Religion News Service

Lutherans and Catholics bury the hatchet for Reformation’s 500th

Feds release first guidelines for confronting a church shooter

Mother Dolores Hart, from kissing Elvis to joining the convent

WASHINGTON (RNS) The way fans reacted to Dolores Hart’s decision to become a cloistered nun, you might have thought the movie star..

Pope Francis’ first 100 days: What we’ve learned so far

VATICAN CITY (RNS) When Pope Benedict XVI shocked the world in February in becoming the first pope to resign in 600 years,..

10 years later, Mister Rogers is still making neighbors

COMMENTARY: A new evangelical engagement with public schools

PORTLAND, Ore. (RNS) Why would evangelical Christians want anything to do with public schools? Judging from decades of culture war rhetoric, these..

Activists rally to bury the bodies from Gosnell abortion trial

Lifetree Cafes offer space for tough topics

WATERBURY, Conn. (RNS) On a recent Monday evening, a room inside Christ Community Church was transformed into a coffeehouse with fresh-brewed coffee,..

Why John Calvin is shaking things up for Southern Baptists

COMMENTARY: Mindless metrics

Rethinking church membership: An interview with Thom Rainer

ELCA Lutherans elect first openly gay bishop

The church in a land of climate disruption

‘Nuns on the Bus’ kick off immigration tour

Will there be a ‘mass exodus’ of religious groups from the Scouts?



Study suggests bad World War II experiences led vets to church

Is Pope Francis is a heretic? No, but he does raise questions


Oklahoma Muslims aid in tornado relief in bid to build bridges


(Presbyterian) Church of Scotland OKs gay ministers

Congregations tend the soil and the soul with vegetable gardens

Vatican revives its ancient patronage of the arts

Harold Camping may be facing doomsday, but not the one he intended

ANALYSIS: Will the Kermit Gosnell verdict change the abortion debate?

ANALYSIS: Where are the Christians on burying Tsarnaev?

Pentagon debunks reports of anti-Christian policies