A silver communion cup a cotton plantation owner's wife gave to a church she built for enslaved workers is returned.

Several foundations have donated $1.5 million to help rebuild after arson gutted a historic Black church that played an ...

Using smoke to communicate to the public whether a new pope has been elected is somewhat a recent tradition for the Catholic Church ... of the smoke — white (positive) and black (negative ...

This week, 133 cardinals have gathered in the Vatican to elect a new leader of the Catholic church ... black smoke indicates the cardinals have not yet agreed on a new leader, while white smoke ...

As the papal conclave continues, onlookers from around the world will watch for smoke in Vatican City, eager for the first update on who will be the next leader of the Catholic Church. On the ...

The Episcopal Church said Monday it would not help ... The South Africa’s Black-led government and many white religious leaders in the country have denied the Trump administration’s claims ...

Whether it is black — meaning the ... in the 2005 conclave that gave the Church Pope Benedict XVI, a second, more modern stove was also used. Historically, the white smoke was created by burning ...

Morrow said churches have a role in ... In Wisconsin, 90% of Black adults who smoke use menthol cigarettes, compared to 41% of White adults, according to a report by the Wisconsin Medical Journal.

A Necropolis is a mere depository for dead bodies,” Douglass wrote. “Green-Wood,” on the other hand, implied “verdure, shade, ...

The Episcopal Church ... White South Africans, descended from the largely Dutch Afrikaners who immigrated to South Africa centuries ago, long held an elevated status over native Black residents.

This week, 133 cardinals have gathered in the Vatican to elect a new leader of the Catholic church ... Tradition holds that black smoke indicates the cardinals have not yet agreed on a new leader, ...

Mount Hope AME Zion Church hopes to sell five acres of the six-acre Stoney Hill Cemetery, a historic Black burial ground ... The church, which is located in White Plains, 1.5 miles from the ...