Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alex Cochran In just a few months, states across America will celebrate its semiquincentennial — a celebration marking 250 years ...

Religious freedom, Congress unanimously declared in 1998, “undergirds the very origin and existence of the United States.” Presidents of both parties have called it a “fundamental human right,” a ...

People Want to Move Where There’s More Opportunity? How Dare They 2025 saw significant wins on the free exercise of religion. What will 2026 bring? As America prepares to celebrate her 250th year, ...

The report examined American attitudes about religious liberty and specific cases on religious freedom in the nation. The Becket Fund releases its annual Religious Freedom Index (RFI) on Jan. 16, 2026 ...

At South Florida's immigration detention center, known as "Alligator Alcatraz," multiple constitutional violations over recent months have exposed that religious rights are being treated as revocable ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Around 3 in 10 Americans are adherents of or sympathetic to Christian nationalism, the belief that America is or should be a ...

A little-known rule being considered by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will have significant implications for houses of worship, religious organizations, secular nonprofits, and, frankly, ...

Those who hold traditional or orthodox beliefs on the sanctity of life, marriage, and human dignity are all-too familiar with how challenging it is to live out those beliefs in daily life. The front ...

The five-hour drive south from New Jersey ends in a place where the world suddenly grows quiet. Roads narrow. Tall pines give way to salt marshes. And eventually the land itself thins until the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...