Religion News Service

Thousands of people are missing in South Sudan. Church leaders are shining a light on this scourge on the second anniversary of a Catholic priest's disappearance.

Five of the more conservative U.S. cardinals were initially skeptical of Robert Prevost, whom they viewed as a more moderate version of Pope Francis, according to an unnamed cardinal cited in Massimo Franco's book.

The first female archbishop of Canterbury will stand shoulder to shoulder and kneel in prayer with the leader of the Roman Catholic Church, which still maintains a male-only priesthood.

Though majorities in both groups support abortion being legal, a new survey by the Public Religion Research Institute found that both white Catholics and white mainline/nonevangelical Protestants have demonstrated a small swing toward an anti-abortion position since 2024. 

Some Catholic Trump supporters will stick with him no matter what he does or says. He could declare himself the fourth person of the Blessed Trinity and they would smile. But other Catholics, like Americans generally, are becoming disillusioned with Trump. 

The bill is now heading to the Senate, and President Donald Trump announced he would veto it if it reached his desk.

Over nearly the last year, the bishops have gradually ramped up a forceful and united defense of the American pope’s critiques of Trump administration policies.

In 'Beyond Wellness,' religious ethics professor Liz Bucar makes the case for connecting yoga, meditation and other practices to their religious origins.

President Trump's unhinged attacks on Pope Leo are signs he is not fit to govern.

'I’m not afraid of the Trump administration,' the pope responded, 'or of speaking out loudly about the message of the Gospel.'

A peculiar meeting at the Pentagon between apostolic nuncio Cardinal Christophe Pierre, who serves as Pope Leo XIV's U.S. representative, and a senior Department of Defense official has led to a flurry of speculation and concern about the relationship between the Pentagon and the Vatican.

Young people today say they are interested in spirituality and long for community. The Catholic Church has a rich tradition of spirituality, but it needs to do more than repackage old products, says Fr. Tom Reese.

The increase in faith-fueled militaristic rhetoric is pitting the president against a growing list of faith leaders, ranging from local clergy to the pope.

Both Apollo 8 and Artemis II missions included public references to religion, but astronauts aboard the Artemis' Orion spacecraft struck a broader, more global tone.

In the last week, faith leaders were offered some of their first glimpses into ICE facilities, making use of a degree of access denied to most people — even members of Congress.

In the looksmaxxing community, physical transformation is treated as a moral imperative, one obtainable by persistent self-denial and the pursuit of an ideal form. To some, the ethos resembles a kind of inverted asceticism: a life structured around sacrifice and perfection, not to a higher power, but to the self.

Pope Leo XIV announced a significant reshuffling of top Vatican posts on March 30, consolidating his leadership over the church and the Roman Curia almost one year into his pontificate.

Matthew LaBanca's case is one of at least 80 New Ways Ministry has tracked involving employment disputes since 2007 tied to LGBTQ+ issues within Catholic institutions.

A new survey finds support for Trump’s immigration agenda weakened even among his steadfast supporters: white evangelicals and white Catholics.

In January, Archbishop Robert Casey announced plans to hold an archdiocesan synod next year, ‘a time of prayer, a time of listening to the Holy Spirit and to one another.’