Religion News’ top 2025 stories focus on a new pope, immigration debates, Trump’s policies and rising faith-based tensions.

The staff of Mother Jones is, once again, rounding up the heroes and monsters of the past year. This is a non-exhaustive and ...

Episcopal leadership in the Philippines saw significant changes in 2025, with six new bishops and four archbishops appointed ...

THE Catholic church leadership in the Philippines saw milestone changes in 2025, with six new bishops appointed and four others elevated to archbishops ...

The first American pope, the first female Archbishop of Canterbury, and clergy-members' response to the Trump administration's immigration crackdown are the top religion stories of 2025.

These activists and artists, pastors, and political leaders know what has always been true: The people have the power.

Bryan Bliss (left), a chaplain and chair of the religion department at Breck School, a private school in Golden Valley, Minn., and Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde (right), the first woman elected spiritual ...

BARCELONA – Following news that the Vatican has opened an investigation into sexual-abuse allegations that he denies, Bishop Rafael Zornoza of Cádiz and Ceuta, has stepped back from his duties to ...

The private funeral will celebrate Goodall’s scientific legacy including breakthroughs on chimpanzee behavior. A funeral service for Jane Goodall, the trailblazing primatologist and conservationist ...

(RNS) — 'We do not know yet why he was targeted', said the Rt. Rev. C. Andrew Doyle, who leads the Diocese of Texas. (RNS) — The Episcopal Diocese of Texas announced on Saturday (Nov. 1) that one of ...

Episcopal Bishop of Washington Mariann Budde talks about finding moments of courage in a world full of fear. Space Shuttle Commander Eileen Collins discusses her amazing career, which is the subject ...