c. 2014 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis will be accompanied on his first visit to the Middle East by Argentine Rabbi Abraham Skorka and...

c. 2014 Religion News Service (RNS) In 2008 I made the front page of The New York Times by asserting that the greatest American theologian of the 20th century...

c. 2014 Religion News Service   BETHLEHEM, West Bank (RNS) With the last round of peace talks between the Israeli government and the Palestinian Authority...

c. 2014 Religion News Service (RNS) The Vatican is investigating a Jesuit theologian from India for allegedly espousing unorthodox beliefs, raising new...

c. 2014 Religion News Service COLLEYVILLE, Texas (RNS) The smoke, the loud music and the smell of perfumes trigger uncomfortable memories for Polly Wright. But...

c. 2014 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) After weeks of speculation, Pope Francis made it official on Saturday (May 10) that Pope Paul VI could become...

c. 2014 Religion News Service JERUSALEM (RNS) Ahead of Pope Francis’ Holy Land visit, the heads of Christian churches in the region plan to launch an...

c. 2014 Religion News Service (RNS) The Catholic Church in the U.S. has taken a lot of heat over its stance against gay rights and for policies that often bar...

c. 2014 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Vatican issued an urgent appeal Thursday (May 8) for the release of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls...