(RNS) — W. James Abbington Jr., an expert on Black religious music known for his editing, teaching and playing of congregational music,...

LONDON (RNS) — The selection of a new Archbishop of Canterbury, a top secret affair, is in the homestretch. The position, which...

SIDOARJO, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian rescue authorities made the tough decision on Thursday to start using heavy machinery to move large sections...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Activists on board a flotilla of vessels sailing toward Gaza said late Wednesday that the Israeli navy had intercepted...

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV has intervened for the first time in an abortion dispute roiling the U.S. Catholic Church by...

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LONDON (AP) — Two people were killed and three others were seriously wounded Thursday in a synagogue attack in northern England on...

JERUSALEM (RNS) — Dia, a middle-aged Muslim man who owns a shop in the Arab Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem,...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Leo XIV weighed in on several recent political developments in the U.S. on Tuesday (Sept. 30), including...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Trishna Shakya, 11, looks imposing in her finery as she is carried high in the arms of a...