Anthea Butler

James Dobson, a founder of Focus on the Family and a Republican Party kingmaker, was one of the last of a generation who launched the Religious Right in the 1970s.

Jimmy Swaggart, the prolific evangelist who died at age 90, will be remembered in part for his tearful apology after he was linked to a prostitute.

What part of the world will the next pope come from? Anything is possible when considering who the next leader of the Catholic Church could be — including a potential pope from Africa.

Funerals can be contentious events, and Pope Francis’ funeral Saturday — which dozens of (often combative) world leaders will be attending — is no exception.

Who will succeed Pope Francis, dead at 88? The conclave for the first pontiff from Latin America and the Jesuit order to lead the Catholic Church begins soon.

An estimated 10 million Christians are subject to deportation, ICE has permission to invade churches, but Trump promises "one of the greatest Easters ever."

“Conclave,” an Academy Award nominee for best picture, illuminates the arcane world of the Vatican and its rituals surrounding a pope’s death.

Francis’ letter to U.S. bishops about Trump's immigration policies was also a pointed critique of JD Vance’s erroneous exposition on medieval theology.

Cardinal Timothy Dolan and the Rev. Franklin Graham are expected to pray at Donald Trump's second presidential inauguration.

By choosing Cardinal Robert McElroy to lead the Archdiocese of Washington, the pope is sending a message to the incoming president promising mass deportations.

This year, Republicans and conservative Christians have dispensed with whining about a war on Christmas in anticipation of the second coming of their political savior.