Religious rift (6)
I believe the answer is:
schism
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">religious rift</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for schism that I've seen before include "Formal separation of a church into two churches" , "Split over doctrinal beliefs" , "Religious division, breach" , "(Ecclesiastical) division" , "Church disunity" .)