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SMETHPORT — Smethport author Pamela Nelson’s newly released book, “Widows of the Bible,” is a heartfelt devotional developed to bring comfort and reas...

TODAY: Sometimes we look up what day is being celebrated just because. It seems like in July, there’s a lot of them. First of all, it’s St. Swithin’s ...

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — Fr. Steven Kuehn, O.F.M., has been named chaplain at St. Bonaventure University, President Jeff Gingerich announced. He begins...

PITTSBURGH — The gunman who killed 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018 is eligible for the death penalty, a federal jury announced Thursday, s...

Open Arms Church will host Storyteller’s Live, an evening of stories, prayers, and music around a fire, on July 29. The event will start at 6 p.m. and...

Three McKean County churches have joined forces to align with the new Global Methodist Church denomination, effective July 13. This decision, which wa...

WORK : Are you one of the millions who, according to the dictionary, compulsively works hard and long hours? Do you find it almost impossible to put w...

SMETHPORT — The United Methodist Churches of Smethport, Eldred, and Ceres, N.Y., announce the appointment of their new pastor, Pastor Leonard J. Findl...

ERIE — The Erie Diocese has announced a number of clergy assignments throughout its 13 counties in Northwestern Pennsylvania. “The reason we have so m...

It has been a few months since the First Lutheran Church in Warren took on a mission to resettle a family from the Ukraine. The refugees are reportedl...

In a little less than two weeks, the Catholic church in Lewis Run will be just a brick building, filled only with memories. As of July 1, Our Mother o...

WASHINGTON — Justice and accountability — those were the words used by Pennsylvania’s U.S. senators about Friday’s guilty verdict in the Tree of Life ...

DAD. According to Anne Geddes, “Any man can be a father, it takes someone special to be a Dad.” DAD — A simple three letter word that has so many diff...

ST. MARYS — Gather On The Grass Worship Inc. is hosting its fourth annual SoulStock at the Downtown Event Park, 294 Depot Street in St. Marys, from Ju...

James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, used to tell the story of a greeting-card company that decided to provide free Mother’s Day cards for pr...

It’s not unusual for prayer to play a role in sports. “Spahn, Sain, and pray for rain!” was the famous refrain of Boston Braves fans in 1948, when the...

Open Arms Church is taking church to three different locations around Bradford on Sunday, June 25. Church Around Town, a community event that combines...

A Western New York author has written his sixth novel — set in Potter County — examining religious homophobia and spotlighting one LGBTQ individual’s ...

KANE — Highlander Christian Camp on South Settlement Road in Kane, kicked off its 2023 Summer Season Friday night, May 26 with an evening of praise an...

SOLSTICE. In Friday’s edition of ‘Round the Square, the days of celebration in June were discussed — however, in June there are quite a few, so today ...