(RNS) — Rice’s win is a triumph for critics who argue that the nation’s largest Protestant denomination has lost its way in recent years.

BARCELONA – Pope Leo XIV offered a stirring message of hope amid suffering in in Barcelona on Tuesday after taking questions from young people who had struggle…

BARCELONA – Pope Leo XIV offered a stirring message of hope amid suffering in Barcelona on Tuesday after taking questions from young people who had struggled w…

A Michigan mom let her boyfriend beat and torture her 3-year-old son, with prosecutors saying she took the boy to different medical facilities to hide the abus…

Warning: This story contains descriptions of sexual assault that some readers may find disturbing. He does not begin with the name of the prison. He begins wi…

Allegations that the billionaire co-owner of West Ham football club, David Sullivan, preyed on women for sex are “deeply concerning”, the British government ha…

Amid public outrage growing over the kidnapping and murder of 11-year-old Lyhanna, French ministers have held an emergency meeting to discuss measures aimed at…

Pope Leo XIV's week-long visit is well underway. The pontiff's schedule included an unprecedented address to the Spanish parliament, during which he voiced opp…

Warning: This story contains descriptions of sexual assault that some readers may find disturbing. Muhammad al-Bakri specifically remembers the date of his ra…

Italian prosecutors have launched an investigation into far-right Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir over the treatment of Italian nationals detained during the …

ORLANDO, Florida (RNS) — More than 11,000 Southern Baptist church representatives will gather in Orlando this week, where they will debate women pastors and se…