The renewed interest in the traditional rite aligns with what’s known as the “strict church” hypothesis, which stipulates ...

A court in Tokyo has ordered the Unification church in Japan to disband, following a request by the country’s government. The church, which is formally known as the Family Federation for World ...

In November 2020, a box containing 49 shards arrived at the Abbey Church, part of 950-year-old Dunfermline Abbey. The box was addressed to the fictitious “Bob Brewse”. The package, opened by ...

(Nicole Evatt via AP) In this photo provided by Nicole Evatt, the famed cross-shaped Biete Ghiorgis, or Church of Saint George, rises from the rock in Lalibela, Ethiopia, Jan. 5, 2025. (Nicole Evatt ...

One of the most unhelpful tendencies in modern church culture is to be overly critical ... through pulpit announcements and weekly bulletins. Larger churches need more sophisticated strategies ...

Pastor Keion Henderson of Houston's Lighthouse Church met with an assistant pastor earlier this week to figure out what to discuss with their congregation at a rodeo-themed block party and Bible ...

ROME — Pope Francis marked the 12th anniversary of his pontificate Thursday in the hospital — the first pope to do so in modern church history ... The latest medical bulletin said that ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis marked the 12th anniversary of his pontificate Thursday in the hospital — the first pope to do so in modern church history — as he ... The latest medical bulletin said that ...

Marty, the “dean of American church historians,” died on February ... writing with particular depth and precision about modern Catholic history, Reformation history, biography, 19th- and ...

The latest medical bulletins from the Vatican on the 88-year-old's condition have said he is improving and is no longer in immediate danger of death. Pope Francis marked his 12th anniversary as ...

It is a public holiday at the Vatican, and a Mass is planned in his honor later at the Argentine church in Rome. No medical bulletins will ... at least in modern history, to spend the anniversary ...