iolent attacks on Jews worldwide dropped in 2017 despite a rise in other forms of anti-Semitism, researchers reported Wednesday, in a year characterized by normalization and mainstreaming of anti-Semitism not…
The Rev. Kim Kyou Ho, head of the Seoul-based Chosen People Network, a Christian group that runs a memorial hall in the South Korean capital for the victims, shows a…
Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine Alan Lightman, however, is different. He is the poet laureate of science writers. His best-known book, Einstein’s Dreams, a lyrical novel putting…
McKenna Denson speaks with reporters during a news conference Thursday in Salt Lake City. Denson, who accused a former Mormon missionary training center director of raping her in the 1980s…
People attend the twice-annual conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on March 31 in Salt Lake City.Rick Bowmer/Associated Press The selections of Ulisses Soares of Brazil…
Chinese Catholics leave the Mindong underground Catholic church after attending the Good Friday service in Saiqi in southeast China’s Fujian province March 30 Good Friday celebrations in one Chinese parish…
Rev. Mark Twietmeyer, left, of Trinity Lutheran Church and Rev. Martin Lettow of Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church, both from Boulder, wait to begin their annual Easter Sunrise Service…
Yoga is typically seen as either a Hindu practice or, more recently and popularly, “spiritual but not religious” or, even more commonly, a form of wellness or fitness. As the…
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 910 East Third Ave., will hold Easter services Saturday and Sunday.Durango Herald file A Holy Saturday great vigil of Easter candlelight service at 8 p.m. Saturday.…
A digging machine works at de-mining the land near the baptismal site of Jesus Christ, Qasr al Yahud, in the West Bank. Pilgrims seeking serenity during a visit to Jesus’…
A security guard checks a visitor at the entrance to St. Paul’s Chapel in New York. Two New York City churches that survived the destruction of World Trade Center have…
Sam Young, a Mormon father from Houston who is organizing a petition to stop sexually explicit interviews of Mormon youth by their LDS Bishops, talks during a news conference in…
The pope’s message comes on the heels of a meeting of young Catholics who told the Vatican they want a more transparent and authentic church, and a day after hundreds…
Marilyn Vyzourek, right, started Gospel Homes for Women, a local group of Christian sober live-in residences, in Colorado Springs. Nineteen-year-old McKaylynn Sporcich, background, is one of the women who have…
The church sanctuary will open at 5 p.m. for prayer. For more information, call 247-3175.
A sunrise resurrection service at 7 a.m., and Easter celebration services at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. will be offered. For more information, call (505) 325-2600.
March 25: Palm Sunday, 9 a.m., 10:45 a.m. March 30: Good Friday, 7 p.m. April 1: Easter Sunday, 9 a.m., 10:45 a.m. at Cross Bar X Youth Ranch, 2111 County…
This photo shows a complete copy of a letter by Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI about Pope Francis that the Vatican released March 17after coming under blistering criticism for previously selectively…
Evelyn Hockstein for The Washington Post<br><br>Each year sophomore Eli Sporn misses school for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur and “it kind of hangs over your head the entire time,” he…
The Church of Scientology now has its own television channel available on DIRECTV, AppleTV, Roku, fireTV, Chromecast, iTunes and Google Play.Associated Press file “There’s a lot of talk about us.…
Retired Pope Benedict XVI praises a volume of books about the theological training of Pope Francis. The Vatican admitted March 14 that it blurred the final two lines of the…
A sign encourages prayer outside an ice cream shop in Aztec the day after a shooting at Aztec High School on Dec. 7, 2017, in which two classmates were killed…
On Oct. 30, 2015, Pope Francis is presented with an image of Roman Catholic Archbishop Oscar Romero during a private audience granted to participants to the pilgrimage from El Salvador…
The Rev. Bernice King presented the pontiff with the sixth volume of the civil rights leader’s published papers, subtitled “Advocate of the Social Gospel, September 1948-March 1963.” A video of…
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Demonstrators march to protest against a toughening Myanmar public assembly law in Yangon, Myanmar, on Monday. About 200 demonstrators marched against the government’s plans to amend the Peaceful Assembly and…
The Living Word Sanctuary Church has been cleaning up the property in Trumbull County’s Southington Township, roughly 45 miles southeast of Cleveland, since the 25,000-square-foot mansion was donated to the…
Flowers are placed at the memorial to Janusz Korczak who died in the gas chamber of the Treblinka Nazi German death camp in 1942 together with the children of the…
Headstones toppled and damaged by vandals lie on the ground at Mount Carmel Cemetery in Philadelphia. The Anti-Defamation League is reporting a 57 percent increase in anti-Semitic incidents in the…
The Anti-Defamation League released figures Tuesday showing there were 15 reported anti-Semitic incidents in the state in 2017, up 37 percent from 2016. In 2017, New Mexico had six instances…
