The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity will be celebrated by Catholics and other Christians worldwide from Jan. 18–25. The theme for 2024, “You shall love the Lord your God ... and your neighbor as ...

While even most Christians in America don’t know it, we quietly entered a very important week in the Christian calendar on Jan. 18, the internationally celebrated “Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.” ...

INDIANAPOLIS (RNS) — Aside from the screeches and hushed giggles of small children, the crowd in the Indianapolis Colts’ football stadium was silent. Catholics, some quietly weeping, knelt on the hard ...

Let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds… encouraging one another — and all the more as you see the Day approaching.” — Hebrews 10:24-25 As I write ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV vowed Sunday to work for unity in a polarized Catholic Church and world, as history’s first American pope offered a message of healing during an inaugural Mass in St.

Divided Christians will draw closer to one another only by loving God and loving their neighbors, serving one another and not pointing fingers in blame for past faults, Pope Francis said. Closing the ...

On October 20, influential evangelical leader Francis Chan came to Bethel to deliver a compelling Chapel service. As the first-ever Karlson Scholar at Bethel, his visit held significance in building ...

White smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in Rome on May 8, notifying the world that the Catholic Church has a new pope. Local religious leaders around the Des Moines metro and Iowa ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, vowed Sunday to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes a symbol of peace in the world, offering a message of communion ...

At the Mass for the election of a new pope, the dean of the College of Cardinals made “a strong call to maintain the unity of the Church” ahead of the conclave on Wednesday, urging the cardinal ...

In Kashmir, churches were adorned for Christmas celebrations marked by special prayers for peace and prosperity. Father John ...

Pope Leo XIV on his popemobile tours St. Peter's Square at the Vatican prior to the inaugural Mass of his pontificate, Sunday, May 18, 2025. Domenico Stinellis / AP VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV, ...