KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The Latvian Evangelical Lutheran church held its first Sunday service after a fire demolished its church building. A place of worship can often be a second home. On Sunday ...

The Latvian Lutheran Church has gone back on its 40-year-old decision by officially ruling that women cannot be ordained priests. Two-thirds of the 337 synod members voted in favor of changing the ...

He noted that religious education at state schools and improved financial support from the state would be priorities for the Lutheran church, whose 300 congregations make up 13 percent of Latvia ...