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

Religion News Service reporters Adele Banks and Jack Jenkins reflect on a pivotal year in which faith communities played a ...

A clear look at Venezuela’s major religions, social balance, and the growing intersection of faith and politics.

From rumors of revival, to religious resistance to ICE, to the inauguration of New York City’s first Muslim mayor, 2026 ...

In a year marked by political violence and collective unease, writers on religion and spirituality offered reflections on ...

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

Are you an atheist who has religious friends or family members? Or maybe you're a lapsed believer surrounded by the more devout? Few topics cause as much drama as arguments over religion. But it ...

Controversies regarding religion in the classroom in the United States are as old as the public school system itself. Most recently, a Louisiana law mandates that posters of the Ten Commandments be ...

Government officials have traditionally steered clear of such overtly religious language, as the Constitution prohibits the ...

In 1990, when I was 21 and living states away from my family of origin and the fundamentalist community I had left four years earlier, I was washing dishes in the sink when I noticed that the water ...

Theologists, scientists and thought leaders have attempted for centuries to understand the impact that religion can have on human beings; both mentally and physically. And it is commonly accepted ...