Adelle M. Banks

The new song's composer thought it could be a way to again hear from Black churches, collectively, about civil rights.

"Being rooted in faith is what leads us to be resilient," said the president of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament on Xavier’s Founder’s Day.

Leaders of Washington-area congregations are responding to the continuing federal government shutdown with many approaches, including encouraging employees going to work without pay, offering food and, in some cases, giving financial assistance.

Amid a collapse of loyalty to religious institutions, 46% of churchgoers say they attend multiple congregations on Sunday, a recent survey found.

More than 300 faith communities have lost access to grant funds that were intended to plant trees in disadvantaged urban communities, environmental faith leaders who managed the grants told RNS.

Airport chaplain Nace Lanier, among the first to respond to the midair collision near Washington's airport, joined a team to holistically care for the hurting and confused."

Across the country and on many Zoom meetings, lay people and clergy are envisioning different possible scenarios — a Harris victory, a Trump win, a change in congressional leadership or an unclear outcome — and thinking, praying and determining how to respond to each.

Faiths United to Save Democracy, a nonpartisan multiracial group with roots in Black church voter mobilization efforts, is expanding its outreach so participants include clergy and lay people of a variety of religions as well as people with no faith affiliation and members of secular organizations.

"With gratitude to all involved, I have decided to begin this ministry in a new way," Bishop Sean Rowe said in his announcement. "With a simple service at the Church Center that will include everyone via livestream, we can care for God's creation by reducing our collective carbon footprint."

The Commission on Faith-based Colleges and Universities, recently announced by the American Council of Education, is set to launch with its first meetings on Tuesday in Washington, D.C.

"Issues related to racism are now being fiercely debated across the country, and many people of color are fearful that racism is getting worse," reads their statement.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced a $1 million grant to leaders of the Church of God in Christ as part of a national program to plant and maintain trees in American cities. Vilsack said 'structuring this program so that it's empowering more tree planting and more workforce development gives us the opportunity to partner with the church.'

Majority Latino congregations report growth and stability in attendance and, on average, have younger participants, a sharp contrast to the declining attendance and aging congregations in most churches in the United States.

Pope Francis is set to speak at the inauguration of the first-ever "Faith Pavilion" during the upcoming 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference in the United Arab Emirates.

'Inviting young people beyond the traditional and typical provides room for them to experience something beyond the ordinary,' a Springtide Research Institute report states.

A new documentary from the National Museum of African American History and Culture explores the range of faith and spiritual expressions of Black millennials and the choices they have made to reject – or embrace – the religious rituals of their childhood.

The Vatican has joined U.S. faith leaders and anti-death penalty activists in supporting the Louisiana governor's desire to clear the death row cells in his state.

It’s been more than half a century since the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote his famous "Letter from Birmingham Jail" on scraps of paper, but faith leaders say his response to white clergy critics endures as a "road map" for those working on justice and equal rights.

The religious makeup of the new Congress bucks the trends seen in American religious life, a new report finds.

"As a very powerful spiritual and musical modality, hip-hop raises serious questions regarding the holy and the profane," said museum curator Eric Williams.