RELIGION

After 28 years of U.S. military service, embattled former Air Force Chaplain Curt Cizek is still fighting for his religious rights in the aftermath of a sermon he delivered almost seven years ago that upended his life.

A delegation of NBA players traveled to the Vatican on Monday to meet with Pope Francis to discuss the league’s efforts to combat social injustice. 

Mahershala Ali says he has turned down sex scenes in movies due to his religious beliefs.

The Vatican and Facebook are working together to find the origins of a "like" on a bikini model's photo that appeared to come from Pope Francis' account.

The U.S. Embassy to the Holy See is hosting a virtual symposium Thursday titled “Never Again: Confronting the Global Rise of Anti-Semitism.”

Louisiana Pastor Tony Spell filed an emergency order with the Supreme Court Wednesday, seeking relief from criminal charges brought against him for holding large church services that violated Gov. John Bel Edward's orders. 

The religious persecution of Christians in Nigeria is teetering on genocide, religious leaders and foreign policy analysts caution in a desperate bid for the international community to take urgent action.

With banners reading “Let us Pray” and “We Want Mass,” Catholic protesters held scattered demonstrations around France on Sunday to demand that authorities relax virus lockdown measures to allow religious services.

The pope's pledge came a day after the Vatican released a detailed report into the decades-long church cover-up of ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick's sexual misconduct.

A prominent Polish cardinal who was recently sanctioned by the Vatican over sexual abuse allegations has been hospitalized since last week and remains unconscious, Polish media reported Tuesday.