Welcome to Burning Questions, the EarthBeat feature that takes on those questions smoldering in your mind about climate change and religion — from the basics to more complex, and everything in between ...

Few theological concepts are as mangled and misinterpreted as the concept of sin. Yet we find the subject off-putting. We don’t understand it well because we prefer not to discuss it. Growing up, many ...

Religions are frequently blamed for regulating sex. Religions and scriptures usually tell us what is right and what is wrong (although interpretations may vary). Religions have kind of developed their ...

Remember the song lyrics: "What the world needs now is love, sweet love!" It's hard to disagree with such a sentiment, especially at the present time when nations and people are at war with each other ...

As the lights flashed and the music blared out something caught my attention. It wasn’t the flashing lights nor was it the blaring music. As I stood excitedly at my first Chris Tomlin concert I was ...

Catholics in the United States observe Dec. 8, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, as a holy day of obligation. (We celebrate the Nativity of Mary on Sept. 8, i.e., nine months hence). I fear ...