While millions are leaving the organized Christian faiths, they’re not abandoning spirituality. Instead, they’re seeking ...

Belief in an afterlife, God and spirits in nature is widespread globally. Older adults are more likely than younger adults to ...

There have been two competing narratives about the rise of the Christian right in the United States. The first story is the one we conservative evangelicals told ourselves: Religious conservatism ...

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Nwaohia in his shrine surrounded by effigies and symbols representing supernatural beings [Chibuike Nwachukwu/Al Jazeera] Christianity is the number one religion in Nigeria, a country of more than ...

and uses Christian faith like a brand identity in a market competition.” Smith, a religion writer for The Associated Press, reported from Pittsburgh. Associated Press writer Will Weissert ...

After the funeral Mass, pallbearers carried the coffin ... praying for peace and remembering Christian martyrs. Due to health problems, Pope Francis had been unable to preside over this prayer ...

Italian Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, Dean of the College of Cardinals who will elect Francis’ successor at a coming conclave, led the funeral service, which began with Pope Francis’ coffin ...

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VATICAN CITY — World leaders and rank-and-file Catholic faithful bade farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral Saturday that ... its ties to Francis’ Jesuit religious order.

Here’s how Aussies can watch the funeral in Rome ... also expressed his condolences to Australians of Catholic and Christian faith following the “sad news” of the death of Pope Francis.

Though the mood inside Vatican City was sombre, it was a "hive of activity" on the streets of Rome where Montreal's Mirjam Guesgen watched the funeral on a large screen. She said she's not religious, ...