Religion News Service

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.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has lifted a financial freeze on Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley, restoring federal funding to the South Texas nonprofit run by prominent Catholic leader Sr. Norma Pimentel, she said on Friday, Sept. 25.

Tens of thousands of attendees filled The Dome at America’s Center and many more joined online Sept. 24 to view the formal, lengthy ceremony celebrating the beatification of Archbishop Fulton Sheen

The Trump administration notified Congress on Tuesday (Sept. 22) that it once again plans to limit the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program to 17,500 admissions next year, primarily white South Africans.

Too many Americans today fear that their votes do not count because they believe that elections can be stolen. That means churches need to help protect the electoral process and restore our faith in democracy.

Pope Leo is quietly positioning the Vatican as a moral convener in the AI debate and a potential bridge between the rival superpowers.

Two women now head major Vatican offices, and a third will soon. But the altar rail tells another story about their progress in the church, writes Phyllis Zagano.

While Trump insists he has "done more for religion than any other president," he has been repeatedly sued by faith groups — particularly over his attempts to restrict immigration and facilitate mass deportation.

As he visited Washington on Wednesday (Sept. 16) to testify before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China about his father's imprisonment in Hong Kong, Sebastien Lai said the Vatican could play a more vocal role to help his father, journalist Jimmy Lai.

Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City, the U.S. Catholic bishops’ conference president, urged President Donald Trump to cease the deportation of “large numbers” of Haitian immigrants.