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Priest who heads top clergy treatment center accused of impropriety

(RNS) The priest who headed a leading treatment center for clergy suffering from emotional, sexual and addiction problems has resigned in the wake of accusations that he misused funds in his home diocese and that he was engaged in an "inappropriate adult relationship."
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Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI to return to the Vatican on Thursday

| May 2, 2013

(RNS) Benedict XVI’s return to Vatican City will present church leaders with the unprecedented situation of a reigning pope and a retired pope living a short distance from each other, both sharing the same top aide.
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Who’s who in the Baha’i Faith

| Apr 30, 2013

As the Baha’is continue celebrating the holy festival of Ridvan, here's a primer on the key names of the faith – a "who's who" of the Baha'i hierarchy.    
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As they turn 150, Adventists still praying for the Apocalypse

| Apr 12, 2013

(RNS) Over the past 150 years, Seventh-day Adventists have built one of Christianity's most inventive and prosperous churches -- while praying for the world to end as soon as possible.
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Obama awards Catholic army chaplain Medal of Honor

| Apr 11, 2013

(RNS) A candidate for sainthood in the Roman Catholic Church was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor by President Obama Thursday at the White House. The Rev. Emil Kapaun, a priest who served as an Army chaplain in the Korean War, was recognized for his bravery on the battlefield and in a prisoner-of-war camp.
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Desmond Tutu wins 2013 Templeton Prize for work on forgiveness

| Apr 4, 2013

Desmond Tutu, the former Anglican archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa, who won a Nobel Peace Prize for his battle against apartheid, has won the 2013 Templeton Prize, which is billed as the most significant award in the field of spirituality and religion.
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Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby puts focus on ‘reconciliation’

| Mar 25, 2013

As the new archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby is spiritual leader to nearly 80 million Anglicans around the world. Now, after being officially enthroned, the 57-year-old former oil executive faces a monumental challenge: helping the Anglican Communion stay together amid profound differences over theology, gender and sexuality.
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Why this Jew cares about the new pope

| Mar 21, 2013

Outside of pure fascination, is there any reason that a Jew from Minnesota should care about the leader of a different religion headquartered half a world away? There absolutely is.
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We have a pope: A local Dominican shares his experience from the streets of Rome

| Mar 20, 2013

The streets in Rome were all abuzz last week with speculation about who the new pope would be – and Br. Wesley Dessonville, who lives in Columbia, happened to be there. He shares what it was like to be there when news broke that a new pope had been chosen. 
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At inaugural Mass, Pope Francis calls for defending environment, poor

| Mar 19, 2013

(RNS) Pope Francis issued a powerful call for the protection of the environment and of society's most vulnerable during his formal installation Mass at the Vatican, while qualifying his papal power as a "service" to the church and to humanity.
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New pope means new business for recession-weary Rome

| Mar 19, 2013

(RNS) Just minutes after Pope Francis finished introducing himself to the crowd in St. Peter’s Square on March 13, a woman perusing the shelves of a tourist shop just outside the squared asked the storekeeper, “When will you have souvenirs of the new pope?”
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