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"From the Pulpit" is a weekly column of faith, shared by Central Illinois faith leaders. This week: Religion reimagined for a ...

Photo: Adobe Stock Throughout the centuries, the church has valued how and where believers worship. From decorated ...

That’s exactly how I feel these days when reading most mainstream news coverage of Catholic life in the age of Donald Trump. I know that it’s going to be cold, it’s going to be black and white and ...

While officials in Weare, N.H., contend attorneys from the First Liberty Institute are stoking ‘hypothetical fears’ on behalf ...

Experiencing God’s love has led a local man to want to share that experience with others. Nate Mummert is the new pastor at ...

"As a part of church leadership, you never want to have to make a statement beginning, 'As you know, our pastor was arrested.

The queer Catholics hope that Pope Leo XIV’s ministry does not witness the absence of ecclesiastical embrace, of the kind ...

The relationship between the United States and Israel is usually seen as "special" because of technical matters. Israel is ...

In a move that has garnered widespread approval, Amai Eunor Guti, the leader of ZAOGA Forward In Faith Ministries ...

One of America’s most unique ecological landmarks is disappearing. The Great Salt Lake, once the largest saline lake in the ...

Italian authorities estimated some 100-thousand people were in St. Peter's Square on Sunday as the newly elected Pontiff ...