Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jews were once exempt from military service — but now they are being drafted. One of those new draftees, Yechiel Wais, was excited, hoping the military would help him ...

Rather, there are different ways of understanding the faith, different emphases and different visions of what the project of the church might be. Members often divide leaders into categories such ...

“As church leaders continue to navigate the rapidly evolving intersection of culture and church, it’s essential to understand church engagement trends,” said Brad Hill, chief solutions ...

With the Muslim fasting season coinciding with Christian Lent this year, the usual contingent of Christian leaders was especially august on March 11, with Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III ...

The Roman Catholic Church has consistently condemned abortion ... For the Jewish people of those times and orthodox Jews to this day, all human life has as its author the one God whose creative ...

In Israel, everyone must serve at least two years in the IDF once they turn 18. For decades, ultra-Orthodox men like Mendel could avoid being drafted — as long as they continued their studies of ...

During the war, Eritrean forces crossed the border into Tigray to fight in support of Ethiopia's federal army against rebels led by the region's ruling party, the Tigray People's Liberation Front ...

It may surprise most people to know that there are many different rites within the Catholic Church. Before discussing ... to the liturgy used by the Orthodox churches. After the schism between ...

And Ethiopia deployed troops toward the Eritrean border this month, two diplomatic sources and two Tigrayan officials told Reuters, asking not to be named due to the sensitivity of the situation.