All Roman Catholics are Christians, but not the other way around, differing in beliefs about the sacraments, the pope, the ...

Following the death of Pope Francis at the age of 88 on Monday, the selection process to elect the 267th pontiff will soon ...

Religious observers see a growing number of people abandoning Christian churches in favour of Indigenous spirituality.

Nsukka, Nigeria — Since early childhood, Chidi Nwaohia’s life has swung like a pendulum between two spiritual paths: Christianity and African traditional religion. His life was always marked ...

Catholic Church leaders in Africa remember Francis as a pontiff who kept the continent close to his heart, advocating for its ...

Religious intolerance often comes from a dark and dangerous place. It is usually associated with people who project themselves as deeply religious and God-fearing but believe that their born-into or ...

Members of the Catholic Theological Association of Nigeria have pledged to uphold the “theological and pastoral legacy” of ...

Pope Francis visited a record 10 African countries throughout his pontificate, often venturing to areas ravaged by war, ...

The African Catholic hierarchy is regarded as ... Thank you for visiting RNS and reading our independent news about religion. At a time like this, when the world seems to be changing so rapidly ...

Two groundbreaking studies challenge the traditional timeline of cat domestication, highlighting the pivotal influence of ...

African bishop associations pushed back hard at this. Several countries on the continent are strongly against same-sex or other non-conforming gender categories due to religious and cultural beliefs.

THE battle to establish religious superiority and dominance has been a cause of international conflicts (wars) that date back centuries. It continues to happen across the world with devastating ...