Higher Ground
Behavior of teen in mosque shooting led police to seize family guns a year before attack
One of the teenagers who killed three people at a San Diego mosque this week had been flagged to law enforcement last year for exhibiting alarming behavior and idolizing Nazis, prompting police to confiscate his father's guns, according to court records.
Parents, you’re failing God, your children — and America
A new survey shows one key area where parents are failing on the spiritual formation front -- and it involves prayer.
Conservatives rally against right-wing podcasters fueling antisemitism
A coalition of Republican lawmakers, Trump administration officials and religious leaders convened in Washington this week to confront what they described as a growing antisemitic influence emanating from the right-wing podcast world -- and to organize a counteroffensive.
Will Trump lead again in global religious freedom?
In 1998, the International Religious Freedom Act mandated the targeted defense of religious freedom in U.S. foreign policy.
WATCH: The truth about faith and America’s founding
Author Elizabeth Carlyle joins Billy Hallowell to discuss her new book, Americans Who Pray: Uniting a Nation in Faith and Freedom -- a powerful project bringing together voices from across America to reflect on prayer, faith, unity, and the nation's spiritual foundation.
Thousands flock to the National Mall in Washington for an America-themed prayer rally
Thousands of people streamed onto the National Mall for a daylong prayer rally Sunday billed as a "rededication of our country as One Nation under God."
Mullin says ‘American History X’ scared him straight before faith changed his life
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin says that as a younger man, he was on a path of mayhem that seemed destined to end behind bars -- until he got scared straight by a viewing of "American History X."
WATCH: Surprise, surprise: God is actually ‘very partisan’
Christians sometimes have a hard time fighting for what they know is morally and politically correct because they're concerned about offending others, or intruding on others' free will and individual rights. They think it's not the job of the church to tell people their politics. But that's incorrect.
A marriage crisis? Stunning stats raise concerns, hopes
Marriage is the bedrock of a society, but what happens when America's young people delay marriage or shift their perspectives on child rearing?
Texas hospital agrees to open first-ever ‘detransition clinic’ for children who regret gender change
Under pressure from federal and state authorities, Texas Children's Hospital has agreed to pay a penalty of $10 million, to agree not to perform any more gender transition procedures on children and to establish a first-of-its-kind "detransition clinic" to help children who have already gone through it.
‘Duck Dynasty’ couple opens up about affair, reconciliation ahead of Lifetime film
Al Robertson, the eldest son of "Duck Dynasty" patriarch Phil Robertson, says he and his wife, Lisa, chose faith over divorce after she had an extramarital relationship -- and are now sharing that story on screen in a new Lifetime movie
Belarus welcomes evangelist Franklin Graham to hold massive Christian gathering
Belarus' authoritarian leader on Friday greeted U.S. Rev. Franklin Graham, who arrived in the tightly controlled country to hold the largest evangelical Christian gathering in its history.
Journey of a lifetime: A U.S. teen Buddhist lama is now a monk studying in the Himalayan foothills
At a monastery in the Himalayan foothills, a teenage Buddhist lama blesses thousands. One by one, he taps bowed heads with a ritual vase and a peacock feather, sprinkling holy water for protection, purification, wisdom. He stops to smile at children who eye him with curiosity, reverence and awe. He tries to keep pace with others who, like him, are among the few chosen to give the final blessing.
Brooke Rollins accused of ‘sermonizing’ to USDA employees in new lawsuit
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins is the subject of a new lawsuit accusing her of evangelizing employees via mass emails promoting her Christian beliefs.
Trump administration will join a prayer gathering criticized for promoting Christian nationalism
President Trump and several top administration officials are joining with a cast of mostly conservative Christian clergy this Sunday on the National Mall in Washington for a prayer gathering billed as a "rededication of our country as One Nation Under God" upon America's 250th birthday.
Pope decries the rise of AI-directed warfare, saying it leads to a spiral of annihilation
Pope Leo XIV on Thursday denounced how investments in artificial intelligence and high-tech weaponry were leading the world into a "spiral of annihilation," as he called for peace in the Middle East and Ukraine during a visit to Europe's largest university.
The administration needs a better relationship with the Vatican
President Ronald Reagan formed an alliance with Pope John Paul II in the 1980s that contributed to the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Vatican issues final warning to breakaway traditionalist group attached to the old Latin Mass
With Pope Leo XIV's first big crisis looming, the Vatican on Wednesday issued a final warning to a breakaway group of traditionalist Catholics that their planned consecration of bishops without papal consent constitutes a schismatic act that incurs automatic excommunication.
Vatican issues final warning to breakaway traditionalist group attached to the old Latin Mass
The Vatican on Wednesday issued a final warning to a breakaway group of traditionalist Catholics that their planned consecrations of bishops without papal consent constitute a schismatic act that incurs automatic excommunication.
5,000 churches claim sanctuary status from ICE warrantless arrests
More than 5,000 churches have publicly declared themselves to be sanctuaries, immune from the most aggressive of ICE's immigration enforcement.
