SALT LAKE CITY – Episcopal bishops have made history again. On Saturday (June 27), during a private meeting at St. Mark’s Cathedral..
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage across the United States Friday in a closely divided ruling that will stand as..
WASHINGTON (RNS) The dean of Washington National Cathedral has called for two stained-glass windows featuring Confederate flags to be taken down from the..
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Vatican on Friday (June 26) signed a historic agreement recognizing the state of Palestine and calling for a..
(RNS) The Christian conference circuit has special appeal to women. Jews and Muslims alike have dinners and parties organized around their holiday..
(RNS) Nadine Collier, daughter of one of Dylann Roof’s nine alleged victims, has one message for the suspected killer: “I forgive you.”..
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Hundreds Sunday packed the pews of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church readying themselves to bury nine beloved members and..
“He was a giant, a legend, a moral compass.” Those are the words used by fellow state senator Marlon Kimpson on CNN..
(RNS) Americans have less confidence in organized religion today than ever measured before — a sign that the church could be “losing..
WASHINGTON — An active-duty Army chaplain with the elite 75th Ranger Regiment has published a book titled “Jesus Was an Airborne Ranger”..
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis will open a homeless shelter on the edge of Vatican City, the latest move by the pontiff..
(RNS) Pope Francis has approved the first-ever system for judging, and possibly deposing, bishops who fail to protect children from abusive clerics,..
TORONTO (RNS) In groups of eight or so, riders wheeled their bicycles down the red-carpeted center aisle of Toronto’s Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church...
(RNS) Summer is the time when many Protestant denominations hold annual or biennial meetings to assess the state of their union, make..
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) -Prosecutors in Minnesota brought criminal charges on Friday against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, accusing it..
(RNS) This is my farewell column for Religion News Service. After nearly 20 years of writing commentary for this extraordinary news service, it..
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) Recent attacks by Somalia’s al-Shabab Muslim militant group have forced the closure of dozens of schools in Kenya’s north, as..
NEW DELHI (RNS) Each day, children on their way to Mount Carmel School pass through gates under the watch of armed security guards,..
DUBLIN — In many ways, Ireland remains a heavily Catholic country. Yet Friday (May 22)’s emphatic “Yes” vote to same-sex marriage rights..
(RNS) Nebraska is showing the most visible signs of a change in thinking by Christians and conservatives on the death penalty, and..
(RNS) Last year, a death penalty sentence slapped on a Sudanese doctor for refusing to renounce her Christian faith stirred international outrage..
(RNS) The survey of America’s religious landscape released by the Pew Research Center last week engendered controversy, with headlines and articles latching onto one..
(RNS) Amid killings, rapes and abductions, the international evangelical humanitarian agency World Vision indefinitely suspended its operations in South Sudan’s Unity State..
JERUSALEM (RNS) The Vatican’s decision to recognize Palestine as a sovereign state on Wednesday (May 13) angered Israeli officials. The move comes..
The Vatican formally recognized the state of Palestine in a new treaty, finalized on Wednesday. The treaty, which follows a decision in..
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