saints were Christian martyrs who suffered agonising deaths. The standards for sainthood today are significantly ...

Iliff School of Theology is an official theological school and approved seminary of the United Methodist Church that in 2017 received $806,763 from the denomination to train future ordinands. The ...

A Columbia-based pagan society and church plans to take a more celebratory approach this year to Samhain, commonly referred to as Halloween by the non-pagan population. While typically a more solemn ...

Inside the Beebe City Council hangs the 10 Commandments, the first being 'Thou shalt have no other gods before me.' A group of pagan residents says that's being strictly enforced upon them by the ...

To encourage young rural people to stay in the Church, the priest has suggested that the Church in Nigeria rethink its role and look for practical ways to empower youths in the country. Father Vitalis ...

As October draws to an end, the veil between the living and the dead is thinning, Jesse Serpa and Kaitlyn Stone calmly announce in between their preparations to honor departed loved ones. Serpa, 47, ...

While many Catholic leaders in Nigeria are concerned about the influence of Pentecostalism, Catholics in the southeastern parts of the country are concerned about another trend. In rural parts of the ...