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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listens as President Donald Trump speaks during the swearing in for Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, March 24, 2026, in Washington. (Credit: Alex Brandon/AP.)

At Pentagon Christian service, Hegseth prays for violence ‘against those who deserve no mercy’

  • Mar 26
  • Tiffany Stanley
Father Brian Strassburger smiles as Alcala Bouilly sings into the microphone during Mass at Casa del Migrante on Thursday, March 19, 2026, in Reynosa, Mexico. (Credit: Michael Gonzalez/AP.)

As border dynamics change, priest keeps ministering to migrants and deportees

  • Mar 25
  • Giovanna Dell'Orto
A confessional in a Catholic church. (Credit: Pexels.)

As Lent continues, a first-of-its-kind national study finds that most Catholics would consider going to Confession

  • Mar 25
  • Charles Collins
Boys Town students hold portraits of Boys Town founder Father Edward Flanagan outside St. Cecilia Cathedral in Omaha, Neb., Feb. 27, 2012. (Credit: Nati Harnik/AP.)

Pope Leo moves Father Flanagan of Boys Town fame closer to possible sainthood

  • Mar 24
  • Peter Smith, 
    Nicole Winfield
The Supreme Court is photographed, Feb. 6, 2026, in Washington. (Credit: Rahmat Gul/AP.)

Supreme Court revives suit from evangelical Christian challenging restrictions on demonstrations

  • Mar 21
  • Lindsay Whitehurst
Bishop Jennifer Nagel, of the Minneapolis Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, speaks to reporters outside the federal courthouse in St. Paul, Minn., on Friday, March 20, 2026, after a federal judge ruled that clergy will be allowed to minister to immigrants in a holding facility at the headquarters of the Trump administration's enforcement surge in Minnesota. (Credit: Steve Karnowski/AP.)

Federal judge grants injunction allowing clergy visits at Minneapolis ICE holding facility

  • Mar 21
  • Steve Karnowski
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks to members of the media during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Thursday, March 19, 2026. (Credit: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP.)

Pete Hegseth’s Christian rhetoric draws renewed scrutiny after the US goes to war with Iran

  • Mar 21
  • Tiffany Stanley
Federal immigration officers confront protesters outside Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (Credit: Yuki Iwamura/AP.)

Clergy seek court order to allow pastoral access to immigrants held at Minneapolis ICE facility

  • Mar 20
  • Steve Karnowski
Pedestrians walk past the parking lot of the Cesar Chavez Learning Center in Dallas, Thursday, March 19, 2026. (Credit: Julio Cortez/AP.)

California’s Gov. Newsom supports move to rename César Chavez Day over alleged sexual abuse

  • Mar 20
  • Trân Nguyễn, 
    Haven Daley, John Seewer
Joe Moscinski places the final light in the outdoor menorah at Temple Shalom, Dec. 20, 2019 in Auburn, Maine. (Credit: Andree/Sun Journal via AP.)

As religious tensions rise, houses of worship in Maine look to beef up security

  • Mar 19
  • Sean Scott/ The Maine Monitor

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Lebanese Christians fear another occupation as Israel threatens to use Gaza tactics in the south

  • Mar 26
  • Kareem Chehayeb, 
    Julia Frankel

Bishop in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo says violence giving ‘temptation to give up’

  • Mar 26
  • Ngala Killian Chimtom

Spanish woman to undergo euthanasia after fierce legal battle with her father

  • Mar 26
  • Fionn Shiner

Militants in northern Nigeria kill 10 security forces and 1 resident, officials say

  • Mar 26
  • Dyepkazah Shibayan