Religion News Service

Social media has been going crazy with reports that Pope Francis denied the existence of hell. Anyone who has followed the pope's talks and sermons would know that something does not smell right here. 

Citing both moral imperatives and concerns about accuracy, religious groups are speaking out against a new citizenship question slated to be included in the 2020 U.S. census.

A high court in majority-Muslim Pakistan has ruled that citizens must declare their religious affiliation before joining the civil service, military or judiciary.

After a weeklong meeting in Rome with Pope Francis, young Catholics called for an authentic and empowering church where they would feel welcomed.

For Catholics, a talk about Jesus doesn't seem controversial.

The part of tax law that prohibits houses of worship from engaging in explicit political activity will remain intact for now, despite concerns that Republican lawmakers would try to repeal it.

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby told a national commission investigating child sex abuse that his church has not done enough to root out the problem.

Religious leaders who campaign for wildlife conservation are mourning the death of the world's last male northern white rhino, calling the subspecies' likely extinction a spiritual loss.

People often claim that famous nonbelievers had a deathbed conversion to Christianity. It happened again after the death last week of physicist Stephen Hawking, who said he did not believe in God.

An ethereal city graced with sunlight so bright it turns the white stone skyline gold at sunset, Jerusalem is also an earthbound city whose teachers must be paid and whose garbage must be collected.

Just over five years ago, a Saudi-financed center for interfaith relations opened in Vienna amid concern it might be a public relations fig leaf for a country often slammed for its lack of religious freedom.

Parliament’s education select committee heard March 7 from England’s chief inspector of schools, whom some appreciate for her frankness and others accuse of unfairly singling out Muslims.

Five years after Pope Francis ascended to the papacy, a survey of U.S. Catholics reports the pontiff has a high favorability rating — but his popularity is waning among political conservatives.

Public school officials in one of the nation's fastest-growing cities are being accused of violating the separation of church and state.

Washington -- Tuesday I am planning to get arrested on Capitol Hill at the National Catholic Day of Action with Dreamers. My arrest will be an expression of solidarity with “Dreamers” who face arrest and deportation if Congress or the president does not do something to protect their legal status.

When audiotapes revealed evangelist Billy Graham making anti-Semitic remarks, the incident was a rare tarnish on the relationship between the prominent evangelical leader and the Jewish community.

Billy Graham, a religious phenomenon who became a household name and preached to multitudes of people across the globe, died Feb. 21 after more than a half-century of ministry. He was 99.Billy Graham, a religious phenomenon who became a household name and preached to multitudes of people across the globe, died Feb. 21 after more than a half-century of ministry. He was 99.

Signs of the Times: The Vatican's job is to make martyrdom unnecessary wherever possible. This is why negotiations are conducted by diplomats, not saints or martyrs.

Trump administration officials said in late January they would once again allow refugees from countries included in the bans — which have accounted for more than 40 percent of refugee admissions over the last three years, according to State Department data — so long as the newcomers undergo additional vetting.