This church was "discovered" by Portuguese missionaries in the 16th century. After attempts to "latinize" the rite, many broke away to form their own rite under the control of the Syrian Patriarch.

This Friday is Jumaa’ al Hazeeneh (Arabic for Good Friday), and to Palestinian Christians this phrase is pregnant with ...

A Mississippi church deacon was fatally shot while trying to protect people from a dispute that broke out during an Easter egg hunt hosted by his church, witnesses and law enforcement said.

What the Catechism of the Catholic Church says on "The Trinity:" 232. "Christians are baptized 'in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit' [Mt 28:19.] Before receiving the ...

The entrance of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, is seen on Nov. 7, 2023, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama, File) Nobuya Fukumoto, foreground center, a lawyer for the ...

Deacon Eddie Shed "paid the ultimate price for his valor," his church's pastor wrote in a message to the community Brenton Blanchet is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. He has been working at PEOPLE ...

Four armed suspects abducted Josh Sullivan on Thursday, police said. The search for an American missionary continued on Sunday in South Africa after his Tennessee church said he was reportedly ...

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That leads to the third and final point, which is that women remain second-class citizens in the church. All the church’s recent statements offer effusive praise about women, paired with ...

The church obtained legal status as a religious organization in Japan in 1968 amid an anti-communist movement supported by Abe’s grandfather, former Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi.

Josh Sullivan is believed to have been abducted on April 10 at the Fellowship Baptist Church in Motherwell Brenton Blanchet is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. He has been working at PEOPLE since 2022.