Politics Jan 05 Religiously, Congress doesn’t reflect modern America, Pew finds The religious makeup of the incoming 118th Congress looks more like what America used to be than what it is today.
World Jul 25 WATCH: Pope apologizes for ‘evil’ school abuses committed against Indigenous peoples in Canada The pontiff says the forced assimilation of Native peoples into Christian society destroyed their cultures, severed their families and marginalized generations in ways still being felt today.
World Jul 24 Pope Francis visits Canada to apologize to Indigenous peoples for abuses Aboard the papal plane, Francis told reporters this was a “penitential voyage” and he urged prayers in particular for elderly people and grandparents.
Nation May 14 U.S. report details church-state collusion on Indigenous schools The role of churches forms a secondary part of the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative Investigative Report, released Wednesday after a yearlong review sparked by the 2021 discoveries of hundreds of potential graves at former residential schools in Canada. Most…
Nation Jan 19 Jewish leaders call for vigilance and solidarity after Texas hostage case For many Jewish leaders, the hostage standoff in a Texas synagogue was all too familiar.
World Dec 25 Surging COVID cases, ‘jingle jabs’ make for somber Christmas In the United States, many churches canceled in-person services, but for those that did have in-person worship, clerics reported smaller but significant attendance.
World Dec 20 Captive missionaries made daring escape, says church agency Captive missionaries in Haiti found freedom last week by making a daring overnight escape, eluding their kidnappers and walking for miles over difficult, moonlit terrain with an infant and other children in tow, according to the agency they work for.
World Dec 16 All hostages from U.S. missionary group freed in Haiti, police say The remaining members of a U.S.-based missionary group who were kidnapped two months ago have been freed.
World Dec 06 Haitian gang releases 3 hostages, says U.S. religious group A religious group based in Ohio has announced that a violent gang in Haiti has released three more hostages, while another 12 remain abducted.
Nation Nov 16 Bishops urged to listen as they consider Communion document U.S. Roman Catholic bishops are preparing a teaching document on Communion, which some are linking to debates over whether Catholic politicians like President Joe Biden should receive Communion if they support legal abortion.