c. 2014 USA Today (RNS) Pope Francis on Wednesday (January 21) praised big families for “welcoming children as a true gift of God,” just days after...

c. 2015 Religion News Service (RNS) Pope Francis may have been elected by the Holy Spirit, but he seems made for the Age of Twitter. A case in point were...

c. 2015 Religion News Service NAIROBI, Kenya ( RNS) Cartoon depictions of the Prophet Muhammad are proving costly for Christians in majority-Muslim countries...

c. 2015 Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) As the nation marks the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, and just as the civil rights drama...

c. 2014 USA Today WASHINGTON (RNS) The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Friday (January 16) to resolve the national debate over same-sex marriage once and for...

c. 2015 Religion News Service ROME (RNS) Roman Catholic bishops from the U.S. and Europe concluded a visit to Gaza with a call for the end of Israel’s...

c. 2015 Religion News Service (RNS) Officials at Duke University abruptly dropped plans to broadcast the Muslim call to prayer from the iconic bell tower of...

c. 2015 Religion News Service (RNS) Pope Francis said Thursday (Jan. 15) that he plans to canonize the 18th-century Franciscan missionary Junipero Serra when...

c. 2015 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis on Thursday (January 15) condemned last week’s terrorist attack on the French satirical...

c. 2015 Religion News Service NEW YORK (RNS) Cardinal Timothy Dolan on Tuesday (January 13) denounced the Paris terror attacks by Islamic extremists as...