Latin America is still the heart of the Catholic Church. But beneath that Catholic dominance, the region's religious landscape is changing.

Nearly 20% of adults in the United States — approximately 50 million people — call themselves Catholic, but the American Catholic population is diverse in its beliefs, its adherence to Church teaching ...

Unemployment insurance seems unlikely territory for a disagreement over religious freedom. But a Wisconsin dispute before the U.S. Supreme Court could have far-reaching effects on how Catholic ...

Tragedy has loomed large this year. Yet, amid violent attacks, both religiously motivated and those on college campuses, ...

(RNS) — Last year’s most read, most shared and most likely, in the eyes of RNS’ editors, to shape the year ahead.

Venezuela in an atmosphere of ambivalence: sorrows and joys, tensions and consolations, and more questions than certainties.

Religion played a role in some of the biggest political stories of the past year. That’s likely to continue in 2026, as ...

For many years, Pew Research Center’s standard question about religious identity has asked, “What is your present religion, if any?” We asked that question again in the 2023-24 Religious Landscape ...

Americans have become more and more detached from religious affiliations over the past decade, the fastest religious shift in ...

WASHINGTON − The Supreme Court on Wednesday will consider whether the Catholic Church in Oklahoma can run the nation’s first religious charter school, a potentially major expansion of the use of ...