Pope Francis made a face-to-face apology to representatives of North American indigenous nations Friday after the tribal leaders traveled to the Vatican to discuss the Roman Catholic Church’s role in the boarding school system that …
The Knights of Columbus, a Catholic fraternal organization that has spread across the world, are celebrating the 140th anniversary of its founding. The Rev. Michael J. McGivney founded the Knights of Columbus on Feb. 6, …
The Episcopal Diocese of California has planned to use an empty nine-acre lot in the city of Brentwood to alleviate the local housing crisis while encouraging environmentalism. Rent has spiked across the country since COVID-19 …
The University of Oregon has the hopes of purchasing Concordia University Portland campus and building a new children’s behavioral health institute there. Concordia, a Lutheran school, was forced to close its doors in 2020 due …
Michelangelo, Tolkien, Milton, Bach, Bonhoeffer: painter, author, poet, composer, theologian, respectively. What do they all have in common? They stormed the gates of hell with their artistic works and creative thoughts which influenced their contemporary …
Some Catholic priests in the Philippines are abandoning political neutrality in a presidential race that could see the son of the country’s former dictator elected. The way they are doing so is by wearing pink, …
Across Northern California, Christian churches face a dilemma of aging followers and shrinking congregations. Bob Smietana of Religion News Service wonders what will become of the now empty buildings once filled with the faithful. Many …
The Russian Orthodox Church supports Russia’s Ukraine invasion as a form of “special military operation” conducted to provide protection to Ukraine’s Donbas region from Western values and Ukrainian hostility. Dr Brandon Gallaher, a Christian scholar …
Did Devil worship and witchcraft lead to arson? Kimorah Parker, who has been accused of arson relating to the Friday fires at New Britain’s St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church and the synagogue Congregation Tephereth Israel, is …
A Catholic diocese in Germany has become the first in its church to allow women to perform one of its sacraments — baptism — as a regular function in the Church’s life. The Catholic Diocese …