Religion

Investigation Into Child Sex Abuse By Priests In Colorado Finds Dozens of Victims

5:40pm October 23, 2019

by Allison Sherry

A new investigation has found dozens of victims of child sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests in Colorado and a decades-long cover-up. It can't rule out that some priests are still serving.

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President Trump To Name His Pick For Supreme Court Justice Opening In Primetime Address

Introducing The 'Accidental Guardians' Of First Amendment Rights

2:21pm October 23, 2019

How much do we know about those who have stepped up to fight for our right to speak freely? The podcast ‘Unprecedented” celebrates those stories.

VeggieTales re-launches on the Trinity Broadcasting Network with new episodes this month, starting with a Christmas special called The Best Christmas Gift.

'Tis In Season: A Harvest Of New VeggieTales, In Time For Christmas

7:59am October 20, 2019

by Lee Hale

Hugely popular in the 1990s, the computer-animated Christian series — featuring Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber retelling Bible stories — has been rebooted on Trinity Broadcasting Network.

Generational Split Among Evangelicals Threatens Support For Trump

7:36am October 15, 2019

by Jessica Taylor

White evangelicals have been among President Trump's most solid supporters, but younger evangelicals are more skeptical of the president heading into the 2020 election.

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Praying For The Impeachment Probe To Deliver The Truth

5:43pm October 13, 2019

by Sarah McCammon

Some faith leaders are gathering on Sunday to pray for the impeachment inquiry to yield "the truth" — saying the country needs to know more about the President's foreign overtures.

Trump Could Lose Evangelical Support Over Turkey-Kurds Issue

8:35am October 13, 2019

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to David Brody of the Christian Broadcasting Network about the evangelical response to President Trump's decision to pull back troops from Northern Syria.

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Tour participants listen to guide Katie Merriman (center) outside the Malcolm Shabaaz Mosque as she speaks about the influence of Malcolm X on the Harlem community.

Religious Walking Tour Maps Out The History Of Muslims In New York City

8:12am October 12, 2019

by Farah Dosani

As she leads free walking tours through Harlem, Katie Merriman highlights the ways in which the history of Muslims is part of the history of New York City.

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In 2010, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Westboro Baptist Church's right to protest at funerals, arguing that even hateful speech, when addressing matters of pubic import on public property, should be protected.

How Twitter Helped Change The Mind Of A Westboro Baptist Church Member

4:31pm October 10, 2019

by Terry Gross

Growing up, Megan Phelps-Roper was told that God killed soldiers as punishment for tolerance of homosexuality. She started to question her beliefs after she began running the church's Twitter account.

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Unfollow: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving the Westboro Baptist Church, by Megan Phelps-Roper

Granddaughter Of Westboro Baptist Church Founder Chronicles Leaving In 'Unfollow'

6:38pm October 09, 2019

by Kate Tuttle

Megan Phelps-Roper, who first picketed against homosexuality with her family at age 5, writes of facing feelings of guilt. In her memoir she says of her family, "losing them was the price of honesty."

Evangelical Christian Leaders Push Back On Turkish Invasion Of Northern Syria

4:21pm October 09, 2019

by Tom Gjelten

Evangelical Christian leaders are furious over President Trump's green light to a Turkish invasion of Kurd-controlled territory in Syria. Thousands of Syrian and Kurdish Christians are in danger.