VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Despite safety concerns due to recent terrorist attacks and COVID-19, Francis’ historic visit will proceed with hopes of promoting peaceful coexistence in the struggling Middle Eastern nation.

(RNS) — ‘Why is it so many times that women after they get married let themselves go?’ a General Baptist minister asked in February.

LOS ANGELES (RNS) — As of early March 2, more than $60,500 was raised for Higashi Honganji Buddhist Temple through a GoFundMe page set up by the volunteer group Nikkei Progressives.

(RNS) — The planned denomination said it will split from the existing United Methodist Church no matter what the General Conference decides in 2022.

(RNS) — The move at least temporarily halts the transfer of Chi’chil Biłdagoteel, known widely as Oak Flat, to Australian mining company Resolution Copper.

(RNS) — The change lowers the temperature on a hot culture-war topic pitting faith-based adoption and foster care agencies and civil liberties groups against one another.

(RNS) — The archdiocese said the vaccine is ‘morally compromised’ because it utilized cells with a decades-old link to an aborted fetus.

(RNS) — Dismissing conspiratorial rumors about his resignation, Benedict admitted that while ‘it was a difficult decision,’ he still believes it to have been the right thing.

(RNS) — A former aide to retired judge Paul Pressler has alleged that the Southern Baptist leader had abused him for decades.

(RNS) — The public health message a papal trip to Iraq sends amid a global pandemic is not advisable, health experts say.

(RNS) — Politicians hoped to use religious belief to bring the country closer together. But experts say it’s creating intolerance and opening up space for a creeping resurgence in militancy.

(RNS) — The Equality Act likely won’t pass in the US Senate, as is. But if the Senate were to include religious exemptions, it might.

(RNS) — After a tumultuous year, several new books about prayer from popular Christian authors seem to be speaking to the moment.

(RNS) — The megachurch pastor said his longtime friend had impacted the lives of millions of people.

(RNS) — This week’s photo gallery includes costumed Purim celebrations in Israel, large Magh Mela gatherings in India and more