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  • Monday, 28 August, 2023
    Ethiopia
    ‘God wants us away from our enemies’: bitter legacy of war splits Ethiopian church

    Breakaway bishops form separate Tigray denomination in schism that risks inflaming tensions in wake of brutal conflict

    Ethiopian worshippers celebrate the Orthodox Easter at a church in the city of Lalibela
  • Saturday, 19 August, 2023
    The Weekend Essay
    ‘No congregation, no church’: how Scotland lost the faith

    As a depleted Church of Scotland prepares to make deep cuts, John Lloyd explores the social consequences of religious retreat

  • Saturday, 8 July, 2023
    FT Magazine
    Why a US-style megachurch is thriving in rural Northern Ireland

    Róisín Lanigan visits Green Pastures, an evangelical church run by a scion of the Wrightbus family

  • Monday, 1 May, 2023
    OutlookPatti Waldmeir
    In the US, reports of religion’s death may be overstated

    The pandemic hit congregations — but new research suggests young people are increasingly spiritual

    A person holding a Time magazine, with its front cover asking ‘Is God Dead?’
  • Friday, 7 April, 2023
    Camilla Cavendish
    Welcome to the age of DIY spirituality

    As organised religion declines, we are searching for solace in the strangest places

    Illustration of a man standing in front of the self-help section in a library, but looking behind his shoulder at the Bible, which is illuminated by rays of sunlight from the window
  • Saturday, 25 February, 2023
    Steven Paulikas
    The Church of England can learn from Episcopalians on same-sex marriage

    Divisions currently roiling the global Anglican church may fade in the face of lived reality

    FT montage of a church and two hands with rainbow wristbands holding each other
  • Thursday, 5 January, 2023
    News in-depthPope Benedict XVI
    Pope Francis presides over funeral for ‘taboo-breaking’ predecessor

    Late Pope Benedict’s resignation set new precedent for future heads of the Catholic Church

  • Saturday, 31 December, 2022
    Catholic Church
    Former Pope Benedict dies aged 95

    First pontiff in 600 years to resign from his post became a focal point for conservatives in his retirement

    Pope Benedict XVI celebrates an open-air mass in a field near Regensburg 12 September 2006.
  • Monday, 26 December, 2022
    Saudi Arabia
    Saudi Arabia celebrates step change in Christmas festivities

    Conservative kingdom opens up to the Christian holiday as it pushes through a series of modernising reforms

    A store displays Christmas trees for sale in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Friday, 23 December, 2022
    Enuma Okoro
    Mary and the quest for peace

    The resonance of the Christmas story is underpinned by the courage of the women from Ukraine to Afghanistan and Iran

    A painting dated 1476 of the Virgin Mary, in a blue veil, reading and against a black background
  • Friday, 23 December, 2022
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    A search for meaning in secular times

    Religious worship may be in decline but spirituality remains undimmed

    Three white-robbed clergy walk down the aisle between a congregation at St Paul’s Cathedral
  • Thursday, 22 December, 2022
    The Big Read
    How England and Wales lost their religion

    Christianity’s grip has been slipping for decades — evidenced by crumbling chapels and dwindling attendance. Can new communities help the church regain relevance?

    Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, during his Easter service at Canterbury Cathedral
  • Saturday, 3 December, 2022
    Chine McDonald
    Britain’s sea of faith remains, but its tides are changing

    Though less than half of people in England and Wales now identify as Christian, the pull of the Church is still strong

    A yellow and black collage of carved hands at prayer and an English village church, with a crucifix and Gothic lettering
  • Wednesday, 23 November, 2022
    Tony Barber
    Pope Francis sets off a contest over the future of the Catholic Church

    An unprecedented global consultation of the faithful is galvanising rival liberals and conservatives

    Illustration of a black cross drawn on a grey background. The horizontal line of the cross has an arrow on each end.
  • Friday, 21 October, 2022
    ReviewHistory books
    Christendom — how a true believers sect conquered a continent

    Peter Heather’s engaging survey of the religion reassesses its rise, from the ruins of the Roman empire to the shaping of modern Europe

    A Byzantine mosaic of Emperor Constantine, crowned and against a gold backdrop, in Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia
  • Tuesday, 30 August, 2022
    Travel
    Sea kayaking in St Columba’s wake

    Secret beaches and sacred spaces on a paddling adventure to Iona and the Ross of Mull

  • Sunday, 3 July, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    War costs Russia its influence with Ukraine’s Orthodox believers

    Church has split with Moscow’s pro-Putin patriarch as new national identity grows

  • Tuesday, 19 April, 2022
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    The Kremlin’s ‘holy war’ against Ukraine

    Russian Orthodox Church has given ideological backing to invasion

    Patriarch Kirill of Moscow at Christ the Saviour cathedral during a service
  • Monday, 18 April, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Russian Orthodox Church lends legitimacy to Putin’s war in Ukraine

    Moscow-led institution risks alienating independent-minded clergy at home as well as many Ukrainians

    Patriarch Kirill, head of the Moscow-led branch of global Orthodoxy, taking part in a cermony
  • Thursday, 7 April, 2022
    FT Magazine
    The Franciscan monk helping the Vatican take on — and tame — AI

    Father Paolo Benanti has become one of the Pope’s chief advisers on the potential harms of new tech

    Father Paolo Benanti
  • Wednesday, 5 May, 2021
    Lauren Fedor
    Catholic bishops risk own goal by attacking Biden on abortion rights

    US clergy could alienate churchgoers already angered by sexual abuse scandals

  • Wednesday, 10 March, 2021
    David Gardner
    Pope and Grand Ayatollah join forces to condemn extremism

    Towering Shia and Christian spiritual leaders make a plea for pluralism in Iraq

  • Saturday, 6 March, 2021
    Iraq
    Pope Francis meets Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani

    Pontiff brings a message of hope to Iraq as it tries to recover from years of sectarian violence

  • Friday, 5 March, 2021
    The home in 50 objects
    The home in 50 objects #33: King James Bible

    It became the most widely published text in English and is selling well in these pandemic times

    Young fundamentalist Christians like the King James version’s “cool and chic Shakespearian” qualities
  • Friday, 19 February, 2021
    Enuma Okoro
    What we learn in the wilderness

    In the most barren of seasons, there are yet glimmers of hope

    Briton Rivière’s ‘The Temptation in the Wilderness’ (1898)
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