5+ hour, 43+ min ago  (65+ words) Kenyan priest takes reins of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Batesville'Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Kenyan priest takes reins of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Batesville BATESVILLE -- Anglican missionaries helped sow the seeds in the 19th century, bringing their gospel message to Africa....

1+ mon, 3+ hour ago  (386+ words) ROME -- The Vatican has given the green light, again, to beatify Archbishop Fulton Sheen, the popular U.S. radio and TV preacher whose path to sainthood was derailed first by a lengthy court battle over his remains and then by concerns about…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (359+ words) In late January, a software maven launched Moltbook, an online platform that artificial-intelligence bots quickly used to create the Church of Molt, with doctrines to guide digital life. About the time that Moltbook went public, the pope offered his latest…...

4+ mon, 18+ hour ago  (33+ words) U.S. Catholic bishops voted Wednesday to make official a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender patients at Catholic hospitals. The step formalizes a yearslong process for the U.S. church to ......

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (488+ words) The Boston Globe headline was blunt: "Church allowed abuse by priest for years." This massive investigation into sexual abuse by Catholic clergy won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, forcing major newsrooms to cover a scandal that had festered for…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (33+ words) Catholic bishop of Arkansas draws comparisons between current times, 1930s Germany'nwaonline.com Frank Lockwood is editor of the Religion section at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and has worked at the newspaper since 2006....

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (566+ words) BEIRUT -- Ravers danced and swayed to the loud bass at a popular night club in the heart of this city. It was another sold-out Saturday in the party capital of the Middle East. What was different this time was the…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (14+ words) Pope Leo gathers cardinals at Vatican to discuss church's priorities'Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (10+ words) Top 2025 religion story: First American pope'Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (695+ words) On Pentecost Sunday, Pope Leo XIV left few doubts about the issue he wanted listeners to ponder during this symbolic event early in his papacy. "The Spirit opens borders, first of all, in our hearts," he said, in the June…...