Religion

A Cincinnati Good Friday tradition is back this year.

Inside Noor Islamic Cultural Center, Imam Abdel Moneim is reciting Dhuhr, one of five daily prayers in Islam that happens around noon. Men are sliding off…

This week, Catholic leaders expressed moral concerns about the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine because it was produced in part using fetal cell lines from an abortion. They say Catholics should first opt for Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, which also used a fetal cell line in research, but not in production.

More protests could happen this week in Ohio or at the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. The Ohio Council of Churches is condemning threats of possible…

Gov. Mike DeWine is calling on Ohioans to slow the spread of the coronavirus even as Christmas approaches. DeWine says a surge in COVID-19 cases could hit…

His comments came even as the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a federal district court to reexamine its previous support for restrictions on indoor religious services in California.

Forty years after the murder of Sister Dorothy Kazel and three other missionary women in El Salvador, members of the Ursuline Sisters of Cleveland continue work to preserve their legacies. Local Catholic institutions are planning virtual events for Wednesday to honor the anniversary of their deaths. Kazel was abducted by five members of the Salvadoran National Guard after a trip to the airport on Dec. 2, 1980, along with her fellow missionary Jean Donovan and Maryknoll Sisters Maura Clarke and Ita Ford. The women were raped and later murdered by the guardsmen.

Gov. Mike DeWine last week signed into law a bill that would ban public officials from closing houses of worship or moving the date of an election –…

People of faith continue to find new ways to worship during the COVID-19 pandemic, from outdoor, socially distant gatherings to online services and...

The opinion upheld a Trump administration rule that significantly cut back on the Affordable Care Act requirement that insurers provide free birth control coverage under almost all health care plans.