theology

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (TNS) — The passing ofPope Francisand the conclave to elect a successor will fascinate many Americans. There are already articles lis...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — "It's true that if you venture out onto the street, the same thing could happen to you as could happen to anyone: you could have an...

AsJorge Mario Bergoglioprepared to assume the papacy, he chose a new name: Francis. That choice was a tribute toSt. Francisof Assisi and set the stage...

First Baptist Church of Bradford and Open Arms Community Church have swapped sacred spaces just in time for a significant service in the Christian fai...

For Christians, Christmas is one of the most important celebrations of the year. This year, several local religious leaders have come together to shar...

I believe in this election God is giving us one last chance to come to him before more judgments fall on us. Throughout the Bible, God has used a faul...

LANCASTER — The Rev. David Peck knows first-hand how divided communities wracked by violence can be gutted by that repeated devastation. In his previo...

SUPERSTITION: Do you avoid walking under ladders? Do you knock on wood? Say ‘bless you’ when someone sneezes? Where do these superstitions come from? ...

ROOSTER: Why are roosters on weathervanes? Did someone at some point in time have an affinity for roosters and it stuck? We turned to the Farmers Alma...

Ignite Church Lewis Run will launch a Sunday morning experience, starting July 7. This 10 a.m. gathering replaces the evening service that began in Oc...

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — Four scholars from the Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure University have joined in the publication of a new internationa...

Donald Trump has just a few weeks to find a way to pay, or guarantee that he will pay, the $355 million fine that a New York judge imposed on him in t...

Depending on how you understand the world, you may think the Christmas story plausible and true, plausible but untrue, implausible but who knows, impl...

DUBOIS — Television programs and movies have depicted Saint Bernards as dogs that run through snow-filled mountains to rescue stranded climbers; or ca...

Pope Francis, 1.3 billion Catholics and the rest of humanity say goodbye today to Joseph Ratzinger after 95 years on Earth. A young man who lived thro...