Faith
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis has greeted an Afghan family he met during a visit this month to a refugee camp in Greece and who he helped resettle to Italy beca…
by The Associated Press December 24, 2021ROME -- Plans are progressing for a possible meeting next year between Pope Francis and the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church following their historic enco…
by The Associated Press December 24, 2021ROME -- Pope Francis celebrated Christmas Eve Mass before an estimated 1,500 people in St. Peter's Basilica on Friday, going ahead with the service despite the…
by The Associated Press December 24, 2021NEW YORK -- Amid the surge of coronavirus cases across the U.S., numerous churches have canceled in-person Christmas services, disappointing pastors and church…
by The Associated Press December 24, 2021DETROIT -- Ray Noecker stayed behind to work on a sermon while his wife and five of his children went to an orphanage in Haiti as part of their mission trip. H…
by Tribune News Service December 21, 2021DETROIT -- Ray Noecker stayed behind to work on a sermon while his wife and five of his children went to an orphanage in Haiti as part of their mission trip. H…
by Tribune News Service December 21, 2021ROME -- A consortium of Catholic women's groups is calling on the Holy See to join the Council of Europe and to sign the European Convention on Human Rights, a…
by The Associated Press December 17, 2021TEXARKANA, Texas -- For the fifth year in a row, First Baptist Church played host to the Unsung Heroes Luncheon.
by Greg Bischof December 17, 2021ROME -- Pope Francis celebrates his 85th birthday on Friday, a milestone made even more remarkable given the coronavirus pandemic, his summertime intestinal su…
by The Associated Press December 17, 2021SALT LAKE CITY -- When she was younger, Sharon Eubank figured she would one day marry and form the kind of nuclear family typically expected of members of The …
by The Associated Press December 17, 2021PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- The remaining members of a U.S. missionary group who were kidnapped two months ago in Haiti have been freed, Haitian police and the ch…
by The Associated Press December 16, 2021Nathalie Charles, even in her mid-teens, felt unwelcome in her Baptist congregation, with its conservative views on immigration, gender and sexuality. So she l…
by Luis Andres Henao, Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu and David Crary, Associated Press December 14, 2021COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Mosiyah Tafari banged on drums and chanted psalms with other Rastafari in a ballroom where the smoke of frankincense mixed with the fragrant …
by The Associated Press December 11, 2021ROME -- A Roman Catholic diocese in Sicily publicly apologized to outraged parents after its bishop told a group of children that Santa Claus doesn't exist.
by The Associated Press December 11, 2021TEXARKANA, Texas -- First Assembly of God is putting on its drive-through nativity presentation for its seventh year of production.
by Junius Stone December 10, 2021