President Joe Biden’s town hall event at Mount St. Joseph University precipitated perennial questions about the relationship of religion and politics generally, and Catholic faith in the United States ...

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Detail of Sunnie Liu, "施洗 (To Baptize)" (2022), installation with televisions, buckets, baptism robes, sound tube, table, incense, and cushions (all photos AX Mina/Hyperallergic) The naked body — or ...

They came in hundreds of thousands to pray for their intentions, thanked for answered prayers for the healing from illness, ...

The Fraternas, a religious community of women living in Denver, spend their days like many other religious sisters—they pray, share community life, and strive to evangelize to the local community. But ...

The phrase conveys the deep connection between Our Lady of Guadalupe and the country’s identity. In the nation of 130 million people — the majority of whom identify as Catholic — this apparition of ...

Most people know that the Virgin Mary is very popular among Catholic and Orthodox Christians. But what they usually don't know is that the Mother of God is also venerated by devotees from other faiths ...

Catholic leaders in Timor-Leste are refocusing their energies on promoting Church-related events and devotions to attract more domestic and foreign pilgrims while helping people to grow in their faith ...

When it comes to discussing suicide bombers, the controversial topic of religion is never far behind. Scholars and pundits have proposed several theories to explain why people would sacrifice their ...

PITTSBURGH (RNS) — There’s a swell in Christian devotion at the University of Pittsburgh amid claims of national revival, but some researchers say ‘revival’ is too strong a word. PITTSBURGH (RNS) — It ...