VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Francis’ condition remained stable on Wednesday (March 5), according to a Vatican statement relaying his doctors’ reports. As Francis is being treated for pneumonia in both lungs at the Gemelli Hospital in Rome, the Vatican...
(RNS) — “You have come to us at a very low point,” said Pastor Piang, a refugee from Myanmar I met on a recent trip to Malaysia. “We always look to God for our hope, but we also look to...
(RNS) — As Lent began on Ash Wednesday (March 5), Catholic women frustrated over being disenfranchised by the church despite promises of greater recognition are going on strike, withholding numerous services and ministries to their Catholic parishes, schools and universities....
An OpEd by Dr. Bernard Schlager, Executive Director of CLGS at Pacific School of Religion BERKELEY, Calif. — Only a month now into the new administration, the cascade of anti-LGBTQ actions on the part of President Trump and his appointees feels...
(RNS) — For many Christians, the ashes dispensed on Ash Wednesday are a tactile reminder of their humanity. And in the wake of the Trump administration’s slew of targeted executive actions, a group of queer Christian leaders says that reminder...
(RNS) — If “The Benedict Option” was Rod Dreher’s book of “woe” — a lament over the collapse of Western civilization, shifting sexual norms and the encroachment of wokeness — then his latest, “Living in Wonder,” published last fall, is...
Groundbreaking project explores the psychological, behavioral, and spiritual effects of The Jesus Prayer Harvard Scientist Michael Ferguson and the Neurospirituality Lab Launch Project on The Jesus Prayer and Its Psychological and Spiritual Impacts CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — This Lenten season, Harvard...
(RNS) — This week’s photo gallery includes the holy month of Ramadan beginning, Carnival celebrations and more. The post Photos of the Week: Ramadan begins; Carnival celebrations appeared first on RNS. Source link...
(RNS) — One week after blocking the efforts of President Donald Trump’s administration to shutter the refugee admissions system, a federal judge in Washington state ordered the government to produce a status report by Monday (March 10) on its compliance...
(RNS) — On March 7, 1965, hundreds of peaceful and determined protesters marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge to condemn racist voting restrictions and years of unjust treatment. Dozens of faith leaders — including the beloved Baptist minister and civil...
