Religion News Service

The head of the Italian Bishops’ Conference took turns with dozens of other members of his diocese reading the names and ages of the 16 Israeli children and the 12,211 Palestinian children who have been killed in the war.

San Diego Auxiliary Bishop Felipe Pulido has partnered with Episcopal, Lutheran, Jewish and Muslim clergy, as well as lay people, to provide accompaniment for immigrants at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement hearings every day in August. Clergy nationwide are going with immigrants to court appointments.

Early Thursday morning (Aug. 14), Catholic sisters processed through downtown Atlanta in a 'Pilgrimage of Hope,' praying for migrants, racial justice and action on climate change.

Native American Church members say the presence of double-crested cormorants in Brackenridge Park is vital to their religious ceremonies.

By actively undermining progressive and moderate faith voices at home, the White House is profligately deepening divisions in American religion.

Azerbaijan's hefty donations to restore Vatican treasures are drawing sharp criticism from Armenian activists, who accuse the Holy See of whitewashing the country's destruction of their Christian heritage.

The fear of raids has pushed some congregations back to pandemic-era worship strategies.

The Halachic Left is one of several new Jewish protest groups that have formed after Oct. 7, 2023, to argue for a reclaiming of a Judaism of loving-kindness.

Participants from the US and Africa urged scientific and economic thinkers on climate to consider spiritual concepts raised in Laudato Si'.

 Some churches report lower attendance at services. Others have added programs to serve people affected by Trump administration tactics.  

When we read the news about people in distress, Jesus is looking over our shoulders and asking what we are going to do for them, writes Fr. Tom Reese.

"I always say that moms can act as the moral compass of a society," Katie Holler, founder of the Dorothea Project, said.

Much of the debate involves grappling with the question of whether AI is being used as a replacement for a sacred human project or whether it's a tool in the service of that project. 

The persecuted church in Russia is speaking. Is the global church listening?

The resolution also denounces "weaponization" of the U.S. Constitution" and urges UCC churches to divest from private incarceration companies that are participating in the White House crackdown on immigrants.

Attacks from the religious right on Marina Silva, a Pentecostal and longtime environmentalist, expose the rifts within Brazil's evangelical movement as the Amazon's future hangs in the balance.

The religious right has hoped for the repeal of the Johnson Amendment since at least 2007, when President Donald Trump pledged to totally destroy it. The new regime is bound to be helpful to Republicans but unlikely to advance the cause of religion.

Religious organizations in New York City are reviving old strategies and adopting new ones to protect their communities from immigration enforcement.

"New York was the center of the slave trade in the United States," said Boshop Matthew Heyd of the Episcopal Diocese of New York. "That evil is part of the fabric of the diocese, and we're trying to repair this fabric."

At age 47, Bishop-designate Thomas Hennen will be the youngest bishop leading a U.S. diocese. Hennen's ministry to LGBTQ+ people has seen mixed reactions about his pastoral approach.