Faith
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI's last words were "Lord, I love you," his longtime secretary said Sunday, quoting a nurse who helped care for the 95…
by Frances D’Emilio, The Associated Press January 1, 2023NASHVILLE, Tennessee -- Jerry Lamb could not maneuver his wheelchair into the rows of pews at his church. It wouldn't fit. Nor could he sit in the aisles witho…
December 30, 2022TEXARKANA, Texas -- Most gifts were doled out and opened early Christmas Day, but visitors to Central Christian Church were treated to a nutritious afternoon s…
by Greg Bischof December 25, 2022THORNTON, Colo. -- A husband and wife are dead in a suspected murder-suicide at a Jehovah's Witnesses hall in Thornton on Christmas morning, and a hazmat team …
by Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post December 25, 2022DBAYEH, Lebanon -- Tucked away in the hills north of Beirut below a Maronite monastery, Lebanon's only remaining Christian-majority Palestinian camp gives few …
December 24, 2022VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis warned Vatican bureaucrats on Thursday to beware the devil that lurks among them, saying it is an "elegant demon" that works in pe…
by Nicole Winfield, The Associated Press December 22, 2022VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican has defrocked an anti-abortion U.S. priest, Frank Pavone, for what it said were "blasphemous communications on social media" as wel…
by Nicole Winfield, The Associated Press December 18, 2022WILSON, N.C. -- In her church, Megan Lively feels safe and loved. Walking in on a Sunday morning, people greet each other warmly. As the men lead services, a f…
December 17, 2022While more than 2,000 United Methodist congregations across the country have been given permission to leave the denomination, three in Arkansas were denied a s…
by Frank E. Lockwood December 12, 2022COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. -- As monks chanted prayers in Saint John's University church, members of the student LGBTQ organization, QPLUS, were meeting in their loun…
by Giovanna Dell’orto of The Associated Press and Yonat Shimron of Religion News Service December 9, 2022TEXARKANA -- At least one local congregation cut ties with the United Methodist Church during a denominational meeting over the weekend.
by Stevon Gamble December 5, 2022WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court is being warned about the potentially dire consequences of a case next week involving a Christian graphic artist who objects to…
by Jessica Gresko, Associated Press December 3, 2022When members of the small Pennsylvania chapter of Secular Democrats of America log on for their monthly meetings, they're not there for a virtual happy hour.
by Peter Smith, Associated Press December 3, 2022DALLAS -- The regional governing bodies of the United Methodist Church are called annual conferences. They typically meet once a year to conduct church busines…
by Isabella Volmert, The Dallas Morning News December 2, 2022WASHINGTON -- The Biden administration on Friday placed a well-known Russian paramilitary organization on a list of religious freedom violators alongside a num…
by Matthew Lee, AP Diplomatic Writer December 2, 2022