Religion and Faith

An anti-Muslim poster outside the West Virginia House of Delegates chamber falsely connecting a Minnesota congresswoman to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks has drawn strong rebukes from local and national lawmakers.
Supreme Court appears ready to let cross stand, but struggles with church-state test
The American Humanist Association is challenging the existence of a 40-foot cross on government-owned land, but the Trump administration hopes a newly conservative majority will agree to let it stand.
Most senior Catholic charged with child sex abuse convicted
The most senior Catholic cleric ever charged with child sex abuse has been convicted of molesting two choirboys moments after celebrating Mass, dealing a new blow to the Catholic hierarchy's credibility after a year of global revelations of abuse and cover-up.
Pope vows to end abuse cover-ups, but survivors disappointed by summit
Pope Francis closed out his summit on preventing clergy sex abuse by vowing to confront abusers with "the wrath of God." But his failure to offer a concrete action plan to hold bishops accountable when they failed to protect their flocks from predators disappointed survivors.