Religion News Service

Republicans’ midterm losses have exposed competing allegiances and a fragmented religious right — influenced by podcasters as much as institutional leaders.

When the pope visited Uruguay, the media noted it is the most secular country in Latin America, with the lowest percentage of Catholics. What was not noted is that Uruguay is powered almost entirely by renewable energy: wind, solar and hydro.

Politics-as-usual will not serve the American people today, writes Fr. Tom Reese.

In most of the states where access to sports for transgender youth and LGBTQ+ rights were on the ballot, voters supported measures that restricted those rights — some of the measures backed by faith groups, including states’ Catholic conferences. 

"I think it was pretty much an economic election, inflation election, a dissatisfaction with Trump election," said political scientist Ryan Burge.

Across the country, candidates and faith leaders embraced a message that put values such as compassion and inclusion at the center of their campaigns.

"The exhibition offers an opportunity to reflect on the remarkable advances in automotive technology, as well as the deeper significance of the journeys undertaken by the Successors of Peter," Pope Leo said in a speech.

If you do not live in a competitive district, the temptation is to stay home and not vote.

In a new documentary produced in collaboration with the Vatican, actor Chris Pratt and Pope Leo XIV venture into the secret catacombs under St. Peter’s Basilica, exploring how the long-lost remains of the first apostle were found.

As countries including the United States and France report a rise in the number of young Catholic converts, a new Vatican document cautions against triumphalism, arguing that new baptisms don’t always lead to lasting religious commitment.

A North Texas coalition of congregations, clergy and attorneys is helping asylum seekers connect with legal support and challenge detentions. Their efforts have reached more than 1,200 people over the past year, organizers estimate.

We are bent under the weight of the most powerful man in the world: The Ukraine war. The Iranian war. Gas prices. Food prices. ICE abuses of immigrants. The Epstein files.

Two decades after his first novel became a runaway hit, William Paul Young returns to the world of ‘The Shack’ in a story where a grieving father meets the man who killed his daughter.

The Democratic clergy running are making some races unexpectedly tight.

"We have to try to make it so big it can't be rigged," Michigan Baptist leader the Rev. James C. Perkins said of voter turnout efforts.

Before the war with Iran, the world was moving to green energy because it was cheaper. Now it is a stampede, impelled by both economics and national security.

Bishop Dennis Walsh wrote to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to urge him to stop the deportation of Fatou Traore, which he called a "grave violation of her human dignity and the rights that are intrinsic to each one of us."

"The public execution even of one who has done grave harm will only further undermine the moral fabric of our nation and be a blight on the conscience of its people," Archbishop Paul Coakley said in a statement.

The move for the Episcopal bishop to resign sets in motion a nearly two-year process to find her replacement as she finishes out her lengthy tenure as one of the country’s most visible religious leaders.