(RNS) — The students argued their demonstration was in the spirit of Notre Dame's former president, the Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, who protested with Martin...
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BALTIMORE (RNS) — Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago, citing the urgency of the abuse crisis for the American church, urged that the bishops still discuss the...
(RNS) — The USCCB began as a war council gathered to present a patriotic Catholic face at a critical time for the US and American Catholics.
(RNS) — This week’s gallery includes Diwali - the Hindu festival of light, Natitas - the Bolivian skulls festival, and more.
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Like any of the mass shootings that have become near-daily trauma to the American psyche, the massacre here happened in precisely the...
(RNS) — Religious support for the policy did not immediately fill inboxes and social media timelines. But opposition had started even before the rules were...
LANHAM, Md. (RNS) — Hindus have found a new reason to recommit themselves to vegetarianism: global warming.
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Sam Brownback, a former U.S. senator who was confirmed in January as the fifth U.S. ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom...
(RNS) — The creators of a new CBS show about a mysterious Facebook contact came together just as their faith journeys were diverging.
JERUSALEM (RNS) — In Israel, several prominent rabbis have signed a document that reads, "Whoever isn't vaccinated is a murderer."
(RNS) — When, in the past two years, bestselling Christian author Lysa TerKeurst revealed her husband's affair and her diagnosis with breast cancer, she did...
(RNS) — Megachurch pastor James MacDonald and his congregation filed suit recently, claiming two bloggers and a freelance writer were spreading false...
PARIS (RNS) — Germany’s largest Gothic church traditionally adorns its architecture with surprising statues, but not everybody is pleased to see this one.
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The mother provincial of Little Sisters of the Poor, one of the religious groups that has opposed the mandate, welcomed the administration’s...
(RNS) — The embattled attorney general brought a concern for religious freedom to the job — along with a passion for quoting the Bible that often backfired on...