Opinion | Want to Change the World? First, Be Still.

Advocacy for the oppressed requires action — but also silence and contemplation.

Pat Robertson Ends His Long Run as Host of ‘The 700 Club’

Mr. Robertson, the evangelical leader who started the show in the 1960s to help save the Christian Broadcasting Network, said his son would take over as host of the program.

He Sees Migrants as ‘Modern Slaves,’ and Has Devoted His Life to Helping Them

The Rev. Daniel Alliët, for whom Jesus was a “political revolutionary,” has made it his life’s mission to fight for the rights of undocumented migrants, to the chagrin of some other clergy members.

Opinion | The Limits of ‘My Body, My Choice’

Prioritizing individual freedom is not enough to bring about a just society.

Glimpses of ‘Lost Tribe’ Jewish Communities in India and Myanmar

Often overlooked, the communities in South and Southeast Asia complicate notions of Jewish identity while emphasizing its malleability.

Life After Proclaiming a Trump Re-election as Divinely Ordained

When you are in the business of prophecy, what do you do when prophecy fails?

Opinion | Norm Macdonald’s Comedy Was Quite Christian

His faith is key to understanding his comic legacy.

Opinion | White Evangelicals Shun Morality for Power

They’ve been a “political arm of the Republican Party” for decades now.

Cho Yong-gi, Who Spread Christianity in South Korea, Dies at 85

His mammoth Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul symbolized the explosive growth of the religion in the once war-torn country.

Opinion | Religious Beliefs and Abortion Laws

How religious belief affect abortion laws and vaccination.

‘Not a Flag to Wave’: Pope Criticizes Political Use of Christianity

On a four-day visit to Slovakia and Hungary, Francis had strong words for those who wield Christian symbols for personal gain.

Carl Bean, Gay Singer Who Turned to Preaching, Dies at 77

After recording “I Was Born This Way,” a club favorite, he entered the ministry and founded a church for the L.G.B.T.Q. community.

Meeting Hungary’s Strongman, Pope Treads a Fine Line With an Embattled Leader

Pope Francis’ meeting with Viktor Orban could help, or hurt, the prime minister’s efforts to curry favor with voters ahead of coming elections in Hungary, which is predominantly Catholic.

Opinion | When Dictators Find God

We’re in an era of post-religious holy wars.

Opinion | I’m a Former Pastor, and I Don’t Believe in ‘Religious Exemptions’ to Vaccine Mandates

There is no legitimate religious basis for exemptions from vaccine mandates in any established stream of Christianity.

Opinion | A More Secular America Is Not Just a Problem for Republicans

Americans have not yet come to terms with this cultural shift.

Opinion | Why We Need to Start Talking About God

Who are we? What are we here for?

Opinion | On Embracing Faith, or Rejecting It

Readers react to Ross Douthat's invitation to “think yourself into” religious faith. Also: Working mothers; how to make friends.

Pope Francis Encourages Covid Vaccines in Media Campaign

“Getting the vaccines that are authorized by the respective authorities is an act of love,” the pope says in a video from the Ad Council.

Haiti Quake Destroyed Many Churches, Shredding a Mainstay of Support

“We are the only thing here,” said a cleric in Les Cayes, one of the cities worst hit by the quake. In some towns, not a church was left standing.