Why a popular Tibetan Buddhist monastery is under investigation
Red City Monastery was a thriving Tibetan Buddhist institution that attracted tens of thousands of wealthy pilgrims a year. Now it's under investigation.
Religion
In India, boy meets girl, proposes — and gets accused of jihad
New state laws make it harder for interfaith couples to marry. The idea is to halt forced marital religious conversions. But they've emboldened extremists to interrupt weddings.
A Hispanic church in Tennessee is grieving the loss of its charismatic founder
German Castro died last month at the age of 57 — part of an avoidable surge of COVID-19 deaths across the South where vaccination rates lag.
Pope encourages religious leaders to appeal for humanitarian needs over weapons
Pope Francis hosted an ecumenical prayer service with religious and world leaders in Rome, calling on the world to spend money on food and vaccines rather than military needs.
The remnants of one of the nation's oldest Black churches have just been found
The discovery of the First Baptist Church in Colonial WIlliamsburg comes as the living history museum is reckoning with its storytelling about the country's origins and the role of Black Americans.
A report finds French clergy sexually abused over 300,000 children since 1950
NPR's Rachel Martin talks to David Gibson of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University about French children sexually abused by people in the Catholic Church.
As he steps down as the head of NIH, he has a warning about future pandemics
Francis Collins has served longer than any other director of the National Institutes of Health since 1971. He tells NPR he did not anticipate the culture wars taking over scientific fact.
French Catholic clergy abused hundreds of thousands of children, report finds
A new report in France says hundreds of thousands of children have been abused by priests and others working in the Catholic Church over the last 70 years.
Judging 'sincerely held' religious belief is tricky for employers mandating vaccines
As religious exemptions are now being sought in droves, their use raises concerns that they pose a serious public health risk. But some say vaccine mandates are too much, too soon.
Remembering John Shelby Spong, Episcopal bishop and LGBTQ champion
In 1977, Spong became one of the first American bishops to ordain a woman into the clergy. In 1989, he was the first to ordain an openly gay man. Spong died Sept. 12. Originally broadcast in 1996.