Singers at Holly Springs Primitive Baptist Church in West Georgia treat their red hymnals like extensions of themselves, never straying far from their copies of “The Sacred Harp” and its music notes ...

A loss is not the end. Don’t make it one,” proclaimed the Hastings Church of Christ marquee sign. The church lost its minister nearly two years ago and — despite solid finances — has been unable to ...

Leo officially opened his pontificate by taking his first popemobile tour through the piazza, a rite of passage that has ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, is beginning his ministry with a historic ceremony at St. Peter’s Square, blending ...

The centenary year of St. Thérèse’s canonization began Jan. 4 and will continue until Christmas, with a weekend of celebrations taking place May 16–18 in Lisieux, France.

It was not an easy task, and paying for all of their needs as a single parent was difficult. In the late 1950s, a priest at St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church encouraged Frank to send his sons to ...

The pope's Creole roots draw attention to the complex ... extending even to the church,” Honora said. The pope’s grandparents migrated to Chicago around 1910, like many other African American ...

Drawing on a large study conducted by French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm), the Independent Commission on Sexual Abuse in the Church (CIASE) deduced that since 1950 ...

Homelessness in Franklin County increased 7.4% in 2025, exceeding population growth. Unsheltered homelessness decreased by 11% due to strategies like warming centers. Rising housing costs ...

“WEA’s real ministry is that of cultural inclusivism,” he said, citing interfaith ties with the Roman Catholic Church, Islamic leaders and the World Council of Churches (WCC), which he described as a ...

How we worded these questions We used simple, common phrases in the survey questions about some steps that Catholics would – or would not – like to see the church take. Our goal was to make the ...