'If they are hungry, mothers, let them eat,' reiterates pontiff at Sistine Chapel.

Alabama police chief on pastor bound for three years in Germany: 'If we can’t get Snowden back, we probably wouldn’t get him back.'

Church or pastor? When sermons become books that make millions in royalties, the answer is important.

Why Christianity has the best answer to the pain that life brings.

Like the popular Middle Eastern dish, our understanding of the Trinity relies on a delicate blend of ingredients. Did one small change to the Nicene Creed alter the recipe, or enhance the original?

They didn’t set out to change history. But one modern scholar’s research shows they did just that.

(UPDATED) Christian martyrdoms doubled in 2013, reports World Watch List in revealing its methodology for the first time.

(Almost) everything you've heard about them is wrong.

Amid immigration reform efforts, taking God’s call to community more seriously and urgently.

Sometimes, it feels like God doesn’t have a match for you.

In a culture that loves shock value, typical evangelicalism rarely makes news.

Kirsten Powers's conversion, Andy Stanley on President Obama, child sponsorships, the war over Christian beards, and more.

Did you catch all of CT's most popular religion news items this year?

The most-sung artist in music history opens up about worship, justice, humility, and leading people to experience God on the most successful tour of his career.

Believers around the world are dying for their faith. Where’s the evangelical groundswell for them?

And other 2013 year-end status updates from Leadership Network.

Peter Greer, president/CEO of HOPE International, warns against do-gooderism that flaunts its goodness.

(UPDATED) Publisher: 'After taking the necessary and important time needed to investigate all aspects of this issue, [we've] concluded the following...'

The author of the year’s most popular Advent devotional shares her family traditions.