Faith

Both President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden count endorsements from well-known faith leaders. But for clergy members who try to tackle thorny moral matters without overtly backing a candidate, the campaign has tested their ability to reconcile religious values and politics.

Best-selling author and global faith leader Chad Veach is teaching readers how to be modern leaders in 2020 in his new book “Help! I Work with People,” which emphasizes kindness and the importance of mental health.

With no congregational prayers or family gatherings, Salsabiel Mujovic has been worried that this year’s Eid al-Fitr celebration will pale. Still, she’s determined to bring home holiday cheer amid the coronavirus gloom.

President Donald Trump is bringing faith leaders into a discussion about a phased-in return to broader in-person worship after weeks of religious services largely shifting online in response to the coronavirus pandemic

The Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis, a senior minister at Middle Collegiate Church in New York City, has been sheltering at home with her husband, son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren, but she’s still feeling connected to her faith during the coronavirus pandemic. “I’m a professional Christian,” she quipped in an interview with TODAY, before noting that her faith is “being touched”...

Jason Burnett said he detected a faint feeling of disappointment from his wife when California Gov. Jerry Brown pardoned him for an old drug crime less than two weeks after the couple lost their home in the nation’s deadliest wildfire in a century.

In an unprecedented move, North Carolina’s state child welfare agency will participate in reviewing every new allegation of abuse and neglect involving a controversial church that has been the focus of an Associated Press investigation exposing years of physical and emotional mistreatment of congregants, including children. Under North Carolina’s child welfare system, county agencies are responsible for investigating abuse allegations....

Actress Nicole Kidman stepped out Wednesday evening for the 2017 CMT Music Awards in support of husband Keith Urban, who won four awards at the event in Nashville. Urban beat Blake Shelton, Eric Church, Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan and Thomas Rhett to win Male Video of the Year for “Blue Ain’t Your Color.” He used the moment to celebrate the...

The first openly lesbian bishop in the United Methodist Church can stay on the job for now, but she is subject to a disciplinary review that could lead to her removal, the top church court ruled Friday....
Bishop Karen Oliveto’s civil marriage to another woman violates church law that bars clergy who are “self-avowed practicing homosexuals,” the Judicial Council said. However,...

George Michael, the British pop superstar who reached early fame with WHAM! and went on to a solo career lined with controversies and chart-topping hits that blended soul and dance music with daring social and personal commentary, has died, his publicist said Sunday. He was 53. Michael died at his home in Goring, England. His publicist, Cindi Berger, said he...

The U.S. Supreme Court refuses to review an appeal from a former Dallas accountant on death row for fatally shooting his two young daughters in 2001.