Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor, died Monday. He was 88.
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Chatham County filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit alleging its officials violated the religious rights of a church seeking a new campus.
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Written by HANNAH SCHOENBAUM North Carolina House Republicans and some Democrats passed a...
Read MoreWritten by CARRIE ANTLFINGER Every Sunday at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, the Rev. Joseph Jackson Jr. praises the Lord before his congregation. But since last fall he’s been praising something else his Black community...
Read MoreWritten by PETER SMITH When white attackers destroyed the prosperous Black neighborhood of Greenwood 100 years ago this week, they bypassed the original sanctuary of the First Baptist Church of North Tulsa. By the church’s own...
Read MoreVandalism at four downtown Washington churches after rallies in support of President Donald Trump are exposing rifts among people of faith as the nation confronts bitter post-election political divisions. Among the damaged...
Read MoreThe Orange County Health Department has released guidance to local churches who are conducting outdoor worship amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Because worship services are exempt from the state and local orders limit...
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A federal judge in North Carolina on Saturday sided with conservative Christian leaders and...
Read MoreNorth Carolina legislators and leading sheriffs want Gov. Roy Cooper to clarify or remove a portion of his executive order that limits how religious services can convene under his eased stay-at-home rules for COVID-19. Cooper’s...
Read MoreOne is a Roman Catholic church in Queens; the other, a Lutheran church in Manhattan. But the COVID-19 pandemic has united the two Hispanic congregations in grief. Between them, they have lost more than 100 members to the...
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