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Dolly Parton’s new Christmas special is full of reminders that the season is all about Jesus and that we should rely on God for all of our needs. But while religious themes abound, the star-studded show is also a a bit of a hodgepodge.

While promoting his latest film project, actor Will Smith is speaking about faith, freedom, and forgiveness. In "Emancipation," which begins streaming on Apple TV+ December 9, Smith plays an escaped slave known only as “Whipped Peter.”

After numerous delays, the trial of former megachurch pastor Brian Houston is underway, as Houston defends the charge that he intentionally covered up the child sex abuse offenses of his late father, Frank Houston.

The Biden administration on Friday placed a well-known Russian paramilitary organization on a list of religious freedom violators alongside a number of notorious terrorist organizations.

At least nine people died and eight others were missing in South Africa after a flash flood swept away members of a South African church congregation along the Jukskei River in Johannesburg, rescue officials said Sunday.

Cardinal Mario Grech, secretary general of the Vatican’s synod office said that when considering expectations for the Synod on Synodality, “the only limit is the Word of God, understood in the light of tradition.”

Professional degrees are gaining traction at theological schools across the U.S. and Canada, while the traditional ministerial degree, the master of divinity, is faltering, according to new data released late last month.

On Aug. 25, 2019, Rev. Joseph Rizzuti Sr., was tased by an officer with the Worcester Police Department in Worcester, Massachusetts. Rizzuti Sr.'s son, Pastor Joseph Rizzuti Jr., has shared new details with ChurchLeaders regarding what transpired that day.