Religion News Service

The move for the Episcopal bishop to resign sets in motion a nearly two-year process to find her replacement as she finishes out her lengthy tenure as one of the country’s most visible religious leaders.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has lifted a financial freeze on Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley, restoring federal funding to the South Texas nonprofit run by prominent Catholic leader Sr. Norma Pimentel, she said on Friday, Sept. 25.

Tens of thousands of attendees filled The Dome at America’s Center and many more joined online Sept. 24 to view the formal, lengthy ceremony celebrating the beatification of Archbishop Fulton Sheen

The Trump administration notified Congress on Tuesday (Sept. 22) that it once again plans to limit the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program to 17,500 admissions next year, primarily white South Africans.

Too many Americans today fear that their votes do not count because they believe that elections can be stolen. That means churches need to help protect the electoral process and restore our faith in democracy.

Pope Leo is quietly positioning the Vatican as a moral convener in the AI debate and a potential bridge between the rival superpowers.

Two women now head major Vatican offices, and a third will soon. But the altar rail tells another story about their progress in the church, writes Phyllis Zagano.

While Trump insists he has "done more for religion than any other president," he has been repeatedly sued by faith groups — particularly over his attempts to restrict immigration and facilitate mass deportation.

As he visited Washington on Wednesday (Sept. 16) to testify before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China about his father's imprisonment in Hong Kong, Sebastien Lai said the Vatican could play a more vocal role to help his father, journalist Jimmy Lai.

Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City, the U.S. Catholic bishops’ conference president, urged President Donald Trump to cease the deportation of “large numbers” of Haitian immigrants. 

Young people are facing an epidemic of despair, but data shows religious community is an antidote, according to co-authors of The Death of Religion? Nones, Others, and the Flourishing of Faith.

At least two were physically carried from the building by law enforcement officers. The arrests add to a growing list of clergy who have encountered law enforcement while protesting against Trump immigration policies.

The Alternative für Deutschland party may gain power on Sept. 6 in Saxony-Anhalt, posing a direct threat to refugees and the German churches that serve them.

"All I want is to see my husband back," said Denise Gedeon, whose pastor-husband, Joubert Adrien, was detained by ICE — one of two pastors arrested during a weekend that also brought a death, prayers and vigils for a Haitian community under siege.

His writings touched on conservation, community and belonging, and he acquired legions of fans beyond environmental studies — including many scholars of religion.

A penitent confesses: "The old Latin Mass is like a zombie. We thought it was dead, but it keeps coming back." What will his penance be?

As the CIA director quietly carried warnings to Moscow, Pope Leo's foreign minister offered dialogue and humanitarian cooperation — missions that one Vatican expert likened to a "good cop, bad cop operation."

Faith leaders and congregations are responding to what they see as a human-engineered spiritual, moral and humanitarian crisis, especially as ICE activity stepped up over the weekend.

"In talking to the Canaanite woman, Jesus sounds like Donald Trump and JD Vance," Thomas Reese writes. 

Faith-based anti-death penalty activists have used the bell-tolling tactic throughout the country. Bells ran again Aug. 13, a day when three death row inmates were executed.