Associated Press file<br><br>President Russell M. Nelson, the president of the Mormon church, is asking people to refrain from using “Mormon” or “LDS” as a substitute for the full name of…
The Most Rev. Donald Trautman, second from left, retiring bishop of Erie, Pa., prays and lays his hands on the head of Monsignor Lawrence T. Persico, kneeling, the bishop-elect of…
Judy Deaven who says her son was a victim of sexual abuse by a priest as a boy reacts as Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro speaks during a news conference…
Plaintiff McKenna Denson speaks with reporters during a news conference, in Salt Lake City. A judge is refusing to dismiss a lawsuit claiming Denson was raped after the Mormon church…
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown speaks in Portland, Ore. The evangelist Franklin Graham recently asked thousands of people at an Oregon rally to pray for the state’s Democratic governor, saying she…
says option ‘inadmissible’ in all cases
Rashida Tlaib, a Democrat, could become the first Muslim woman in Congress.Associated Press file The 42-year-old attorney, who is set to become the first Muslim woman elected to Congress, was…
Attorney Tahirah Amatul-Wadud, who is challenging incumbent U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., center, talks with Dondre Scott, right, during a visit to a community garden while campaigning in the Mason…
Jewish teenager Sophie Steiert, right, shows a picture of Jewish daily life on a tablet computer as Laura Schulmann looks on during a lesson at a high school in Luckau,…
Associated Press file<br><br>Pope Francis prays during an audience in St. Peter’s square at the Vatican. The Vatican said Thursday Aug. 2, 2018, that Pope Francis has changed church teaching about…
The Mobile Mosque, a mosque on wheels with the capacity for up to 50 people at Toyota Stadium in Toyota, western Japan. As Japan prepares to host visitors from around…
Followers offer banknotes to soccer team members as they are ordained as Buddhist monks and novices following their dramatic cave rescue last week in the Mae Sai district, Chiang Rai…
Nuns are silhouetted in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. Some nuns are now finding their voices, buoyed by the #MeToo movement and the growing recognition that adults can be…
Associated Press file Onlookers have gathered out of curiosity, and also for prayer and healing. The liquid on the statue has been found to be olive oil and balsam –…
The service will be held during the weekend of the 118th annual San Ignacio Fiesta and feature music by the Sacred Heart Choir and Native American drummer Matthew Box. The…
Cardinal Sean O’Malley leads mass April 1, 2014, along the international border wall in Nogales, Ariz.Associated Press file “Failure to take these actions will threaten and endanger the already weakened…
The Global Times quoted an education official in the regional capital of Lhasa as saying that students were required to sign an agreement to “not take part in any form…
Pesach Eisen stands in front of a yeshiva he attended as a child in the Borough Park neighborhood in Brooklyn, N.Y. Eisen, now 32, left his orthodox community in his…
Pope Francis reaches out to hug Cardinal Archbishop emeritus Theodore McCarrick after the Midday Prayer of the Divine with more than 300 U.S. Bishops at the Cathedral of St. Matthew…
Associated Press file<br><br>For churches faced with shrinking congregations and underutilized buildings, installing affordable units offers a fresh infusion of cash and a better way to serve the community.du1-i-syn Driving around…
The sculpture, which stands in the Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, has been attracting attention worldwide since visitors first reported the fluid in May. Bishop Oscar Cantu of the…
Two of Pope Francis’ top communications advisers – an Italian Jesuit and an Argentine Protestant – penned The Prosperity Gospel: Dangerous and Different for the current issue of the Jesuit…
The Las Cruces Sun-News reports Bishop Oscar Cantu of the diocese said Friday a sample of the fluid collected from the sculpture was sent for chemical analysis and it was…
But Chavez never allows Yaretzi, 6, or Issabella, 1, to play there. They never step foot outside the church. [iimage:2,mugshot]Chavez, 30, is afraid that U.S. immigration officials would round them…
The three-year-old Amud Aish Memorial Museum, located far from the tourist crowds at near the very edge of the borough, focuses on the experiences of Orthodox Jews during and after…
Pope Francis, center, flanked by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, left, and Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, free doves outside the St. Nicholas…
President Donald Trump gives a thumbs-up as Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. watches during commencement at the school in Lynchburg, Va. Falwell says he is confident that Trump will…
Pope Francis blesses the crowd as he recites the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, July 1, 2018. Pope…
The statues were erected Tuesday morning outside Christ Church Cathedral on downtown Indianapolis’ Monument Circle and surrounded by the fencing. The Episcopalian church’s dean and rector, the Rev. Stephen Carlsen,…
Australian Archbishop Philip Wilson arrives for sentencing at Newcastle Local Court in Newcastle on July 3, 2018. Wilson, the most senior Roman Catholic cleric in the world to be convicted…
