Vatican officials said about 70,000 people filled St. Peter's Square for Francis' noonday speech and blessing. They included many people flying Palestinian flags, as well as some Ukrainian ones.
Palestinian Christians have felt abandoned by global Christian church leaders’ statements on the Israel-Hamas war, with some viewing the war as a moment for Western denominations to reckon with their colonialist past.
Young musicians have taken to the organ at a time when there has been a decline in the number of instruments and in the professionals who play them.
Acclimating to a new country in a caring family setting is especially important given the deep and increasing level of trauma these children carry.
The pastor of a prominent Little Rock, Arkansas, church is under fire for not telling his congregation about an abusive former staffer, even after the person had been charged by police.
In "Walter Brueggemann's Prophetic Imagination: A Theological Biography Paperback," Conrad L. Kanagy peers deeply into the theologian's interior life, about which little has been understood by even those closest to him.
Many Christian Nationalists, the group Neighborly Faith found, espouse troubling views while simultaneously expressing openness to aspects of American pluralism.
'It’s war, it’s terrorism,' Pope Francis said.
Bible verses on topics like hope and peace were among the most searched for on the YouVersion Bible app in 2023.
'God never turns away anyone who approaches him!' read the document issued by the Vatican's doctrinal department.