Religion News Service

In recent years, many Jews have passed over the brisket, chicken, chopped liver and even the gefilte fish. How will they take to cell-cultured meat?

On Holy Thursday, the ceremony of the washing of feet symbolically expresses our willingness to imitate the loving service of Jesus, to imitate his willingness to forget his own fears and pain and to love and to forgive those who will desert him in his hour of need.

Holy Week is a time when the Christian community shares Christ's pain on the cross, his betrayal and abandonment. Christ is being crucified again in Ukraine.

Although baseball and religion share an increasingly tenuous status as honored institutions in American life, maybe baseball needs to rethink its evangelization strategy.

"The Roman Curia," the document states, "does not stand between the pope and the bishops, but rather places itself at the service of both in ways that are proper to the nature of each."

When she spoke at the first day of her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing as a nominee for Supreme Court justice, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson stated her belief in God and her gratitude for divine blessings.

Mientras que los cuatro mártires están un paso más cerca de la santidad, los salvadoreños en los Estados Unidos esperan que la designación pueda inspirar a la Iglesia Católica a centrarse en los pobres y marginados.

Four men were killed by death squads in El Salvador decades ago. Now, as the martyrs are closer to official sainthood, Salvadorans in the U.S. hope the designation could inspire the church to center the poor and marginalized.

Commentary: The Irish government recently declared a national holiday for St. Brigid. A medieval historian explains her fascinating life and history.

"That's how the world changes: When individuals have the courage of their convictions and use their voices to call for change," the climate scientist told Religion News Service.

Some Bible believers look to Noah for an approach to surviving climate change.

"It's a rare moment that I will show my face or bring my specific story into those spaces," Riley said. "I think people will be surprised just how much of myself this book contains."

There are some absurd, cringeworthy — but, also, deeply Jewish scenes in the new season of "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel." 

Former Vatican envoy and outspoken papal critic Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò released a letter on March 7 blaming "deep state" forces in the United States, the European Union and NATO for triggering the current war and demonizing Russia.

Our generation is frustrated with U.S. Catholic and civic leaders who do not seem to grasp the gravity of our crisis and are unwilling to enact church teaching.

As anxiety over the climate and environmental degradation rises, a scholar argues that teachings from religion and spirituality need to inform discussions on sustainability.

The docuseries is a reminder West's complicated relationship with Christianity reaches back further than 'Jesus Is King' and his recent elaborate Sunday Service events.

Pope Francis has asked us to pray for peace in Ukraine on Ash Wednesday, a day of mandatory fast and abstinence in the Catholic Church. I intend to expand that into a Lent of praying for peace, justice and ecological healing.

Phyllis Zagano: Three Arizona men, congressional candidate Ron Watkins, Senate primary candidate Jim Lamon and Phoenix Bishop Thomas Olmsted, are causing a lot of headshaking in the Grand Canyon State and beyond.

A new online exhibit featuring portraits of Black Muslims launched Feb. 2. Captured in dramatic lighting and paired with audio clips, the portraits highlight the beauty and diversity within the Black Muslim experience.