Over the Chinese New Year holiday, David Fang, a Beijing house church pastor, organized an online book club. For 23 days, the ...

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Father Craig Hightower at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Missoula says the passing of Pope Francis is especially impactful because he was the first Jesuit pope. "I think there's a lot of ...

What’s more, top religious leaders — including Pope Francis ... Pope Gregory XIII’s adaptation in 1582, when the Western church adopted the Gregorian calendar while the Eastern Orthodox ...

A crucial aspect of the church’s response to insecurity is sustained prayer, with prayer warriors, prophets, and leaders worldwide interceding for the government and security forces who are at ...

Pope Francis addressed a joint meeting of Congress in 2015. He was the first and only Pope to do so.Credit...Stephen Crowley/The New York Times Supported by By Elizabeth Dias and Ruth Graham ...

Kentuckians honored Pope Francis, who died April 21 at 88, for his leadership and compassion as pontiff of the Catholic Church. The pope's death comes a day after he made a public appearance in ...

Now, it’s her job to be that: “bringing in the younger generation and training ... church at the age of 26, she became ordained as a minister, a rarity in the Baptist tradition where church ...

Keesee Jr. is the son of Gary and Drenda Keesee, leaders of Faith Life Church, which has campuses in New Albany and Powell and more than 3,000 members, WBNS reported. In a statement sent to WBNS ...

The "fresh and new perspective," the Rev. Kevin Grove said, could be seen in the Church's ancient tradition ... modern world," famously meeting with leaders from around the world and sometimes ...

Zinkula noted Francis' pastoral heart, gentle leadership and calls to serve the poor. "He was a shepherd after Christ’s own heart—humble, compassionate, and deeply committed to walking with ...

The essay reflects the reclaimed semi-dominance of the Talmage-Widtsoe-Pack paradigm among church leaders, noting that one cannot extrapolate scientific facts from face-value readings of scripture ...