(RNS) — The Days are co-authors of a best-selling Christian book on relationships.

Christiane Amanpour speaks with David Gibson, Director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University, and Father Thomas Reese, Senior Analyst at Religion News Service, about Pope Leo’s m...

Too many Americans today fear that their votes do not count because they believe that elections can be stolen. That means churches need to help protect the electoral process and restore our faith in d...

METZ, France (RNS) — On his final day in France, Pope Leo XIV urged European leaders to uphold multilateralism and international law and reject the 'illusion' of rearmament.

NEW YORK (AP) — Mamdani said the overarching goal of the initiative was to “confront the scourge of antisemitism now and in the future."

NAIROBI (RNS) — More than 2,000 former LRA captives and returnees gathered in northern Uganda for prayer and reconciliation, confronting a painful question: How do communities receive people who are b...

Prosecutors said Word of Faith Fellowship leader Brooke Covington led a group of church members in 2013 who choked and beat a young man for two hours while they prayed to expel “homosexual demons.”

PARIS (RNS) — As France sees a surge in adult and youth baptisms, Pope Leo XIV urged the church to welcome new Catholics into parish life and called for reverence in worship without letting liturgical...

(RNS) — A funny cartoon makes a point: Who of us could hold up against such incessant scrutiny?

(RNS) — The monks' efforts were not employed, as today, to rationalize bad behavior on one's own side, but as bona fide criticism of both.

(RNS) — RNS found at least 25 immigrant pastors were detained, deported or otherwise separated from their churches. While the Rev. Esdras Paredes ministers via video, his congregation sells tamales to...

(RNS) — An investigation by podcaster Pablo Torre and Mother Jones magazine alleged that Life Surge, which runs Christian leadership and wealth events featuring sports stars and Christian celebrities,...

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (RNS) — 'If someone were to ask me, am I in panic mode? No, I sleep at night,' the pope said. But, he doesn’t believe the warnings regarding AI are 'fake news, as some have said...

KAIMOSI, Kenya (AP) — There are an estimated 400,000 members worldwide of the Religious Society of Friends, or Quakers. About half live in Africa with most in Kenya, where Americans introduced the rel...

PARIS, France (RNS) — As France sees a surge in adult and youth baptisms, Pope Leo XIV urged the church to welcome new Catholics into parish life and called for reverence in worship without letting li...

PARIS, France (RNS) — As France sees a surge in adult and youth baptisms, Pope Leo XIV urged the church to welcome new Catholics into parish life and called for reverence in worship without letting li...

(The Conversation) — The forged document was used as leverage to try to expand papal control throughout the Italian peninsula.

(RNS) — Why he still matters.

AUSTIN, Texas (RNS) — Pimentel announced the investigation had been dropped during a conversation with RNS events host Niala Boodhoo at the Texas Tribune Festival in Austin.

(RNS) — The group, which included a religious adviser to Trump, sent a letter to Trump officials — an unusual instance of evangelical leaders urging the administration to change course.

WUDANG, China (AP) —Tourists and pilgrims in a steady stream make their way through Wudang every day. Its scenic peaks, ancient palaces and religious sites drew 14 million visits in 2025, according to...

CHICAGO (AP) — Opponents, including many religious groups, lawmakers and disability advocates, have moral objections to someone ending their life.

To restore faith in democracy, churches need to step up to guarantee the fairness of the electoral process, argues this Religion News Service columnist.

Addressing the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, the pontiff linked climate preparedness to justice for vulnerable communities.

(RNS) — Killings and torture lead to more killings and torture. A balance is never achieved. Vengeance inspires more vengeance.

(RNS) — Churches should encourage their members to volunteer as poll workers and watchers for this year’s midterm election.

Belief shapes elections, policy, culture and daily life, often in ways other newsrooms miss or misunderstand. For 92 years, Religion News Service has covered those stories with depth and independence....

(RNS) — Churches should encourage their members to volunteer as poll workers and watchers for this year’s midterm election.

(RNS) — Even as ‘The Pendragon Cycle’ attempts to entertain broad audiences, it also hopes to win territory in a culture war as a defense of white Christian men and their right to rule the world.

ST. LOUIS (RNS) — In his homily, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle preached about Sheen's attention to poverty in the Global South.

(RNS) — Trump administration lawyers have argued a key component of the Johnson Amendment, which bars nonprofits from taking part in political campaigns, should not apply to churches. They've asked an...

(RNS) — A group of Reformed pastors and influencers has wedded old-school segregationist theology with the hypermasculinity of the manosphere and the savvy of the attention economy to preach and sell ...

(RNS) — A group of Reformed pastors and influencers has wedded old-school segregationist theology with the hypermasculinity of the manosphere and the savvy of the attention economy to preach and sell ...

(RNS) — Latter-day Saints diverge from the white evangelicals they resemble in their political conservatism and Republican partisanship.

(RNS) — With temperatures dropping and winter’s dark not far away, our sukkah-dwelling is a quiet but powerful statement.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The April 21 attacks, which were inspired by the Islamic State group, were among the deadliest attacks in Sri Lanka’s history.

BELLEVILLE, Ontario (AP) — Belleville police identified the man as Sean Ward of Quinte West. Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit, an independent civilian agency that investigates police shootings, s...

NEW YORK (RNS) — As Netanyahu prepares to speak, protesters across the city are demonstrating over antisemitism and Israel, reflecting the diverse views of Jewish New Yorkers on those issues.

ROME (AP) — The “Priests Against Genocide” network was born in August 2025 and currently includes over 2,500 priests and bishops from five continents, organizers said.

NEW YORK (RNS) — As Netanyahu prepares to speak, protesters across the city are demonstrating over antisemitism and Israel, reflecting the diverse views of Jewish New Yorkers on those issues.

Soldiers want to tell their stories, and we need to hear them.

Too many Americans today fear that their votes do not count because they believe that elections can be stolen. That means churches need to help protect the electoral process and restore our faith in d...

(RNS) — News that Streep will play Aslan in "Narnia: The Magician's Nephew" has sparked casting debates similar to those over "The Odyssey." But for evangelicals, the concerns go deeper than culture w...

(RNS) — The Trump administration set the refugee cap for 2027 at 17,500, the same as this year. That would make it the second year in a row of historically low admissions — made up primarily of white ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli forces at the scene then “opened fire at the terrorist as he attempted to flee” and killed him. More military forces were deployed in the area in the aftermath.

Tremendous progress has been made toward eclipsing the role of the just war tradition in Catholic teaching, and moving peace-building, multilateralism and nonviolence toward the center, says D.C. Card...

(RNS) — All of us fans cheering on our team didn't know much about each other, but we wanted the same thing. Then, the reaction to a photo shared online told a different story.

(RNS) — Amid surging kidnappings and attacks on communities and places of worship, faith leaders are forming partnerships aimed at countering religious division and building peace.

(RNS) — Each week RNS presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. This week’s photo selection includes Yom Kippur, a bishop's ordination and more.