Easter is approaching. And with it comes several Christian holidays to observe. What to know about Good Friday, Maundy ...

VATICAN CITY — Change can be frightening, but the Holy Spirit encourages the faithful to face their fears, follow Jesus' ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Easter portion of Handel’s acclaimed “Messiah” is one of the highlights of a ...

As St. Paul writes: For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. [Romans 6:23] In this verse, eternal life is heaven, while death is hell - the ...

Archbishop Makarios of Australia has delivered his Greek National Day message, reflecting on “two freedoms”. In summary, ...

Scholars debate whether the Gospel stories preserve ancient memories or are just Greek literature in disguise. But there’s a ...

Baptism does what nothing else can. As Martin Luther said, by baptism “we are made holy and are saved, which no other kind of ...

In the latest LDS Church news, an apostle concedes the faith can do more to balance gender equality, and the church buys more ...

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Angela and Cade Johnson escaped from the notorious polygamist cult, the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day ...

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