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Baptist church offering video series

An eight-week video series, called “A Tour of Prophecy,” by evangelical Christian author David Jeremiah will be offered at 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays through July 25 at First Southern Baptist Chur...

DATE: Jun 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

Bayfield church to offer Bible school

A weeklong session of Vacation Bible School will be held from 8:30 to 11:45 a.m. Monday through Friday at Calvary Presbyterian Church, 89 E. Mill St., in Bayfield. Events are open...

DATE: Jun 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

China steps up ‘training’ of Tibetan clergy, officials

BEIJING – Chinese authorities are ramping up political indoctrination among Tibetan Buddhist clergy and officials in charge of religious affairs as part of a campaign to strengthen the rulin...

DATE: Jun 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

Pope nixes German plan to allow Communion for non-Catholics

ROME – Pope Francis has told German bishops they can’t publish guidelines on whether non-Catholic spouses may receive Communion, saying the issue concerns the broader Catholic Church and is ...

DATE: Jun 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

Pope encourages mobster-plagued town to take law’s side

ROME – Pope Francis is urging residents of a mobster-plagued Rome suburb to be courageous and side with the law. Francis celebrated an outdoor Mass on Sunday evening in Ostia, a s...

DATE: Jun 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

Christians in Western Europe less tolerant of immigrants

Survey polled residents in 15 countries about migrants, Muslims and Jews

DATE: Jun 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

Mormons grapple with race decades after ban on black leaders

SALT LAKE CITY – The Mormon church on Friday celebrated the 40th anniversary of reversing its ban on black people serving in the lay priesthood, going on missions or getting married in templ...

DATE: Jun 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

Never again: Pope denounces ‘culture of abuse, cover-up’

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis became the first pope to publicly denounce a “culture of abuse and cover-up” in the Catholic Church, saying Thursday he was ashamed that neither he nor Chile’s Ca...

DATE: May 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

China orders crackdown on large outdoor religious statues

BEIJING – China’s ruling Communist Party has ordered local governments to better regulate the construction of large outdoor religious statues amid increasing restrictions on religious expres...

DATE: May 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

Amid conflict, Jews and Muslims in U.S. seek solidarity

DETROIT – As turmoil spreads through the Middle East, American Jews and Muslims have been forming alliances to build trust and seek solidarity in more ambitious ways than in the past, a shar...

DATE: May 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

Video series to start at Southern Baptist Church

An eight-week video series, called “A Tour of Prophecy,” by David Jeremiah will start June 6 in the fellowship hall at First Southern Baptist Church, 1715 West Second Ave. The ser...

DATE: May 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

Prominent Baptist leader removed as head of Texas seminary

FORT WORTH, Texas – A former head of the Southern Baptist Convention was removed Wednesday as president of a Texas seminary following allegations of “unbiblical teaching” through sexist and ...

DATE: May 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion