In an unusual step, Catholic church leaders announced they had named judges to decide the fate of the ex-Jesuit accused by ...

(RNS) — A youth group experiment became America’s megachurch model—until crisis forced a reckoning.

Health issues caused Sister Jean to step down from her role with the university in August, though the school said she ...

Anyone can join the chorus of those welcoming the hostages home — and contrast themselves to those who ripped posters of kidnapped children off lampposts.

Sister Jean was inducted into the Loyola Ramblers Athletic Hall of Fame in 2017. The school erected a memorial for her outside the train stop near campus that reads, 'Home of the world-famous Sister ...

That was Jane Goodall’s genius: an eloquence that dissolved boundaries between science and spirit, between human and animal, between nature as backdrop and nature as sanctuary. In a summit crowded ...

Zion Church is among the largest so-called underground or house churches that are unregistered with the Chinese authorities. They defy Chinese government restrictions requiring believers to worship ...

The church, whose members are often known as Mormons, has grown from a small community to 17.5 million members around the ...

Israelis applauded U.S. President Donald Trump, and some booed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner addressed a weekly rally in Tel Aviv ...

As biblical references to immigrants become political slogans, Ruth's story shows how keeping the humanity of immigrants in ...

As of this week, three US states have codified Diwali as a state holiday, offering a framework for excused absences or paid ...

AUSTIN, Texas (RNS) — The Episcopal General Convention, meeting in Texas since July 3, is discussing changes to the church's Book of Common Prayer aimed at stripping away some of the masculine ...