Peter Smith | Associated Press

The gunman who stormed a synagogue in the heart of Pittsburgh’s Jewish community and killed 11 worshippers has been formally sentenced to death. A federal judge imposed the sentence Thursday.

The indictments announced Friday are the latest charges in an ongoing probe that has identified 14 suspects.

More than four-and-a-half years after Robert Bowers allegedly walked into the Tree of Life synagogue and killed 11 Jewish worshipers, the guilt phase of his trial begins Tuesday morning.

Thousands of United Methodist congregations have been voting on whether to stay or quit one of the nation’s largest denominations amid intractable debates over theology and the role of LGBTQ people.

A Pennsylvania grand jury in recent months accused nine men with connections to the Jehovah’s Witnesses of child sexual abuse in what some consider the nation’s most comprehensive investigation yet into abuse within the faith.

The Pittsburgh Penguins hockey team has reached an agreement with a historic Black church to provide it with development rights to a 1.5-acre parcel near the church's former property. Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church's old sanctuary was demolished along with much of the surrounding Black neighborhood during the 1950s as part of a now-lamented urban-renewal project.

Josh Shapiro will be taking office as Pennsylvania’s next governor in January after running a campaign in which he spoke early and often about his Jewish religious heritage. At a time of rising concern about overt expressions of antisemitism, some observers are seeing a bright spot in his decisive victory.

The 'Immaculate Reception' turns 50 this Friday, Dec. 23. The NFL considers it the greatest play in league history — but it’s more than that.

Voters with no religious affiliation supported Democratic candidates and abortion rights by staggering percentages in the 2022 midterm elections. And the religiously unaffiliated are growing. Twenty-nine percent of U.S. adults identified as atheist, agnostic or "nothing in particular" in a 2021 report by the Pew Research Center — up 10 percentage points in a decade.

Evangelical Christians across the U.S. reconfirmed their allegiance to conservative candidates and causes in the midterm elections. Catholic voters also continued to show how closely divided they are, even on abortion.