STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The oldest African American Baptist church on Staten Island, St. Philip’s Baptist Church, turns 155 years old on Sunday, May 18. To mark the occasion, a special ...

Lakewood City contains 12 schools and 4,362 students. The district’s minority enrollment is 30%. Also, 23.7% of students are economically disadvantaged. The student body at the schools served by ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A woman is facing charges after driving an ambulance through Baptist Memorial Hospital in DeSoto County, causing minor injuries on May 7, 2025, according to Southaven Police ...

President Donald Trump launched a new commission on religious liberty on Thursday with some polarizing comments about church-state separation. Speaking at a Rose Garden ceremony, the president ...

A self-proclaimed New Jersey pastor and his wife forced church members into slave labor and sex for nearly a decade — telling them God would punish them if they didn’t submit, federal ...

The Episcopal Church will terminate its partnership to resettle refugees with the U.S. government over a request to resettle a group of white Afrikaners after the administration had effectively halted ...

Robert Francis Prevost becomes Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S.-born pope to lead the global Catholic Church, following a two-day conclave that concluded May 8. Prevost's background points to a ...

One person was shot and another was stabbed during a funeral at a church in Harford when an argument between family members turned into a violent melee, according to police. Between 150 and 200 ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass as leader of the Catholic Church in the Sistine Chapel, a day after he was elected the first American pontiff by the papal conclave. Robert Prevost ...

Eric Church gave the live debut of his new single “Hands of Time” at the 2025 ACM Awards, delivering a performance that included a pair of horn players, five back-up vocalists, and his own band.

The diversity was part of the legacy of Pope Francis, who appointed cardinals from underrepresented countries like Laos and Haiti to broaden the church’s global appeal. Francis spent 12 years as ...