c. 2015 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis called for a Vatican that operates with “absolute transparency” as he gathered more...

c. 2015 Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) For the Obama administration and the Bush administration before it, drone strikes kill terrorists before...

c. 2015 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) Less than a month after saying Catholics don’t have to multiply “like rabbits,” Pope Francis...

c. 2015 Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) Junipero Serra, the 18th-century Franciscan missionary who’s set to be declared a saint later this year...

c. 2015 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) The German churchman christened the “Bishop of Bling” for lavish expenditures he made on his...

c. 2015 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) If you are a Christian, protecting the environment is part of your identity, not an ideological option, Pope...

c. 2015 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis on Monday (February 9) began what could be a key week for his reformist papacy, starting with...

c. 2015 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) When Marie Collins first joined a new Vatican commission set up by Pope Francis to fight sex abuse, she had...

c. 2015 Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) Pope Francis will make an unprecedented address to Congress on September 24 during his first visit to the United...