As parishioners started to giggle amongst themselves, Wooden stood firm on his stance: "The funny thing is, I'm not joking." ...

(RNS) — The judge said the predominantly Black Pentecostal denomination is likely to be able to demonstrate that the ...

The FBI is offering a reward of up to $20,000 for information regarding the death of Corey Adams, an Ole Miss football player who died in a July 2025 shooting in Cordova. The FBI’s Memphis Resident ...

At the heart of the matter is a local bishop’s authority to restrict or prohibit liturgical practices that are otherwise ...

(RNS) — After Bishop Michael Martin of the Diocese of Charlotte issued a pastoral letter outlining that Catholics are expected to stand during the reception of Holy Communion in the diocese — and ...

BARCELONA, Spain -- Spain's Catholic bishops agreed Thursday to let the Spanish government's ombudsman have the final say in the church's compensation of victims of sexual abuse by clergy members who ...

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FARGO — The Fargo bishop’s home, where Sarah Ries works as a resident manager, holds many stories — some public and others more personal, like the day her daughter who’d accompanied her got lost in ...

Bishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg, president of the German bishops' conference, who spearheaded the controversial Synodal Way during his six-year term, announced that he will not seek reelection when ...

A couple sits on a bench at a viewpoint of the U.S. embassy in Caracas, Venezuela, on Jan. 9, 2026. (Credit: Cristian Hernandez/AP.) Listen SÃO PAULO, Brazil – The U.S. invasion of Venezuela, which ...

Citing recent events in Venezuela, Ukraine and Greenland, three cardinals said their statement was inspired by Pope Leo. Cardinal Blase Cupich said in an interview that, among his fellow cardinals, ...

Bishop, a cherished figure in the Aiken community whose life spanned more than a century, has died at the age of 111.