Alongside the gossip and the gallows humor, the ancient and solemn rituals continue,” Chiara Barzini writes from Italy.

E. Chestnut St., Lisbon, will observe Bright Sunday, or Holy Humor Sunday, during its morning worship April 27. The Bright Sunday service begins at 10:30 a.m. and is open to the public. The custom of ...

As the world awaits the papal conclave that will replace the late Pope Francis with a new head of the Catholic Church, many ...

Crawford said his age does not define him, but his life experiences have shaped him. He is a World War II veteran who went ...

GOOD MORNING. CLYDE COSGROVE. GOOD MORNING. HAPPY EASTER, HE IS RISEN! MANY PEOPLE STARTED EASTER SUNDAY AT CHURCH. IT’S THE ONLY THING THAT STAYS HONORING THE SIGNIFICANT RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY.

Christians at church services around the Lehigh Valley marked Palm Sunday, which begins Holy Week, when Christians recall the events leading up to Jesus’ death by crucifixion and the resurrection.

There is so much history between the walls of Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church, which has hosted funerals for ...

Over 3 000 individuals will participate in a mass wedding, tripling the International Pentecost Holiness Church's previous record of 400 couples in 2023. Some grooms will marry multiple wives during ...

Yet historically, Sunday Schools played a far greater role. They were not only centers of religious education but also powerful tools for evangelism and church planting. Many churches — especially in ...

Pope Francis, the charismatic and conciliatory Argentinian who moved to liberalize the Roman Catholic Church, dramatically ...

A Catholic church in Queens was engulfed in flames less than 24 hours before worshippers were set to gather for Easter Sunday mass. The fire broke out at Saint Edmund Church of the Holy Trinity ...

The search for an American missionary continued on Sunday in South Africa after his Tennessee church said he was reportedly ...