Below is an excerpt from "On Faith," a daily online religion section sponsored by The Washington Post and Newsweek. Each week, Jon Meacham and Sally Quinn engage figures from the world of faith in a ...

He made the remark while speaking to a Singapore crowd on Sept. 13, 2024. Per the Vatican's Italian-to-English translation, he said, "All religions are paths to God." Meanwhile, a video by the ...

Religions have purposes. They bring comfort to people. They try to fill the scary voids of unanswered questions. They give people group identity. Religions do these things, even though they are all ...

"It has been fashionable to affirm that all religions are beautiful and all are true," writes Boston University religion professor Stephen Prothero in the Boston Globe. In fact, many feel-good ...

Some describe religions as only superficially similar, but fundamentally incompatible. Different religions have their unique way of diagnosing human issues and suggesting contrasting remedies. Many ...

Depending on where you live, criticisms of religious beliefs could yield a range of consequences ranging from social scorn to outright execution. Are people living in the West free to criticize ...

Are all religions equal? Pope Francis created a stir with some off-the-cuff comments to an interreligious group of young people in Singapore, during his recent trip to Asia. “All religions are paths ...

According to the 19-month calendar followed by the worldwide religion known as Bahai, the first day of this week was the 13th of Jalal, in the year 120. It was a red-letter day in the lives of Bahai’s ...

As a pastor, I try not to be overly critical of other churches, especially in my writing. I don’t feel a syndicated column in a public newspaper is the place for polemical discussions. That being said ...