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 ...

Monica Treviso of Carrollton stops by after her work to pray ahead of a mass on Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, at the National Shrine Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe, in Dallas. Shafkat Anowar / Staff ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Religious beliefs have been woven into the fabric of human existence for millennia, shaping cultures and guiding personal choices ...

Ryan Burge’s Vanishing Church shows the importance of faith for America. Burge is a sociologist who has carved out a nearly singular online profile as a prominent purveyor of charts and graphs about ...

(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, ...

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 ...

Cyprian Davis, O.S.B., was a prominent figure in the American church after the Second Vatican Council due to, among other achievements, his scholarship on Black Catholics, theology, spirituality, ...

Another recent study about psychedelics proclaims these drugs can have a transformative impact on users, though in this case, the impact is not only on psychological health, but spiritual health as ...

"Evolving Religious Life," a continuing series from Global Sisters Report, explores how Catholic sisters are adapting to the realities of congregations in transition and new forms of religious life.