(RNS) — The true impact of the pandemic on local houses of worship continues to come into focus — from diminished attendance to changing tax laws to an overall decline in support for nonprofits. Yet, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sunday Assembly is one of the larger secular congregations aiming to provide community and ritual for nonreligious people. AP ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Arlington Presbyterian Church in Arlington, Va., seen in 2015, developed an affordable housing project on its property.

A woman recently told me she had been asked to be a trustee at the congregation where I am now an interim pastor. “I turned it down,” she said, “because I don’t like working with structures.” She ...

Many religious congregations are ramping up their efforts to assist as many refugees as possible before President-elect Donald Trump takes office on Jan. 20. During his first term, President-elect ...

There’s been a recent resurgence of religious life in America, according to new surveys which find communities of worship ...

More than 60 different religious congregations have launched the DMV Sanctuary Congregation Network, a local initiative to provide support and resources to immigrants at risk of being detained or ...

Pope Leo XIV reminded members of the Legionaries of Christ that exercising governance and authority is meant as a service and not as a means to control others. In his Feb. 19 address to participants ...

Generation Z, which includes people born between 1997 and 2012, is distinct from the Millennial generation, those born between 1981 and 1996, according to the Pew Research Center. As the school year ...

Shared testimonies, collective singing, silent meditation and baptism rituals—these are all activities you might find at a Christian church service on a Sunday morning in the United States. But what ...