Monica Treviso of Carrollton stops by after her work to pray ahead of a mass on Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, at the National Shrine Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe, in Dallas. Shafkat Anowar / Staff ...

What do we lose when we lose organized religion, which has been in steep decline across the globe since 2007? Two new books offer very different answers — and very different approaches — to this ...

Ryan Burge’s Vanishing Church shows the importance of faith for America. Burge is a sociologist who has carved out a nearly singular online profile as a prominent purveyor of charts and graphs about ...

James Martin, S.J., addresses the 2025 assembly of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious in Atlanta on Aug. 14. Credit: LCWR Editors’ notes: James Martin, S.J., delivered the following speech ...

In a new document, the Confederation of Latin American Religious says consecrated life in the region must listen to the call of the spirit, seek new paths, and leave behind past ecclesial models in ...

(RNS) — When it comes to going to church, a generational pattern is playing out in many households around the world: Grandparents never miss Sunday service; parents attend only on holidays; children, ...

Cyprian Davis, O.S.B., was a prominent figure in the American church after the Second Vatican Council due to, among other achievements, his scholarship on Black Catholics, theology, spirituality, ...

"Evolving Religious Life," a continuing series from Global Sisters Report, explores how Catholic sisters are adapting to the realities of congregations in transition and new forms of religious life.