Religion News Service

 "We’re focusing on the bishops because they make the decisions. We’re focusing on the national because that’s where the power lies. But don’t forget the power of the pews," said Ana Garcia-Ashley, executive director of the Gamaliel Network

Thousands of clergy, union members and activists rallied on behalf of the poor near the U.S. Capitol on Saturday (June 29), with faith leaders calling for lawmakers to embrace a slate of policies and for low-wealth Americans to make their voices heard in November as the nation’s "largest potential swing vote."

"With gratitude to all involved, I have decided to begin this ministry in a new way," Bishop Sean Rowe said in his announcement. "With a simple service at the Church Center that will include everyone via livestream, we can care for God's creation by reducing our collective carbon footprint."

MAGA evangelicals grab all the headlines. But it's swing state faith voters — Catholics, mainliners and Black Protestants — who will likely decide the election.

Phyllis Zagano said the comparison of Marko Ivan Rupnik's artwork to Caravaggio's falls short. And what message does keeping Rupnik's art on display send to female victims of sexual and spiritual abuse by clerics?

The USCCB department facing cuts includes programs focused on international policy, environmental justice, racism and domestic anti-poverty initiatives. 

Yes, the devil is working hard to lead us to despair over global warming, but the Spirit is also alive in many dedicated people doing exciting work in response to climate change, writes Reese. 

According to a letter Sen. Chuck Grassley sent Ascension, whistleblowers disclosed proposed changes to staffing with SCP Health, the new firm overseeing physician staffing, that could have hospitalists seeing twice the national average of patients per day.

Catholic numbers in battleground states make them a good weathervane, and indeed they tend to vote for the winner in presidential elections. If you win Catholics, you probably win the country.

‘We think we have put together a dream team,’ said organizers of the event, which hopes to reconcile quantum theory and cosmology.

'Everything that happens in the United States impacts the southern border of the US and the northern border of Mexico,' the Rev. Francisco Bueno said. 'We always have to be at the ready.'

Investing in international climate assistance is fundamentally about justice.

My mission is to teach transgender individuals about the sacredness of our environment, emphasizing that it is God's land where all are loved and accepted. 

Disagreements exist over liturgy, the role of women, clericalism, sex abuse, church teaching and cultural and racial differences. But despite these tensions, the report sees reasons for hope.

A survey indicates while many believe Trump’s behavior has been immoral, it may not sway how people vote in November.

The Commission on Faith-based Colleges and Universities, recently announced by the American Council of Education, is set to launch with its first meetings on Tuesday in Washington, D.C.

Dr. Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela is a psychologist who served on South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission and developed a model for social healing.

Part of the new monastic movement began three decades ago among lay Protestants, Spring Forest is a model for how Christians can work, eat and worship as a community.

After months of delay and a legal dispute, the first episode of “The Chosen,” Season Four, will drop on the show’s app at 7 p.m. Eastern on Sunday (June 2).

Francis has reopened the windows that were closed by John Paul and Pope Benedict XVI, but the church is still an institution that will not change until there is global consensus for change.