Religion News Service

While many school leaders have become resigned to the necessity of preparing for potential school shootings, it was shocking to Catholics across the country to learn of an attack while students were gathered for worship.

The people of God deserve better than what they are hearing in church today, writes Fr. Thomas Reese.

At Delaney Hall, the East Coast's largest immigrant detention facility, families and volunteers say harsh conditions and shifting rules have urged the need for spiritual care.

"His radio show and books shaped generations and fueled the shame that drove queer people like me into conversion therapy," writes Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez.

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

My brother, Eddie, died Aug. 2 at the Jesuit infirmary in Los Gatos, California. He was 82. In San Jose, Phoenix and San Francisco, he was known to thousands of people as a giant in Jesuit education and a friend.

The head of the Italian Bishops’ Conference took turns with dozens of other members of his diocese reading the names and ages of the 16 Israeli children and the 12,211 Palestinian children who have been killed in the war.

San Diego Auxiliary Bishop Felipe Pulido has partnered with Episcopal, Lutheran, Jewish and Muslim clergy, as well as lay people, to provide accompaniment for immigrants at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement hearings every day in August. Clergy nationwide are going with immigrants to court appointments.

Early Thursday morning (Aug. 14), Catholic sisters processed through downtown Atlanta in a 'Pilgrimage of Hope,' praying for migrants, racial justice and action on climate change.

Native American Church members say the presence of double-crested cormorants in Brackenridge Park is vital to their religious ceremonies.

By actively undermining progressive and moderate faith voices at home, the White House is profligately deepening divisions in American religion.

Azerbaijan's hefty donations to restore Vatican treasures are drawing sharp criticism from Armenian activists, who accuse the Holy See of whitewashing the country's destruction of their Christian heritage.

The fear of raids has pushed some congregations back to pandemic-era worship strategies.

The Halachic Left is one of several new Jewish protest groups that have formed after Oct. 7, 2023, to argue for a reclaiming of a Judaism of loving-kindness.

Participants from the US and Africa urged scientific and economic thinkers on climate to consider spiritual concepts raised in Laudato Si'.

 Some churches report lower attendance at services. Others have added programs to serve people affected by Trump administration tactics.  

When we read the news about people in distress, Jesus is looking over our shoulders and asking what we are going to do for them, writes Fr. Tom Reese.

"I always say that moms can act as the moral compass of a society," Katie Holler, founder of the Dorothea Project, said.

Much of the debate involves grappling with the question of whether AI is being used as a replacement for a sacred human project or whether it's a tool in the service of that project. 

The persecuted church in Russia is speaking. Is the global church listening?