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As churches take measures to prevent Ebola, traditional healers ply herbs

By Fredrick Nzwili

c. 2014 Religion News Service NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) As the Ebola outbreak widens, churches in Africa have begun issuing new guidelines to prevent infection even...

Parents of beheaded journalist drawing on faith

By Melanie Eversley

c. 2014 Religion News Service (RNS) They’ve done this before. Once again, John and Diane Foley appeared on national television Wednesday (Aug. 20), to...

Cardinal George Pell’s trucking company analogy outrages sex abuse survivors

By Josephine McKenna

c. 2014 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) One of the most powerful men in the Vatican, charged with cleaning up corruption and fostering financial...

Fallout in the neighborhood when a Catholic school closes

By Lauren Markoe

c. 2014 Religion News Service (RNS) What happens to a community when a Roman Catholic school closes its doors? That’s the question Nicole...

Pope to Iraqi president: ‘I appeal to you with my heart full of pain’

By Josephine McKenna

c. 2014 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis wrote to the president of Iraq, calling for an end to the “brutal suffering of...

Recovered from Ebola, US missionary Kent Brantly discharged

By Liz Szabo

c. 2014 Religion News Service (RNS) An American doctor treated for Ebola, Kent Brantly, was discharged from Atlanta’s Emory University Hospital Thursday...

China to Pope Francis: Don’t ‘interfere’ with religion

By Josephine McKenna

c. 2014 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) China has reacted cautiously to a bid by Pope Francis to open new dialogue with Beijing, with some...

Hunger in America: 1 in 7 rely on food banks

By Natalie DiBlasio

c. 2014 Religion News Service LORTON, Va. (RNS) When Mary Smallenburg, 35, of Fort Belvoir, Va., opened a package from her mother to find cereal and ramen...

Suicide rates higher among Baby Boomer men, study finds

By Kathleen O'Brien

c. 2014 Religion News Service (RNS) Robin Williams’ suicide may not have been that surprising: Baby Boomer men are 60 percent more likely to take their...

Q&A: Catholic Relief Services official on the dire situation facing those rescued from Mount Sinjar

By Kimberly Winston

c. 2014 Religion News Service (RNS) Kris Ozar, 37, is in charge of programming for Catholic Relief Services in Egypt and is now in northern Iraq...

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