Mourners remember 'pastor's pastor' and WWII veteran Matthew Southall Brown Sr.
The decorated war veteran and retired pastor was among the first African Americans to desegregate the military and fight during World War II.
Religion
We take a ride through Cincinnati's first drive-through Hanukkah lights display
While not a major Jewish holiday, Hanukkah is the Festival of Lights. Cincinnati — the birthplace of Reform Judaism — is getting its first drive-through Hanukkah lights display.
Republicans are changing state laws to try and get out of federal vaccine mandates
Nationwide, conservative lawmakers have come together to propose and pass bills aimed at nullifying federal vaccine mandates. Public health experts worry exemptions make the workforce vulnerable.
Catholic bishops endorse communion guidelines for public figures
NPR's A Martinez talks to Kathleen Sprows Cummings of Notre Dame, about U.S. Catholic Bishops approving a position paper urging Catholics to abide by church teachings if they take communion.
U.S. Catholic Bishops votes on issues — like whether Biden should take communion
U.S. Catholic Bishops voted on a document discussing issues including whether Catholic politicians who support abortion rights should take communion.
A new question for an old religion: Should non-Jews play Jewish characters on-screen?
A new Apple TV+ show, The Shrink Next Door, seems to reflect a trend of non-Jewish actors playing emphatically Jewish characters, which recently caught the ire of comedian Sarah Silverman.
News brief: Biden-Xi meeting, climate summit, Catholic communion debate
President Biden meets virtually with China's president. Poor nations are disappointed by the climate summit. Catholic bishops consider whether abortion rights supporters should be denied communion.
An issue dividing Catholics: Should abortion rights supporters be denied communion?
The U.S. Catholic Bishops meet in Baltimore this week to discuss issues including whether Catholics who support abortion rights should take Communion.
Pope Francis again calls for climate action. U.S. bishops have been all but silent
The pope has been insistent about the importance and urgency of climate action. But a new study finds Catholic bishops in the U.S. have generally been mum or misleading about climate change.
Supreme Court conservatives are skeptical on spiritual advisers in death chamber
The subject has, at times, divided the court's conservative majority and it has also at times embarrassed the court, as minority religious advisers have sometimes been excluded from the chamber.