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A section for news and explainers on religion news — from the latest goings-on at the Vatican to explainers on Ramadan.

The Vatican’s new statement on trans rights undercuts its attempts at inclusion

By Li Zhou

Trump may sound moderate on abortion. The groups setting his agenda definitely aren’t.

By Anna North

The chaplain who doesn’t believe in God

By Sean Illing

9 questions about Ramadan you were too embarrassed to ask

By Jennifer Williams

From Amityville to Annabelle, the Warrens on film are a lie

By Aja Romano

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A timeline of Israel and Palestine’s complicated history

By Nicole Narea

The new Exorcist movie proves how much the world has changed since 1973

By Alissa Wilkinson

Two young missionaries made headlines. Two new docs look at why.

By Alissa Wilkinson

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Silicon Valley’s vision for AI? It’s religion, repackaged.

By Sigal Samuel

The Supreme Court is taking a wrecking ball to the wall between church and state

By Ian Millhiser

The Chosen, the Christian megahit about Jesus, explained

By Aja Romano

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The importance of staying angry at the Supreme Court

The way to beat a partisan Supreme Court is to hold a grudge against it for a really long time.

By Ian Millhiser

Neil Gorsuch has a problem with telling the truth

By Ian Millhiser

Why every generation thinks people were nicer in the past

By Sigal Samuel

Shiny Happy People is a great reminder of why cult documentaries should exist

By Alissa Wilkinson

Nearly 2,000 children were sexually abused in the Illinois Catholic Church

By Nicole Narea

The Supreme Court is unlikely to put the Christian Right in charge of your workplace — at least not yet

By Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court takes up a messy, chaotic case about religion in the workplace

By Ian Millhiser

Another child sex abuse crisis rocks the Catholic Church

By Nicole Narea

The Waco tragedy, explained

By Tara Isabella Burton

A new Supreme Court case could turn every workplace into a religious battleground

By Ian Millhiser

The big stakes in the Supreme Court’s new LGBTQ rights case

By Ian Millhiser

Kanye West and the end of “wink-nudge” antisemitism

By Zack Beauchamp

The Supreme Court’s new term could be even more consequential than its last one

By Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court hands the religious right an unexpected loss. Don’t expect it to last.

By Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court fight over whether religious schools can discriminate against LGBTQ people

By Ian Millhiser

Why Silicon Valley is fertile ground for obscure religious beliefs

By Rebecca Heilweil

The Supreme Court hands the religious right a big victory by lying about the facts of a case

By Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court tears a new hole in the wall separating church and state

By Ian Millhiser

The sexual abuse scandal rocking the Southern Baptist Convention, explained

By Emily St. James

The Supreme Court’s “Christian flag” decision, explained

By Ian Millhiser

Revisiting the Christian fantasy novels that shaped decades of conservative hysteria

By Aja Romano, Alissa Wilkinson, and 1 more

The religious right had a great day in the Supreme Court

By Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court’s “praying coach” case, explained

By Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court’s latest religion opinion should reassure liberals

By Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court will hear a big case about whether religion is a license to discriminate

By Ian Millhiser

Can Whoopi Goldberg’s public history lesson actually do some good?

By Aja Romano

The Supreme Court is leading a Christian conservative revolution

By Ian Millhiser

Thich Nhat Hanh’s final mindfulness lesson: How to die peacefully

By Eliza Barclay

The Christian right brings a Supreme Court case it actually deserves to win

By Ian Millhiser

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