There’s a good chance that you may have heard that the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics have a new shepherd. You may have heard this news because, to skilled religion writers (and wise editors who hire ...

Vote of Faith” combines ethnographic storytelling with academic analysis. Readers might find the engaging stories and ...

Belief in the supernatural — including life after death and the idea that animals and nature can possess spirits — is common ...

PENNSVILLE, N.J. — The smell of popcorn wafts through the air, ball players are raring to go, “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” plays through the sound system, and parents are ready to cheer their kids on ...

With clouds of white smoke emanating from the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel and to the loud cheers of thousands gathered in St. Peter’s Square, the 133-member conclave elected a new pope on Thursday ...

Canterbury Cathedral has been a significant pilgrimage destination for over a thousand years. Despite the West’s growing secularization, there seems to be no shortage of travelers from around the ...

Many of the 30.8 percent of Americans whose mothers have died, as the U.S. Census Bureau counted in 2021, experienced the loss when they were not ready to process the pain. For them and others, such ...

It was the white plume of smoke that ushered in a new pope — and the reaction that the head of the Catholic Church is an American sparked reaction across the nation. Everyone had something to say ...

With Pope Francis’ funeral in the rearview mirror, the focus at the Vatican shifts to the forthcoming papal conclave and the ...

Pizzaballa’s name has been included in almost every list == in secular and Catholic media — of “papabile,” or “pope able” ...

As the U.S. church continues to navigate a changing cultural and technological landscape, Pushpay’s new report makes it clear ...