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In an impassioned call for Christian leaders to emulate Jesus model for ministry, renowned evangelist and church planter Rick ...

At summit in Rome, Elder Gerrit W. Gong shared news of the launch of a multi-faith, multi-university task force that will ...

Our political leaders have a ‘free exercise’ right to pray. But this becomes problematic when the government leads a ...

Before James Talarico entered politics, he was teaching sixth grade language arts at Rhodes Middle School on San Antonio’s ...

Generally speaking, a saint is a person who with great commitment centers their life on trusting in and accepting God’s love and following the teaching and example ... to following Christ. And Jesus ...

Leo wonders, "even though the teaching of Sacred Scripture is so clear about the poor, why many people continue to think that ...

There are things in this world that are worse than death. Chief among them is the loss of one we hold dear. If we are fortunate, we love someone enough that we would risk or even give our lives to sav ...

But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, are the offspring of Abraham, my friend;” ( Isaiah 41:8) So the biological offspring of Prophet Abraham (the Banu Israel) became the first ...

Too many people who hold political office today throw around words like "faith" and "Christianity" and "values," yet support ...

Pope Leo XIV greets visitors and pilgrims from the popemobile as he rides around St. Peter's Square at the Vatican before his weekly general audience Oct. 8, 2025. Credit: CNS photo/Lola Gomez Pope ...

Caldwell public schools will soon display new signs that say “In God We Trust,” after a Canyon County couple offered to donate them.