religion Archives - Northeastern Global News

A close up shot of a person wearing a black sweater with a red beaded necklace that has a small cross pendant.

Society & Culture

Why is Gen Z more religious than previous generations?

by Erin Kayata

Two historians examine a large medieval manuscript inside a library.

University News

Northeastern historians uncover 12th-century findings at London’s Lambeth Palace Library

by Patrick Daly

Pope Robert Francis Prevost Leo XIV greets the crowd from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica after his election in Vatican City.

As an American, what kind of influence can Pope Leo XIV wield in the Catholic Church?

by Tanner Stening

St. Peter Basilica in the Vatican in Italy.

Society & Culture

Why ‘theopolitics’ and not nationality is likely to decide the next pope

by Cyrus Moulton

Fans lined up outside of the Eras Tour official merchandise stand.

Society & Culture

Was Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour a modern-day religious pilgrimage?

by Patrick Daly

An illustration of a UFO flying over a forest.

Science & Technology

Are UFOs spawning a new religious movement?

by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert

An image of Carlo Acutis unveiled at a Catholic ceremony.

Why the impending sainthood of video game-playing teenager Carlo Acutis captures the Catholic imagination

by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert

Dave DeSteno and Francis Collins speaking into microphones on stage in front of a screen that says 'How God Works' on it.

Society & Culture

Science and religion can get along, says former director of the National Institutes of Health

by Cody Mello-Klein

A Russian Orthodox Church priest gesturing while speaking to soldiers outside.

What does it mean that the Russian Orthodox Church is calling Putin’s invasion of Ukraine a ‘holy war’?

by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert

Same sex couple receiving a blessing by a priest in Germany.

Will Catholic justices on the US Supreme Court be influenced by the pope’s softer stance on same-sex couples?

by Alena Kuzub

A woman pastor speaks at Southern Baptist Church.

Society & Culture

The Southern Baptist Convention is trying to prevent women from being pastors. What does that mean for religion in America?

by Cody Mello-Klein

A man poses looking upward

‘An incredible human being, elite teammate.’ Northeastern basketball star transitions from court to the seminary

by Ian Thomsen