Democrats Have The Religious Left. Can They Win The Religious Middle? Faith voters who have a mix of liberal and conservative values are up for grabs in the 2020 election. Democrats hope to win them over. Tom Gjelten
Visiting A Historic Mosque In North Dakota A mosque in the United States was built on a North Dakota prairie in the 1920s. Today the descendants of those families share that history with new American Muslims. Leila Fadel
U.S. Methodists Meet To Consider What Comes Next After Disagreements Over LGBT Clergy Methodists around the U.S. have been engaged in tense discussions over the future of their church. The denomination may split because of disagreements over same sex weddings and LGBT clergy. Tom Gjelten
The Culture Wars Live On Between The LGBTQ Movement And The Religious Right An uprising around a New York bar, Stonewall Inn, 50 years ago sparked a movement pushing for LGBTQ civil rights. The success of that movement saw a powerful backlash from the modern religious right. Leila Fadel
Bishops In Amazon Region To Debate Whether Married Men Might Join Priesthood Catholic Bishops from the Amazon region will debate a proposal to allow the ordination of married men in limited circumstances in October. Pope Francis has long said the idea should be considered. Tom Gjelten
Notre Dame Holds 1st Mass Since Fire Devastated The Historic Paris Cathedral A group of around 30 people wearing hardhats gathered for Mass in the cathedral on Saturday, exactly two months after a severe fire. The service was not open to the public. Jake Cigainero
Catholics And Southern Baptists Consider How To Respond To Sex Abuse In The Church Catholics and Southern Baptists have both faced clergy sex abuse allegations. Leaders of both denominations met this week to discuss their problems. Tom Gjelten
Southern Baptists Launch New Guidelines For Addressing Sexual Abuse In The Church NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Rachael Denhollander, the first woman to publicly report Larry Nassar, about her work building guidelines for churches when responding to abuse.
Southern Baptists Vote To Hold Churches More Accountable For Mishandling Abuse Claims At their annual meeting held in Birmingham, Ala., the Southern Baptist Convention approved changes making it clear that individual churches can be expelled for covering up abuse cases. Scott Neuman
Vatican Rejects Idea That People Can Choose Or Change Their Gender The Vatican says gender is god-given, dismissing the idea that there is any right to choose one's gender. The Vatican said a fluid idea of identity is not "based on the truths of existence." Sylvia Poggioli