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7 Things to Know About Ash Wednesday and Wearing Ashes on Forehead

For Christians, Lent is a 40-day season of fasting, reflection and penance culminating in Holy Week and the Easter Sunday commemoration of Jesus’...

January 13, 2022

7 Things to Know About Ash Wednesday and Wearing Ashes on Forehead

Why it's So Hard to Hold Priests Accountable for Sex Abuse

A grand jury report recently found shocking levels of child sex abuse in the Catholic Church. It uncovered, in six dioceses, the sexual abuse of...

August 28, 2018

Why it's So Hard to Hold Priests Accountable for Sex Abuse

Evangelical Men Join Evangelical Women in Call to Hit Pause on Culture War

In light of the current abortion situation in the U.S., a rising chorus of leading Evangelical women called the Senate to stop its rush to confirm...

Evangelical Men Join Evangelical Women in Call to Hit Pause on Culture War

7 Conservative Christians Who are Not Supporting Trump

Donald Trump may have met with hundreds of conservative Christian leaders, mostly evangelicals, in New York on Tuesday (June 21), but not all...

7 Conservative Christians Who are Not Supporting Trump

Saudi Arabia Stifled True Death Count in Hajj Stampede: 2,411 December 11, 2015

Saudi Arabia Stifled True Death Count in Hajj Stampede: 2,411

Maker of Secret Video Says He Prays for Planned Parenthood Official, Considers Her a Friend

The anti-abortion activist who videotaped a Planned Parenthood official discussing how fetal organs are harvested said he prays for her and...

Maker of Secret Video Says He Prays for Planned Parenthood Official, Considers Her a Friend

4 Advent Traditions to Carry on with Your Family

The sanctuary color of the Advent season has traditionally been purple. Associated with royalty, it signals a longing for Jesus, the "king of...

December 01, 2003

4 Advent Traditions to Carry on with Your Family