This Pew Research Center analysis looks at reasons why people identify as Protestant or switch into or out of Protestantism. It is part of a broader report that focuses on patterns in religious ...

LINDEN, Va. — In the waves of turbulence that rippled throughout the Catholic Church in the 1970s, the nuns of St. Dominic’s Monastery found themselves forced to leave their longtime home in Wisconsin ...

Visitors look at a panorama-painting that shows the town of Wittenberg 500 years ago in the year 1517 on May 20, 2017 in Wittenberg, Germany. Correspondent Five hundred years ago, an unknown monk ...

Views on Christians drinking alcohol have stayed steady among Protestant churchgoers over the past decade, according to a new study. While 41 percent of Protestant churchgoers say they consume alcohol ...

“I not only don’t believe in voicing prejudice,” said President Eisenhower at his press conference last week, “I want to assure you that I feel none. And I am sure that Mr. Nixon feels exactly the ...

As the Latino population climbs in the US, researchers say their congregations excel at fostering community and engaging new people. Hispanic churches in the United States face unique challenges but ...

A statue of Martin Luther in Market Square in Wittenberg, Germany. In 1517 Luther nailed his 95 theses to a door of the nearby Schlosskirche, helping to spark the Protestant Reformation. (Sean ...

When Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens retires this summer, the court will be without a Protestant for the first time in its 220-year history, said James Oliphant in the Los Angeles Times.

The popular understanding of the founding of the Church of England was that lusty old King Henry VIII wanted to marry his pretty little mistress. The Pope wouldn’t grant him a divorce, so Henry sent ...

For centuries, faith in Latin America has largely been synonymous with Catholic rites and rituals like this traditional religious procession through the streets of Guatemala City on the eve of Lent.