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Vatican drops image of bound woman after complaints

By Rosie Scammell

c. 2015 Religion News Service ROME (RNS) Following complaints, the Vatican’s cultural office has removed an image of a naked female torso bound in...

ANALYSIS: 7.5 million Americans lost their religion since 2012

By Tobin Grant

c. 2015 Religion News Service (RNS) A new survey shows in stark relief that what some are calling the Great Decline of religion in America continues: Since...

Oklahoma bill would abolish state’s role in granting marriage licenses, leave it in clergy hands

By Greg Horton

c. 2015 Religion News Service OKLAHOMA CITY (RNS) In an effort to block the state’s involvement with gay marriage, the Oklahoma House of Representatives...

NJ Catholic school forces teacher to remove Facebook page after anti-gay posts

By Alex Napoliello

c. 2015 The Star-Ledger SOMERVILLE, N.J. (RNS) A Catholic high school teacher was forced to remove her Facebook page Wednesday (March 11) after a...

Pope Francis has history, but not time, on his side in reform push

By David Gibson

c. 2015 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) Can the Roman Catholic Church change? And if so, how? And what’s on the table—traditions, rites...

Vatican knew about theft of Michelangelo letters, but refuses ransom demand

By Rosie Scammell

c. 2015 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Vatican on Monday (March 9) said it has received a ransom demand to recover letters signed by...

North Carolina sheriff bans sex offenders from church

By Jon Ostendorff/USA Today

c. 2015 USA Today ROBBINSVILLE, N.C. (RNS) A sheriff in one of North Carolina’s smallest counties told registered sex offenders they...

‘Selma sowed, but it did not reap’; anniversary puts spotlight on deep poverty

By Aamer Madhani

c. 2015 Religion News Service SELMA, Alabama (RNS) With the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday this weekend, America was reminded how this small city...

Our Lady of Revenue: NYC churches go on the market, leaving parishioners cynical

By Rick Hampson

c. 2014 USA Today NEW YORK (RNS) Our Lady of Vilnius Church, built by families of immigrant Lithuanian longshoremen, started out a century ago as a beloved...

Pope Francis nearly as popular as St. John Paul II among US Catholics

By Cathy Lynn Grossman

c. 2015 Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) Everyone has a high opinion of Pope Francis. Well, almost everyone. A Pew Research survey released Thursday...

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