TUCSON — For the better part of a century, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have made their political home under the Republican Party’s tent, motivated by conservative beliefs rooted in the family values, personal liberty
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Archbishop performs exorcism to cleanse protest site
The archbishop of San Francisco performed a short exorcism ceremony Saturday outside a church where protesters had earlier toppled a statue of Father Junipero Serra ByThe Associated Press October 18, 2020, 1:14 AM • 2 min read Share to FacebookShare
Church of England got its ‘SexyBack,’ co-owns Beyonce, Timberlake songs
The next time the Church of England asks for a donation, Brits should just pull out their phones and play Justin Timberlake’s “SexyBack.” File this under “Who Knew?”: The staid Church of England is a co-owner of Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies,”
Vote for the Fair Tax or you’ll be paying more soon enough
The Rev. Michael Pfleger, of Saint Sabina Church on the South Side, joins dozens of other faith leaders to speak in support of the Fair Tax Amendment at a press conference on Oct. 6 2020. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times If
Desperate Americans hit by pandemic beg Congress, Trump to pass economic relief bill
© Reuters. Sylvia Padilla poses for a photo outside St. John’s United Methodist Church in Lubbock By Brad Brooks, Mimi Dwyer and Rich McKay (Reuters) – Sylvia Padilla spent last Thursday checking food pantries in Lubbock, Texas for groceries to
Latino, Evangelical and Politically Homeless
PHOENIX — At the Church of God of Prophecy, hundreds come each Sunday for two hours of worship in Spanish. They share passages from the Bible, sing and embrace each other tightly. The evangelical congregation, led for nearly 25 years
For Coptic Church, changes, questions after priest ouster
For 17 years, Sally Zakhari said she told priests and leaders in the Coptic Orthodox Church her childhood nightmare — how a Coptic priest visiting from Egypt sexually abused her at her Florida home during what was supposed to be
Alabama governor apologizes to ’63 church bombing survivor
Alabama’s governor is apologizing to a survivor of a racist 1963 church bombing that killed four Black girls By JAY REEVES Associated Press September 30, 2020, 8:08 PM • 3 min read Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has apologized to a
Church That Hosted Emmett Till’s Funeral Is Designated ‘Endangered’
The Chicago church where thousands flocked to the funeral of Emmett Till — the 14-year-old who was brutally tortured and murdered in Mississippi in 1955 — has been placed on a national list of endangered historic sites. The church, Roberts
Sun Valley church appeals judge’s order banning indoor services
Grace Community Church is appealing a judge’s order banning the Sun Valley house of worship from holding indoor church services during the coronavirus. The appeal was filed Monday, Sept. 14, in Los Angeles Superior Court, four days after Judge Mitchell
Defying county, judge’s order, Grace Community Church in Sun Valley hosts packed Sunday service
SUN VALLEY >> Grace Community Church in Sun Valley held a packed morning service on Sunday, Sept. 13, defying a court order directing them to refrain from holding indoor services due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Pastor John MacArthur prefaced the
Black Police Chiefs, Feeling Squeezed, Face Criticism on All Sides
Sitting in a church service several years back, listening to his pastor speak of the obligation to confront what is wrong in society, Branville G. Bard Jr. thought about being a Black man and a top police official too. “I
Verzuz hypes Patti LaBelle and Gladys Knight for next Instagram diva battle
Will it be combat… or church? Verzuz seems to believe they can have it both ways. The popular faceoff platform announced in a social media post Tuesday that soul divas Gladys Knight and Patti LaBelle will be the next to
San Fernando Valley church, L.A. County square off in court over indoor ban
Grace Community Church Pastor John MacArthur preaches on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020. An appeals court has ordered Grace Community Church in Sun Valley not to hold indoor services. (Video screengrab via Facebook) A San Fernando Valley church clashed with Los
Words mattered in Kenosha, but your vote on Nov. 3 will matter so much more
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks at a church in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Thursday. | Carolyn Kaster/AP Photos The people of Kenosha — and the rest of us — hold real power, for better or worse. For one week in
Biden visits Kenosha with vow to tackle racism, bad policing — and looting: ‘Chance for a real awakening here’
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden bows his head in prayer at Grace Lutheran Church in Kenosha, Wis., Thursday. | Carolyn Kaster/AP “We’ve reached an inflection point in American history. I honest to God believe we have an enormous opportunity —
Georgia church splits from Methodists over LGBT dispute
A Georgia congregation says it has split from the United Methodist Church after the denomination’s divisive vote last year to strengthen bans on same-sex marriages and ordination of LGBTQ pastors By The Associated Press September 3, 2020, 3:42 PM •
Will 20% of Illinois ballots be cast by mail? State exceeds 1.1 million requests for vote-by-mail ballots
Voters cast their ballots at the Galewood Community United Church in the 29th Ward in March. Over 1 million people have requested to vote by mail in the November general election. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times file The actual total could be
Mormon choir Christmas concert cancelled due to pandemic
The annual Christmas concert by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ choir has been canceled because of lingering concerns about the coronavirus pandemic By The Associated Press August 22, 2020, 5:30 AM 2 min read Share to FacebookShare
After Hagia Sophia, Turkey turns another museum into mosque
ANKARA, Turkey — The Turkish government formally converted a former Byzantine church into a mosque Friday, a move that came a month after it drew praise from the faithful and international opposition for similarly turning Istanbul’s landmark Hagia Sophia into
New Safety Standards for Moviegoing as U.S. Theaters Reopen
LOS ANGELES — “Some people go to the gym. Some people go to church,” Megan Colligan, the president of Imax Entertainment, said at a news conference on Friday to mark the reopening of theaters in much of the United States.
She Tried to Cross a Highway in an Ultramarathon. She Didn’t Make It.
Kim McCoy remembers the porch of the Alabama church where, exhausted from running all day, she grabbed an hour or so of sleep before dawn on that late June day. It was the day she should have died. There were
“Finding Freedom” author: Meghan and Kate ‘didn’t connect’
CNN’s Rosemary Church speaks with Omid Scobie, co-author of the newly released book "Finding Freedom," about the challenges Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, faced as members of the British royal family. #CNN #News
Elite public schools in Virginia, elsewhere seek diversity
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Virginia’s Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology regularly finds itself at the very top of national rankings, an elite public school in the suburbs of the nation’s capital for which families start preparing their
Authorities: Arson, burglary at Black church in Maryland
Authorities say a person started a fire inside the vestibule of a predominately Black church in Maryland and also burglarized the house of worship By The Associated Press August 11, 2020, 8:54 AM 2 min read SHADY SIDE, Md. —
Apt Bible passage at Catholic Mass coincides with earthquake
A Catholic church in North Carolina which had a portion of 1 Kings for the Bible for its reading during an early Sunday morning Mass found the verse unusually timely By The Associated Press August 10, 2020, 11:01 PM 2
States on hook for billions under Trump’s unemployment plan
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Whether President Donald Trump has the constitutional authority to extend federal unemployment benefits by executive order remains unclear. Equally up in the air is whether states, which are necessary partners in Trump’s plan to bypass Congress,
Bass’ office corrects reason for appearing at Church of Scientology event in 2010
Rep. Karen Bass’ office on Wednesday corrected her explanation for why she appeared at a Church of Scientology event in 2010 – saying the event wasn’t in her district as she had previously claimed. Bass, D-Calif., who is widely reported to be on presumptive
Man wanted for breaking into pro-immigrant Pilsen church, making Nazi salute to employees
The FBI says this man is wanted for making racist statements at the Lincoln United Methodist Church in Pilsen in 2019. | FBI The FBI says he kicked through the glass door of Lincoln United Methodist Church on 22nd Place.
‘This Beautiful Man’: Obama, Bush, Clinton and Pelosi Honor John Lewis
[church music] “He knew that the march is not over. That the race is not yet won, that we have not yet reached that blessed destination, where we are judged by the content of our character. He knew from his