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Bible Museum to display artifacts from Holy Land under deal

August 27, 2015

The Museum of the Bible being built in Washington, D.C., will feature ancient artifacts and treasures from the Holy Land under a new deal that ensures Israel’s leading archaeological organization wil…

Jimmy Carter’s cancer fight puts new meaning in old message

August 27, 2015

The Sunday school lesson was familiar: When your burden grows heavy, ask God for strength. But the message carried a more powerful and personal meaning than usual because of who delivered it: Jimmy C…

A community’s role in grief

August 20, 2015

No matter the circumstances, with death comes grief. However, when death is brought about suddenly by trauma, the grieving process can be different, and if left untreated it can turn into long-term…

Momentum Church introduces Plus-One Sunday with Mixology Series

August 20, 2015

Momentum Church is launching a new series titled “Mixology: Creating the Perfect Mix for Your Life,” Sunday, Aug. 23, at its two locations: Gulf Breeze Elementary School at 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. and…

Pope urges compassion for divorced Catholics who remarry

August 13, 2015

Pope Francis’ call last week for a church of “open doors” that welcomes divorced Catholics prompted speculation over whether he was signaling support for easing the ban on Communion for couples who r…

Immigrant in church sanctuary reaches one-year mark

August 13, 2015

Rosa Robles Loreto could leave the small, Tucson church where she has spent the past year. But there is no guarantee she won’t be sent back to Mexico, her native country.

Woman and her 2 sisters meet for the first time

August 6, 2015

A sea of smiling faces made Barbara Colandrea and Carol Utecht feel more than welcome as they greeted their older sister and her family for the first time at the Dothan, Ala., airport recently.

Catholic leaders press GOP to heed pope on climate, poor

July 16, 2015

Roman Catholic leaders in the early voting state of Iowa implored presidential candidates earlier this month to take up Pope Francis’ call for “profound political courage” by focusing their campaigns…

Cruz, Huckabee competing for evangelical votes

July 9, 2015

Republican presidential candidates Ted Cruz and Mike Huckabee went head-to-head for evangelical votes last weekend, telling a megachurch congregation in Georgia that God favors the United States but…

Episcopalians OK allowing gay marriage in churches

July 9, 2015

The Episcopal Church has completed its embrace of gay rights, changing church law to allow same-sex religious marriages throughout the denomination, just days after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized g…