Religious Articles

A U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Vermont has permitted clergy abuse claimants to pursue lawsuits seeking access to approximately half-billion dollars in parish assets held by the Roman Catholic Diocese to fund abuse settlements.

A suspended Catholic priest in Grenada is using calypso music to address topics including Gaza and sexual abuse within the church after being barred from officiating religious services.

The Vatican excommunicated the Society of Saint Pius X and all its members after the ultra-conservative group ordained bishops without papal consent, creating a formal schism in the Catholic Church.

A survey suggests Australia’s nonreligious population could be significantly higher than recent census data indicates, depending on how the religion question is formatted.

The UK’s largest Muslim convention, Jalsa Salana, proceeded with heightened security measures as anti-Muslim hate crimes rise across the country.

Bosnian authorities are investigating a desecrated Virgin Mary statue and fire damage at the Medjugorje shrine, a major pilgrimage site where Catholics believe apparitions of Mary have been reported since 1981.

Archbishop Sarah Mullally concluded her Africa tour calling for healing and peace while reaffirming the Church of England’s 100 million pound fund addressing its historical ties to slavery.

Ohio is home to the oldest Mormon temple, built in the 1830s by Joseph Smith’s followers in Kirtland, and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently acquired the historic site and is dedicating a new nearby temple.

The last Jews remaining in Kochi’s historic Jew Town neighborhood are working to preserve their community’s centuries-old heritage as emigration has left fewer than 5,000 Jews across all of India.

Israelis across political and religious lines express concern that younger Jewish Americans are weakening their connection to Israel and viewing support for the state as less central to their Jewish identity.

The U.S. has requested the extradition of Filipino church leader Apollo Carreon Quiboloy to face charges including child sex trafficking and fraud. Quiboloy, who leads the Kingdom of Jesus Christ church, is currently detained in the Philippines on related charges.

Nepal canceled an International Association for Tibetan Studies conference scheduled for late August following a request from government officials who provided no explanation for the decision.