(RNS) — Americans are leaving organized religion in staggering numbers. In the newly released book “Done: How to Flourish After Leaving Religion,” Hope College psychology professor Daryl Van Tongeren offers ways to navigate the “grief, loss, pain, and longing” that...
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis wrapped up a troubled visit to Belgium on Sunday by doubling down on his traditional views on women and abortion and demanding that Catholic bishops stop covering up for predator priests —...
(RNS) — In his latest column, The Washington Post’s estimable columnist, E.J. Dionne, takes a shot at the God Gap, the journalistic shorthand coined two decades ago to describe the religious divide between Republicans and Democrats. “The shorthand did capture...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Thousands of Ethiopians gathered in the capital Thursday to celebrate an annual religious festival distinguished by the lighting of bonfires according to the beliefs of the local Orthodox Christian faithful. National celebrations of the festival,...
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The Sunday after her confirmation, when young people raised Catholic are supposed to embrace their faith for themselves, Ellie Hidalgo’s niece begged her parents to not make her go to church. “She said, ‘I just don’t...
(RNS) — More than 200 evangelical Christian leaders, moderates as well as influential conservatives, have signed an open letter urging the presidential candidates of both parties to reflect “biblical principles on immigration.” While challenging both parties, the letter signals particular...
BRUSSELS (AP) — Pope Francis’ burdensome trip through Belgium reached new lows on Saturday when defiant Catholic university women demanded to his face a “paradigm change” on women’s issues in the church and then expressed deep disappointment when Francis dug...
JERUSALEM (RNS) — Like many religious Israeli Jews, Rabbi Reb Mimi Feigelson has been wrestling with her presumptions about God and suffering since Oct. 7, 2023, when Palestinian terrorists infiltrated Israel and massacred more Jews in a single day than...
(RNS) — When I arrived in Warsaw, my hosts took me to the apartment in which I would be staying. “You will stay here,” they said. “You will stay here.” — I had heard that line before. Consider an old...
(RNS) — I came of political age in 2016. For my cohort of young evangelicals, the 2016 election and its aftermath have dominated our political imaginations, shaping our understanding of the relationship between faith and politics — for good and...
