Religion News Service

Phyllis Zagano: Pope Francis' reorganization of the Vatican bureaucracy has opened top leadership spots at the Catholic Church's central command to women for the first time. Are lay cardinals next? Could women be cardinals, too?

An archbishop in the Anglican Church of Canada has resigned due to "acknowledged sexual misconduct," according to a letter from the denomination's top official.

The head of the World Council of Churches is urging Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, to call for a cease-fire in Ukraine as Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter this weekend.

Commentary: The 1990s was a time when young Americans seemed to lose religion virtually overnight. What caused this change to occur at this specific point in American history? Here are the possible culprits.

Mark Wahlberg said that bringing the story of a boxer-turned-priest to the big screen reaffirmed his faith and his commitment to serving God.

World Council of Churches is under pressure to oust the Russian Orthodox Church from its ranks, with detractors arguing the church's leader, Patriarch Kirill, invalidated its membership by backing Russia's invasion of Ukraine and involving the church in the global political machinations of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

In recent years, many Jews have passed over the brisket, chicken, chopped liver and even the gefilte fish. How will they take to cell-cultured meat?

On Holy Thursday, the ceremony of the washing of feet symbolically expresses our willingness to imitate the loving service of Jesus, to imitate his willingness to forget his own fears and pain and to love and to forgive those who will desert him in his hour of need.

Holy Week is a time when the Christian community shares Christ's pain on the cross, his betrayal and abandonment. Christ is being crucified again in Ukraine.

Although baseball and religion share an increasingly tenuous status as honored institutions in American life, maybe baseball needs to rethink its evangelization strategy.

"The Roman Curia," the document states, "does not stand between the pope and the bishops, but rather places itself at the service of both in ways that are proper to the nature of each."

When she spoke at the first day of her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing as a nominee for Supreme Court justice, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson stated her belief in God and her gratitude for divine blessings.

Mientras que los cuatro mártires están un paso más cerca de la santidad, los salvadoreños en los Estados Unidos esperan que la designación pueda inspirar a la Iglesia Católica a centrarse en los pobres y marginados.

Four men were killed by death squads in El Salvador decades ago. Now, as the martyrs are closer to official sainthood, Salvadorans in the U.S. hope the designation could inspire the church to center the poor and marginalized.

Commentary: The Irish government recently declared a national holiday for St. Brigid. A medieval historian explains her fascinating life and history.

"That's how the world changes: When individuals have the courage of their convictions and use their voices to call for change," the climate scientist told Religion News Service.

Some Bible believers look to Noah for an approach to surviving climate change.

"It's a rare moment that I will show my face or bring my specific story into those spaces," Riley said. "I think people will be surprised just how much of myself this book contains."

There are some absurd, cringeworthy — but, also, deeply Jewish scenes in the new season of "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel." 

Former Vatican envoy and outspoken papal critic Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò released a letter on March 7 blaming "deep state" forces in the United States, the European Union and NATO for triggering the current war and demonizing Russia.