c. 2014 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) When Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew joins Pope Francis at the Vatican to pray for peace in the Holy Land, it...

c. 2014 Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) Pope Francis has been working nonstop since his election more than a year ago, and he has shown remarkable...

c. 2014 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis on Thursday (June 5) dismissed the five-member board that oversees the Vatican’s...

c. 2014 The Star-Ledger (RNS) Chris Naples says something snapped inside him that January day. The New Jersey resident sat in the gallery of the Delaware...

c. 2014 Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) Taking direct aim at libertarian policies promoted by many American conservatives, the Honduran cardinal who is...

c. 2014 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis has been “deeply moved” by 500 letters he received from young U.S...

c. 2014 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople may join Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli...

c. 2014 Religion News Service (RNS) When Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas meet at the Vatican next Sunday...

c. 2014 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) A Vatican spokesman said it’s premature to suggest a gathering between Catholic and Orthodox faiths...

c. 2014 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis on Monday (June 2) warned married couples against substituting cats and dogs for...