The Rev. Philip Bochanski, a US priest and executive director of Courage International, recently sent Catholic prelates Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich and Cardinal Reinhard Marx an open letter that has been characterized as asking them to …
When President Joe Biden signed the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act at the close of March, Southern Baptist leaders voiced their support for the measure. With the President’s signature, lynching is now classified as a federal …
Religious organizations have been extending a helping hand to Ukraine since the Russian invasion earlier this year, and now — after the White House declared that the U.S. would allow up to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees …
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 …