Religion News Service

The Orthodox patriarch of Jerusalem, Theophilos III has posted a memo on the patriarchate website that appears to overturn a 45-year-old agreement with Western Christian churches.

Jesuit Fr. Thomas Reese: America sacramentalizes guns. They are God’s gift to the good and just to protect our way of life. This is heresy.

After Strassburger and Hotop were ordained, the two are working together, having been sent to the Diocese of Brownsville in Texas to minister in the Rio Grande Valley along the U.S.-Mexico border.

A painting of Jesus and his mother Mary, in which Jesus is seen by many to be painted in the likeness of George Floyd in response to his agonizing death, was recently stolen from Catholic University of America Columbus Law School.

Instead of blaming God when bad things happen in their lives, many Americans say individuals and societal institutions are responsible for suffering, according to a new survey. 

For many, the relationship between birds and Christianity does not stray further than seeing a dove carrying an olive branch on a banner at church. But for Christian birdwatchers this link is alive — and worth a closer gander.

Commentary: Lest we think Rittenhouse is an aberration, polling shows a frightening number of Americans — especially those who are white, conservative and Christian — believe violence may be necessary to "save the country."

Former Vatican economy czar Cardinal George Pell warns in a new book that the Catholic institution is facing a growing deficit.

The media was expecting fireworks this week, as the American Catholic bishops debated their highly anticipated document on the Eucharist.

 Students at Loyola Marymount University are protesting against the university after it announced it may be amending its policies surrounding student-organized activities.

The study, " Faith Among Black Americans," reveals the particular difficulty the Catholic Church is having in retaining Black adults who were raised Catholic.

Every year in Italy, more and more people choose to go through the simple process, which became available two decades ago at the behest of the Union of Rationalist Atheists and Agnostics, abbreviated in Italian as UAAR. 

'It is essential that we do everything we can to honor sites that hold historical, spiritual or ceremonial significance,' interior secretary says.

The U.S. bishops' gathering in Baltimore is set to host at least two unusually visible demonstrations that showcase the broad spectrum of U.S. Catholic thought. On Day One, liberal-leaning Catholic groups protested outside the hotel where the bishops met in a closed, executive session.

'City of a Million Dreams' is based on the book of the same name by renowned New Orleans journalist Jason Berry.

Pope Francis and his team of reformers continue their efforts to promote transparency in the institution’s fraught finances.

Jesuit Fr. Thomas Reese: "Bishop Gomez's remarks," Tobias Winright of St. Louis University worries, "lift rather than lower the bridge over the moat dividing U.S. Catholics and recent movements in the U.S. seeking to build 'a more perfect union' with true liberty and social justice for all."

After a pair of Catholic churches caught ablaze last summer, one in Southern California and another in Florida, the U.S. bishops' conference has started tracking vandalism at Catholic sites across the country.

A recent meeting between Pope Francis and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has raised hopes among Indian Catholics about the possibility of a future papal visit.

In his first book, Shoutin' in the Fire, Danté Stewart weaves together memoir and social and cultural criticism along with theology — stories about his family with stories from the Bible and Black literature.