(RNS) — The future of a proposed homeless shelter at a New Jersey church — and the future of the church itself — remains unclear after a zoning board meeting ended without a vote. Since October, Christ Episcopal Church in...
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (RNS) — Entering the Nativity Store gift shop, located around the corner from the Church of the Nativity and Manger Square, the first thing many visitors notice are its oversized photos of Pope John Paul II and...
Bourbonnais, Ill. (RNS) — The gym at the Adventure Commons was filled with sounds of pickleball — squeaking sneakers, the thwack of a paddle hitting a ball and cheers from players after a good shot. A dozen players filled three...
NEW YORK (RNS) — Participants are often surprised when Asad Dandia’s Muslim Harlem tour stops at JC Barbershop in Spanish Harlem — only until he explains it was the headquarters of the country’s first Puerto Rican Muslim organization, the Alianza...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV called for a genuine and just peace in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, in his first Sunday noon blessing as pontiff that featured some symbolic gestures suggesting a message of unity...
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — In a shocking vote that caught the Catholic world by surprise, the College of Cardinals elected Robert Francis Prevost, 69, the 267th pope on Thursday (May 8). He is the first United States citizen to become...
(RNS) — “There’s no place in this world where I’ll belong when I’m gone,” sang the late folk singer Phil Ochs in “When I’m Gone.” I found myself singing it as I walked through the Woody Guthrie Center in Tulsa, and...
VATICAN CITY (RNS) —Rumors have crashed into the pre-conclave meetings, potentially upsetting a frontrunner for the next pope. The Italian daily Il Tempo published an article on Thursday (May 1), reporting papabile favorite Cardinal Pietro Parolin, secretary of state under...
(RNS) — Two years ago, Pope Francis denounced what he called “a very strong, organized, reactionary attitude” within the American Catholic church. To his successor, and anyone who wants to understand how this attitude has shaped the church, I recommend...
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Minutes before the funeral for Pope Francis began outside in St. Peter’s Square on Saturday (April 26), Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Donald Trump sat leaning toward each other on solitary chairs in the...
