c. 2014 Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) Driven in part by continuing legal disputes related to lethal injection drugs and state moratoriums on the death...

c. 2014 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) One of the largest Franciscan religious orders, founded on the humble teachings of St. Francis of Assisi more...

c. 2014 Religion News Service (RNS) Pope Francis is being hailed around the world—and criticized by some in the U.S.—for his pivotal role in...

c. 2014 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) A British survivor of clerical sexual abuse and a longtime aide to Boston Cardinal Sean...

c. 2014 Religion News Service (RNS) The moment was more “Kumbaya” than “Come to Jesus” on Tuesday (December 16) as the Vatican released...

c. 2014 Religion News Service (RNS) Since June 18, 2004, the first day U.S. drones killed people in what has been called the U.S. “global war on...

c. 2014 Religion News Service (RNS) When Pope Francis recently sought to comfort a distraught boy whose dog had died, the pontiff took the sort of pastoral...

c. 2014 Religion News Service NEW YORK (RNS) In a clash between the Catholic hierarchy and one of the church’s leading anti-abortion crusaders, New York...

c. 2014 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Roman Catholic Church in Australia acknowledged that “obligatory celibacy” may have...

c. 2014 Religion News Service (RNS) The Vatican announced Thursday (December 11) that Pope Francis will name a new batch of cardinals in February, adding to...