Pope Francis added fuel to rumors about the future of his pontificate by announcing he would visit the central Italian city of L'Aquila in August for a feast initiated by Pope Celestine V, one of the few pontiffs who resigned before Pope Benedict XVI stepped down in 2013.
Top Southern Baptists have released a previously secret list of hundreds of pastors and other church-affiliated personnel accused of sexual abuse. The 205-page database includes both visible and redacted entries.
Top administrative leaders for the Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant denomination in America, said Tuesday that they will release a secret list of hundreds of pastors and other church-affiliated personnel accused of sexual abuse.
Thousands gathered at the Conference Center and overflow seating in Temple Square for a big event that hasn’t taken place with this many people in-person, since before the start of the pandemic.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced August groundbreaking dates for temples in Ephraim, Utah, and Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The baptismal font is a shower, the chapel and gym are large bedrooms: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has transformed its church building in Lviv, Ukraine, to become a refugee center.
Politicians, friends and colleagues paid tribute to the late U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch at a memorial service in Salt Lake City. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Friday called Hatch an 'old friend' and described him as a principled conservative, committed public servant and man of faith
President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints shared a message on National Day of Prayer, saying prayer leads us to bless the lives of others.
The Satanic Temple is requesting to fly a flag over Boston City Hall after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled this week that the city violated free speech rights to fly a Christian flag outside the downtown building.
More than 500 people attended a groundbreaking ceremony for a new Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Four Corners area of New Mexico.
The United Methodist Church's Council of Bishops had ended a five-day meeting acknowledging the inevitable breakup of their denomination. It's a schism that will widen this weekend with the launch of a global movement led by theologically conservative Methodists.
A Draper teen has found a unique way to help missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints adjust to training remotely and not feel so alone.
For the last 50 years, thousands of people have driven by the Washington D.C. Temple every single day. And as The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints invites everyone to "come and see" the inside of the temple, the outside is still turning heads.
Monday marked a major milestone for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in our nation’s capital as the Washington D.C. Temple prepares to open its doors to the public for the first time in nearly two generations.
BOSTON (AP) — For many U.S. Christians, this weekend marked the first time since 2019 that they gathered in person on Easter Sunday, a welcome chance to celebrate one of the year’s holiest days side by side with fellow congregants. Notable events included a 6 a.m. sunrise Mass outdoors near the waterfront in South Boston, […]
On what is supposed to be Christianity's most joyful day, Pope Francis made an anguished Easter Sunday plea for peace in the “senseless” war in Ukraine and in other armed conflicts raging in the world, and voiced worry about the risk of nuclear warfare.
For the first time in more than three decades, members of Islam, Christianity and Judaism will mark a Holy Season in April. Three religious leaders in Utah hope the faithful will make this a time of unity.
The war in Ukraine loomed over the traditional Good Friday Colosseum procession in Rome, after the Vatican’s choice of a Russian woman to be among the cross-bearers angered Ukrainians.
At 97 years, seven months and six days old, President Russell M. Nelson has become the oldest President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
