From tithing pressure to pastoral celebrity culture, these are the 12 church practices Americans are rethinking today. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. According to research from Pew Research Center, about 60 to 64% of Americans identify as Christians. Since 2007, that number ...

Church People is a faith-based film directed by Christopher Shawn Shaw. The story revolves around a young pastor who wants his congregation to believe in the principles of faith and love. It is said ...

Pilgrims wait for Pope Francis to arrive to lead a prayer vigil during World Youth Day at Campo da Graça in Park Tejo in Lisbon, Portugal, Aug. 5, 2023. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller) Pope Francis ...

Congratulations to newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Bishop of Rome and Pastor of the Universal Church. This Sunday’s readings offer practical, mystical and spiritual resources that the new pope will have ...

These congregations are struggling to attract younger members. That has consequences for social cohesion and Black political power writ large. These congregations are struggling to attract younger ...

COMMENTARY: ‘People of God’ was an important way by which the Church could express herself as an institution rooted in the mystery of the Trinity, yet present and active in the world. Pope Paul VI ...

So we called our missing sheep, and found four main reasons that suggest four actions. About 200 people have left our small church. The number probably sits closer to 350 when counting their children.

Most people who think they know what Mormons believe are working from a half-remembered news story, a polygamy plotline in a prestige drama, or a two-minute conversation with a pair of missionaries at ...

A record number of people — 900 — will be baptized, receive the Eucharist and be confirmed in the Catholic Church at Easter Vigil Masses on April 4 in the Diocese of Richmond. "People are looking for ...