Religion News Service

Thomas Reese: There are numerous signs that the Catholic Church is failing in Western countries. There are few vocations, church attendance is down and young people are leaving the church in droves. Why?

Ahead of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling expected to overturn Roe v. Wade, experts warn that faith-fueled right-wing extremist groups may be planning to appear at other events to challenge supporters of abortion rights.

Thomas Reese: Except for ending abortion, the Republican Party has little to offer the bishops. The bishops got what they wanted out of this alliance; it is time to move on.

Pope Francis' two-day visit to the tiny European country of Malta put a spotlight on Malta's complicated history and important contemporary concerns.

 A number of polls in recent days have shown that a majority of Americans think abortion should be legal; a new Pew Research survey is no exception.

Catholic bishops in California have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a case challenging a state law that expands the time survivors of childhood sexual assault have to file their claims.

"There is a benefit and a gift to people who don't identify as Black Christian women to listen respectfully to these stories and narratives," said a co-author of a new book about religion, race and gender.

For more than 80 years, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service has helped resettle refugees — increasingly those refugees have been displaced due to climate disasters.

Thomas Reese: Ukraine deserves our attention, but it is one of many connected crises around the world. We won't have stopped it until we stop ignoring the rest.

State Sen. Mallory McMorrow spoke April 19 against a form of conservative rhetoric, utilized by colleague Sen. Lana Theis, that casts defenders of LGBTQ rights as "groomers." She later spoke with RNS about her speech and faith.

In the war to save our nation and the planet, we are not fighting back. We need to change our attitudes toward carbon-based fuels. We need to sacrifice for the common good.

"It's important for me as a trans person, as Latinx, to take place and to bear witness that even someone like me can follow the ways of Jesus and maybe imagine another possible world."

Phyllis Zagano: Pope Francis' reorganization of the Vatican bureaucracy has opened top leadership spots at the Catholic Church's central command to women for the first time. Are lay cardinals next? Could women be cardinals, too?

An archbishop in the Anglican Church of Canada has resigned due to "acknowledged sexual misconduct," according to a letter from the denomination's top official.

The head of the World Council of Churches is urging Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, to call for a cease-fire in Ukraine as Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter this weekend.

Commentary: The 1990s was a time when young Americans seemed to lose religion virtually overnight. What caused this change to occur at this specific point in American history? Here are the possible culprits.

Mark Wahlberg said that bringing the story of a boxer-turned-priest to the big screen reaffirmed his faith and his commitment to serving God.

World Council of Churches is under pressure to oust the Russian Orthodox Church from its ranks, with detractors arguing the church's leader, Patriarch Kirill, invalidated its membership by backing Russia's invasion of Ukraine and involving the church in the global political machinations of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

In recent years, many Jews have passed over the brisket, chicken, chopped liver and even the gefilte fish. How will they take to cell-cultured meat?