A Spanish nun who has participated in recent meetings of Pope Francis’s top advisory body has said that while women’s priestly ordination is currently off the table, the pontiff is supportive of the female diaconate.
Black Churches in Georgia Unite to Mobilize Voters in a Key Battleground
Two of the largest Black church groups in Georgia are formally uniting for the first time to mobilize Black voters in the battleground state ahead of the November presidential election.
Nicaragua’s crackdown on Catholic Church spreads fear among the faithful, there and in exile
Nineteen priests kicked out of the country, dozens of incidents of harassment and church desecrations, rural areas lacking worship and social services: the situation for Catholic clergy and faithful in Nicaragua is only worsening in 2024, according to exiled priests, laypeople…
Greek lawmakers are debating a landmark bill to legalize same-sex marriage. Here’s what it means
Lawmakers begin a debate Wednesday on a landmark bill to legalize same-sex marriage that would make Greece the first Orthodox Christian country to do so.
An odd couple of Jewish organizations unite to help migrants during cold nights
When night falls, volunteers from two oddly matched Jewish charitable organizations — one Haredi from Brooklyn, the other Ivy League college students from across the country — come together outside a federal office building in lower Manhattan.
Antisemitism and safety fears surge among US Jews, survey finds
Nearly two-thirds of American Jews feel less secure in the U.S. than they did a year ago, according to a new national survey.
With George Floyd in mind, Bible co-editors created Breathe Life Bible
Michele Clark Jenkins and Stephanie Perry Moore have known each other for almost three decades and have worked together on two specialty editions of the Bible. But more than friends and colleagues, they say, they hold each other spiritually accountable.
Notre Dame cathedral’s spire revealed in Paris as reconstruction continues after fire
Scaffolding that shrouded the top of Notre Dame cathedral following a devastating fire in April 2019 is being removed, marking a milestone in its reconstruction.
How did the Texas megachurch shooter buy a rifle despite her mental illness and criminal history?
The shooter who opened fire at a Houston megachurch before being gunned down by security officers used an AR-style rifle that police say she legally purchased despite a years-long criminal record, a history of mental illness and allegations she threatened to shoot…