Sister Norma Nunez, with the Hospitaler Sisters of Mercy, has served at Metanoia for 10 years. “My vocation is to love the ...

Older adults who participate in religious services often report better mental health than those who do not, but the reasons ...

Religious beliefs have been woven into the fabric of human existence for millennia, shaping cultures and guiding personal choices with both wisdom and, at times, misguided certainty. Yet, as the world ...

What do we lose when we lose organized religion, which has been in steep decline across the globe since 2007? Two new books offer very different answers — and very different approaches — to this ...

James Martin, S.J., addresses the 2025 assembly of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious in Atlanta on Aug. 14. Credit: LCWR Editors’ notes: James Martin, S.J., delivered the following speech ...

Many are of the view that all three of these are happening with religion. Methodologies are changing but seekers are still looking; it is not shrinking, just shifting. It is a complex transition.

(RNS) — When it comes to going to church, a generational pattern is playing out in many households around the world: Grandparents never miss Sunday service; parents attend only on holidays; children, ...

Sometimes we hold on tightly to what feels safe, familiar or comfortable, but life still calls us to let go, to trust, and to make space for something new. As we move from the feast of the Ascension ...

Religion, particularly Protestantism, was central to the mission of the country’s first universities. Chapels were constructed at the center of campuses. University presidents, often devout, worried ...