(RNS) — Those supporting women priests have done a much better job convincing the laity in Latin America than have those who favor optional celibacy. 

The head of Ethiopia's Orthodox Church has said that atrocities amounting to genocide are being committed in Tigray, in his first comments on the conflict in the region that broke out in November and...

As Catholic officials in Tigray continue to call for meaningful peace talks, an international refugees organization is warning that Eritrean refugees in the northern region have nowhere to run.

Bishop Tesfaselassie Medhin of Adigrat in Ethiopia's war-torn Tigray region warns of a much more serious humanitarian crisis and loss of life that it is now witnessing

Security and safety risks for priests and Catholic humanitarian workers have escalated in Ethiopia at a time when millions of citizens need aid and relief in a conflict raging for 14 months. 

(RNS) — ‘It may be frustrating that we do not know immediately who won our 2020 Presidential election. Nonetheless, democracy is worth the hard work and the wait,’ said Sister Simone Campbell.

Over 400 participants — priests, nuns, activists and laypeople — on Wednesday in Newark, New Jersey, protested the "inhumane treatment" and detention of children and families at U.S. immigration...

(RNS) — 'My heart is broken for us Ethiopians in America and around the world. Our life is dismantled,' said Kesis Asteraye Tsige, an Ethiopian priest in Kansas City.

A Buddhist-style artwork of the Virgin Mary in handcuffs continues to bounce across the internet two years after its creation, shared and re-shared from the United States to South America.

Jesuit Fr. James Martin, an editor-at-large at America Magazine and popular on social media, will be joined in prayer by a rabbi and an imam Aug. 20 at the Democratic National Convention. Also...

(RNS) — If Brett Kavanaugh were a Catholic priest, he would be suspended and investigated. Should we expect less from the U.S. Senate?

(RNS) — As several countries slide toward fascism, journalists' questions become more necessary and urgent.

(RNS) — Francis described Martin’s work, which has centered on LGBTQ Catholics, as 'continually seeking to imitate this style of God.'

Father James Martin: An alarming number of Catholic clergy contributed to an environment that led to the fatal riots at the U.S. Capitol.

(RNS) — In order to be totally in line with Catholic social teachings, you would have to be a pro-life liberal Democrat. These unicorns have a hard time winning elections.

There's no way for a 'steadfast ally' to a leading anti-Muslim hate group to lead outreach to America's Muslim allies

The Los Angeles auxiliary bishop and Word on Fire founder invited a group of Catholic media professionals for a July 29 Zoom meeting to discuss "disturbing trends in the online Catholic world."

The humanitarian situation in Ethiopia’s Tigray region has not improved, two months after the signing of an agreement to restore peace in the embattled region, the Catholic Bishop of Adigrat in...

(RNS) — The letter follows a recent statement from U.S. Catholic bishops discouraging Catholic health care groups from performing various gender-affirming medical procedures.

(RNS) — June is National Gun Violence Awareness Month, a good time to consider America's relationship with guns.

(RNS) — I see Benedict as a holy but flawed individual who did the best he was capable of.

U.S. Jesuit Fr. James Martin set out a series of ways in which parishes can show welcome and respect to LGBT Catholics.

Advocates for women's ordination told NCR's Heidi Schlumpf that they are hopeful that the synodal meetings in Rome will lead to change in the church. 

You know who really reduced abortion numbers in the U.S.? President Obama, with the Affordable Care Act.

(RNS) — The meeting is typical of a pope who recognizes that we are all sinners, even himself, and that we are all on a common pilgrimage toward God.

The study found that soil fertility on previously deforested land can return in less than a decade. But that doesn’t give people a “license to kill,” said one author.

(RNS) — The declaration allowing the blessing of same-sex couples 'wishes to include, not divide,' the pope said.

The Harris/Walz ticket has energized young voters across the country, including young Catholics. They say a candidate's overall values and character are more important than any single issue or their...

(RNS) — At the Last Supper, Jesus said, 'Do this in memory of me.' He did not say, 'Be celibate.'

The petition condemns "Christian-nationalist politicians like Donald Trump and their vile, hate-based policies."

Patricia Hackett, attorney and Democratic congressional candidate, refuted the U.S. attorney general's controversial address on religious freedom, in the same space where he spoke about a month...

(RNS) — The bishops’ conference denying Communion to Biden is about as likely as the National Governors Association impeaching the president.

Seeing the pope every five years is not enough.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch called for unwavering love and support for LGBT youth who experience high suicide rates as victims of bullying, discrimination and family estrangement in a...

My difficulties with Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger began after I became editor of America Magazine. Within a couple of years, Ratzinger, through the Jesuit superior general in Rome, was signaling his...

ROME (AP) — Francis’ comments were an acknowledgment of the divisions in the U.S. Catholic Church, which has been split between progressives and conservatives.

(RNS) — The Rev. James Martin, an advocate for LGBTQ inclusion in the church, has been tapped by Pope Francis to attend the synod.

A meeting between Germany's Catholic bishops and lay representatives agreed Friday to call for the church to approve blessings of same-sex unions.

The go-ahead to the Dakota Access Pipeline may put the movement "back to square one," but Catholics, citing social teachings, intend to keep in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux.

(RNS) — A female president would confirm women’s true portrayal in our varied Scriptures.

Austrian cardinal is the latest of more than a dozen German-speaking bishops who have criticized the Vatican for trying to stop priests from blessing same-sex unions

ROME (AP) — Among those chosen is the Rev. James Martin, who has long been a prominent advocate of greater inclusion of the LGBTQ community in the Catholic church.

On June 30, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a 6-3 decision in a case that limits the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in its power to regulate greenhouse gases. In response to...

Scientists say the average temperature on Earth was 62.9 degrees Fahrenheit on July 4, the highest since at least 1979 and a sign of the worsening climate crisis.

(RNS) — Even under Francis, there’s a limit to what prelates can say.

(RNS) — '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,' writes the Rev....

(RNS) — Grammatically, if you can say 'you are,' you can say 'they is.'

No medical test is perfect, and those limitations mean that people can be falsely reassured by a negative result for the novel coronavirus.