(RNS) The lone American woman on new Vatican panel on women deacons speaks about her expectations. A Methodist pastor in Kansas is on leave after coming out...
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On a trip to Orlando, the president renewed call for gun control. Friday is the anniversary of the shooting deaths of nine African-Americans in Chaleston, S.C...
(RNS) The Donald is wooing evangelicals, but needs to try harder. Southern Baptists stand up for religious freedom. ‘The Young Pope’ trailer. Also: a must-read...
(RNS) A gunman killed 50 people and injured 53 in a massacre at a gay nightclub early Sunday. Social media users offered prayers for Orlando. Gay activists...
(RNS) Muhammad Ali died Friday at age 74, leaving a legacy as an athlete and goodwill ambassador for Islam. Oh, that's what all those parentheses in your...
(RNS) White churches teach what it really means to be black. A charismatic revival erupts in some cities out west. The southerner who runs the Manischewitz...
(RNS) All those resolutions to join a gym and work harder in 2015? Pish posh, says Billy Graham's grandson. That and more in today's Roundup.
(RNS) These are the 20 stories from 2014 that captured our imagination and reminded us why we love the religion beat.
Given Pope Francis' tongue-lashing of the curia, we can only imagine what he has in store for climate change deniers. After a year, atheism sticks. And Father...
How many Americans are Christian? Can you question the Virgin Birth and still be a Christian? Do Christians over-emphasize the birth of Jesus? Can Santa make...
One of the police officers shot in Brooklyn was in a volunteer chaplain program. The stained-glass window industry isn't doing so great. And Jesus' birthplace...
After Pope Francis' stunning rebuke of the Vatican bureaucracy, the curia may down an extra eggnog today. One of the cops murdered in Brooklyn this weekend...
America's most famous Catholic bids his audience adieu. It's a bird. It's a plane. No, it's Pope Francis. Sarah Silverman gives feminist Jewish activists a...
(RNS) So you have absolutely no idea what presents to get for Pope Francis, Jeb Bush and that guy with the John 3:16 signs? Never fear. The Roundup Gift Guide...
Alan Gross is out. Germany's Catholic bishops may allow gay church employees. J.K. Rowling's Jewish (but not Wiccan) characters. Last Dalai Lama? First female...