A US senator claims ‘Christian mass murder’ is occurring in Nigeria. The data disagrees

Qatar spent decades building its reputation. Deporting Bahá’ís threatens to undo it.

(RNS) — In recent weeks, nearly half of the few hundred remaining Baha’is in Qatar have been threatened with detentions, non-renewal of work permits and forceful deportation.

At TPUSA’s women’s summit, Christian influencers say feminism threatens motherhood

SAN ANTONIO (RNS) — Thousands gathered for the Texas event as young women increasingly abandon religion.

Pope Leo uses Spain visit to press Europe on abortion, migration and peace

MADRID (RNS) — In a historic address to Spain’s Parliament, Pope Leo XIV offered one of the clearest expressions yet of his effort to frame abortion, migration and peace as interconnected questions of human dignity.

Pope Leo tells secular Spain not to leave Catholic faith in the ‘museum of the past’

MADRID (RNS) — Before one of the largest crowds of his young pontificate, Pope Leo XIV used Spain’s Corpus Christi celebrations to call Catholics in an increasingly secular country back to a public, living faith.

"Congregation of the World": Union Seminary's Rev. Dr. Serene Jones

The first woman president of historic Union Theological Seminary in New York City reflects on her 18 years in the position, and on the state of activism and religious vocation in 2026 America.