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"The world is undergoing a profound spiritual and cultural crisis, which manifests in multiple forms of violence, polarization and mutual distrust," Leo said in Spain.

Moments before Department of Homeland Security agents fired a hail of pepper balls at the feet of demonstrators outside the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, New Jersey May 25, faith leaders say they were frantically working to calm things down.

In the midst of a devastating cancer diagnosis, Kate Bowler also found experiences of joy. Now she's written a book about it.

The pontiff and the pop star will be in Madrid next week. "It’s not impossible to think that here will be where Pope Leo and Bad Bunny will cross paths," said one city official.

Most of the programmers teaching AI to "think" are men. One can only hope that the views of women will be added to the equation.

All 30 NBA teams have at least one volunteer chaplain who caters to the spiritual needs of the players, and every NBA arena has a designated area where players from both teams can gather before a game to pray.

In a new video series, RNS goes behind the front lines of the immigration crisis. Episode 1 is about Sr. Susan Francois, who bears witness and offers 'radical hospitality' to family members and friends visiting immigrant detainees at Delaney Hall.

The Trump administration's vast cuts to refugee services have led some religious congregations to fill in gaps.

"As AI amplifies and compounds religious bias at scale, more users may misunderstand the contribution faith and belief can make to moral and ethical AI grounding," said Elder Gerrit W. Gong, one of the 12 apostles in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in a speech.

Leo’s answer is clear: A person’s dignity does not depend on what they can "achieve or produce."

In Magnifica Humanitas, Leo argues Catholic social teaching can help us know how to deal with emerging technologies and their potential for disruption.

Sr. Teresa Groth runs Francisco Homes, a housing program for formerly incarcerated men, including immigrants facing deportation.

A study group established by Pope Francis after the Synod on Synodality has called for a greater role for the laity and clergy in the selection of bishops, especially by involving the diocesan priests’ council and pastoral council.

The land targeted by the federal government is at the base of Mount Cristo Rey, a mountain and pilgrimage site topped by a 29-foot-tall limestone statue of Jesus Christ.

"We need accountability. We need to set goals, track registrations, follow up to ensure that those who register actually vote," a Church of God in Christ bishop said at an "emergency" meeting.

Black voters and other Democrats in red congressional districts should register as Republicans.

The Vatican released a report on Tuesday (May 5) that included the testimony of two married gay Catholics and acknowledged the church's role in "the solitude, anguish, and stigma that accompany persons with same-sex attractions and their families." The report also reflects on the negative impacts of conversion therapy, or "the devastating effects of reparative therapies aimed at recovering heterosexuality."

'The biggest lesson I had to learn is that God's lack of an answer to my prayers to change me was an answer, because there was nothing about me that needed to change,' said Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez.

I hope I am wrong, but I think that the church in Africa will look very much like the church in the West by the end of this century.