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Phyllis Tickle, a best-selling author on spirituality, dies at 81

by David Gibson; DeChant-Hughes Public Relations; added sources

Could Pope Francis' visit encourage reform in Cuba?

by Nick Squires

Bible should be at the center of Anglican meeting, global group says

by Fredrick Nzwili

Overlapping holidays prompt Jerusalem activists to work on overcoming divisions

by Michele Chabin

Pope Francis in Cuba: 'We do not serve ideas, we serve people'

by Beatrice Gitau

Civil rights activist clergy see new generation rising for voting rights

by Henry Gass

Ruling on Obamacare’s birth control mandate creates legal limbo

by Jessica Mendoza

Why #IStandWithAhmed is about more than a Muslim boy in Texas

by Henry Gass

Syrian refugee crisis: Are wealthy Gulf states doing their part?

by Taylor Luck

Al Aqsa Mosque: Can Israel, Jordan prevent Jerusalem from catching fire?

by Joshua Mitnick

Proposal to loosen ties in Anglican Communion draws mixed response

by Trevor Grundy and Fredrick Nzwili

Muslim documentary maker secretly films pilgrimage to Mecca

by Rachel Lowry Lowry

Liberia debates amendment declaring country to be a Christian nation

by E Julu Swen

French greet Syrian refugees warmly, but many are wary

by Elizabeth Bryant

Orthodox and secular Jews fight over shaping Jerusalem's character

by Michele Chabin

Pope Francis: 'Jesus was popular and look how that turned out'

by David Gibson

Refugee crisis: Israelis invoke Holocaust as they debate how to respond

by Joshua Mitnick

British Parliament rejects controversial right-to-die bill

by Trevor Grundy

Recovering from Ebola, Sierra Leone communities strive for reconciliation

by Ryan Lenora Brown

Churches vary in response to refugees

by Tom Heneghan and Elizabeth Bryant

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