LOS ANGELES -- By the time the letter arrived, the grass on Benjamin Hawkes' grave had grown thick. Historians had chronicled how he transformed the Los Angeles archdiocese into a billion-dollar institution. His portrait had been etched into a ...
VOICES OF FAITH: DOES GOD SHINE A LIGHT ON SOME MORE THAN OTHERS?
USE WHAT LIGHT WE HAVE FOR GOOD
The Rev. Holly McKissick, Peace Christian Church, Kansas City, Mo.:
I keep thinking of Susie. Beautiful. Bright. Amazing. And taken from her ...
LOS ANGELES -- When Los Angeles Archbishop Jose Gomez stripped his predecessor, Cardinal Roger Mahony, of public duties for mishandling clergy sex abuse cases, a church spokesman said the retired prelate's life would remain largely the same with ...
JERICO, Colombia -- In her lifetime, Laura Montoya's stubborn determination to help Colombia's indigenous people brought the reproach of society, the political elite and the church, which viewed her work with suspicion and accused her of being ...
VATICAN CITY -- The Catholic and Coptic Orthodox churches are in a position to settle their historical rifts, Pope Francis said Friday as he welcomed his Coptic counterpart, Tawadros II.
It was the first such visit to the Vatican by a Coptic pope...
COPLEY TOWNSHIP, Ohio -- A plain white wall rose above the altar in the sanctuary at St. Demetrius Serbian Orthodox Church.
That was before its transformation.
Now that wall is covered in a brilliant blue that serves as a backdrop to a vibrantly...