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Detained pastor couple had religious worker visas, Assemblies of God leaders say
(RNS) — Pastor Nepthali Zozaya Saucedo, 36, said he and his wife, who came to the U.S. legally, were repeatedly pressured to sign voluntary departure papers but that they had refused.
Black American Buddhism is growing in visibility, scholarship
(RNS) — Buddhism is an American religious tradition that intersects meaningfully with African American religious history, experts in the emerging field of Black Buddhism say.
Vatican defends secrecy in sensitive abuse case involving ex-Jesuit artist Marko Rupnik
ROME (AP) — The Vatican has long considered any sexual relations between a priest and an adult as sinful but consensual, and only criminalizes the behavior if the adult “habitually lacks the use of re
A United Nations committee voted Friday to inscribe a major archaeological site in the West Bank and a set of castles in southern Lebanon as World Heritage sit…
Why have lawmakers reintroduced a bill nearly identical to the one that failed only a few months ago?
The ancient words of the Divine Liturgy echo in Estonian as Bishop Damaskinos intones prayers in a small, dark chapel separated only by curtains from the bustl…
Hundreds of boxes of humanitarian aid from the U.S. are being distributed in two towns near the Cuban capital, the Catholic Church organization in charge of th…
A replica of the Virgin Mary’s House opened in the Philippines, providing local Catholics accessible pilgrimage. This initiative democratizes spiritual access …
