Faith
By GENE JOHNSON
by The Associated Press April 23, 2022ROME -- Pope Francis cleared his schedule Friday to undergo medical checks on his right knee, as his strained ligaments have made walking, standing and getting…
by The Associated Press April 22, 2022CAIRO -- When the Islamic holy month of Ramadan begins, a battle rages in Habiba Khanom's mind: If she goes without food or drink, is she doing it for God or b…
by The Associated Press April 22, 2022JERUSALEM -- Israeli police in full riot gear stormed a sensitive Jerusalem holy site sacred to Jews and Muslims on Friday after Palestinian youths hurled ston…
by The Associated Press April 22, 2022ROME -- A Vatican investigation into allegations that the former top aide to St. John Paul II was negligent in handling sex abuse claims in his native Poland h…
by The Associated Press April 22, 2022EL PASO, Texas -- On all but three Sunday afternoons since last Easter, Bob Guerra -- a Catholic deacon -- has carefully packed his favorite crucifix, a Spanis…
by The Associated Press April 20, 2022HELSINKI -- Unrest broke out in southern Sweden late Saturday despite police moving a rally by an anti-Islam group, which was planning to burn a Quran among ot…
by The Associated Press April 16, 2022Easter's message of renewal will be especially poignant this year for four U.S. congregations rebounding from disasters.
by The Associated Press April 16, 2022CHICAGO -- Maria Fedachtchin's fingers trembled a bit as she etched the first intricate lines of beeswax along the smooth, unblemished shell of an egg cradled …
by Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune April 14, 2022TEXARKANA, Ark. -- The Kiwanis Club of Texarkana and the Caddo Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America will hold their 83rd annual Easter sunrise service on …
by From Staff Reports April 14, 2022HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. -- The words "Jesus Lives" are emblazoned across a dilapidated unoccupied structure on the busy intersection of Warner Avenue and Nich…
by The Associated Press April 9, 2022LAS CRUCES, New Mexico -- Sitting cross-legged on the floor as his wife and six children laid plates of fruit on a red cloth in front of him, Wolayat Khan Sama…
by The Associated Press April 9, 2022ABUJA, Nigeria -- A Nigerian court has sentenced an atheist to 24 years in prison for making social media posts it found to be blasphemous against the Islamic …
by The Associated Press April 8, 2022As Native Americans cautiously welcome Pope Francis' historic apology for abuses at Catholic-run boarding schools for Indigenous children in Canada, U.S. churc…
by The Associated Press April 8, 2022COLLEYVILLE, Texas -- In the three months since Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker and three of his congregants were held at gunpoint in their Texas synagogue, new ca…
by The Associated Press April 8, 2022