Religion News Service

The media was expecting fireworks this week, as the American Catholic bishops debated their highly anticipated document on the Eucharist.

 Students at Loyola Marymount University are protesting against the university after it announced it may be amending its policies surrounding student-organized activities.

The study, " Faith Among Black Americans," reveals the particular difficulty the Catholic Church is having in retaining Black adults who were raised Catholic.

Every year in Italy, more and more people choose to go through the simple process, which became available two decades ago at the behest of the Union of Rationalist Atheists and Agnostics, abbreviated in Italian as UAAR. 

'It is essential that we do everything we can to honor sites that hold historical, spiritual or ceremonial significance,' interior secretary says.

The U.S. bishops' gathering in Baltimore is set to host at least two unusually visible demonstrations that showcase the broad spectrum of U.S. Catholic thought. On Day One, liberal-leaning Catholic groups protested outside the hotel where the bishops met in a closed, executive session.

'City of a Million Dreams' is based on the book of the same name by renowned New Orleans journalist Jason Berry.

Pope Francis and his team of reformers continue their efforts to promote transparency in the institution’s fraught finances.

Jesuit Fr. Thomas Reese: "Bishop Gomez's remarks," Tobias Winright of St. Louis University worries, "lift rather than lower the bridge over the moat dividing U.S. Catholics and recent movements in the U.S. seeking to build 'a more perfect union' with true liberty and social justice for all."

After a pair of Catholic churches caught ablaze last summer, one in Southern California and another in Florida, the U.S. bishops' conference has started tracking vandalism at Catholic sites across the country.

A recent meeting between Pope Francis and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has raised hopes among Indian Catholics about the possibility of a future papal visit.

In his first book, Shoutin' in the Fire, Danté Stewart weaves together memoir and social and cultural criticism along with theology — stories about his family with stories from the Bible and Black literature.

As world leaders gather for COP26 to discuss the best way to tackle climate change, leaders of the world's religions want to make sure some voices aren't lost in the crowd: namely, the voices of Indigenous peoples from the Arctic to the Equator.

Students and alumni at Loyola Marymount Universityare railing against a fundraiser for Planned Parenthood that a student group is hosting on Nov. 5.

In Bernardin, Catholics had a leader who anticipated the style and ministry of Pope Francis in his openness to dialogue and his efforts to engage the world in constructive conversations. But Bernardin’s final years also anticipated the sort of opposition Francis has faced.

In Rome and at the Vatican, President Joe Biden found a safe haven from the debates taking place back home, where some U.S. bishops argue Catholic politicians should not be allowed to receive Communion if they support abortion rights.

A shared ethic of love of neighbor and responsibility for creation helps activists resist climate disaster fatigue.

Phyllis Zagano: A disgraced former U.S. president, currently banned from major social media and ignored by most other outlets, is claiming ownership of the truth or, as he characteristically puts it, TRUTH.

Perspective: Touch is central to caring for the dying. Human dignity is at stake when the Supreme Court hears death row inmate John Henry Ramirez's plea that his pastor be allowed to lay hands on him as he is executed.

Jesuit Fr. Thomas Reese: Last year, protesters were arrested after Junipero Serra's statue was torn down at a San Rafael mission. His statues were also attacked elsewhere. Bishops have labeled these attacks anti-Catholic; I think they should ask the following.