VATICAN CITY (RNS) — As he continues a nearly three-week hospital stay, Pope Francis shared a voice recording to faithful and clergy gathered to pray the rosary for his recovery on Thursday (March 6). “I thank you from the bottom...
(RNS) — Lent is a time of reflection for many Christians, and each year a host of devotionals are published to bring insight and inspiration to the 40 days of contemplation leading to Easter. For the Evangelical Lutheran Church in...
(RNS) — In mid-February, Southern Baptist Convention leaders received grim news. The denomination’s Executive Committee was essentially broke. Over the past four years, the committee has spent more than $13 million on legal fees and other costs related to a...
(RNS) — Everyone fears a shrew, but we rarely try to understand them. Modern theater makers are consistently troubled about how to present Shakespeare’s “Taming of the Shrew” to today’s audiences, and readers of “Great Expectations” are likely to find...
JERUSALEM (RNS) — Trust and interpersonal relationships between Jewish and Arab citizens of Israel have further deteriorated in the past year as the war in Gaza continues, according to a recent survey. Conducted the first week of January 2025,...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s cutoff of food, fuel, medicine and other supplies to Gaza’s 2 million people has sent prices soaring and humanitarian groups into overdrive trying to distribute dwindling stocks to the most vulnerable. The aid freeze has imperiled...
Partnership builds on shared mission of moving churches and ministry leaders forward in their leadership, thriving and flourishing BOULDER, Colo. — Gloo, a technology platform connecting the faith ecosystem, announced a strategic investment in Carey Nieuwhof Communications Limited (CNCL), a...
(RNS) — My editors warn me regularly not to look at the comments at the end of my columns, but for my sins I do take a look. A majority of them are critical, not infrequently hostile and ad hominem,...
Welcome to the bizarro world that is 2025. It’s toxic. It’s sinful. It’s compassion corrupted. It’s ruining the world and is definitely at the root of all the bad things. What is this fresh evil? Empathy, of course!...
WASHINGTON (RNS) — In overlapping demonstrations and events on Capitol Hill, faith leaders and Democratic lawmakers gathered on Wednesday (March 5) for a day of advocacy for the poor and the vulnerable, marking Ash Wednesday with prayer and protest against...
