Alabama church shooting: Services resume after 3 were killed

Worship services resume Sunday at the Alabama church where a gunman opened fire and killed three senior citizens at a potluck dinner last week.

Synagogue challenges new Florida abortion law, claiming it violates religious rights of Jewish people

A synagogue has filed a lawsuit claiming Florida's new law that prohibits abortions after 15 weeks violates the religious freedom rights of Jewish people. It's the second challenge to the state's abortion ban recently signed into law by Gov. DeSantis, which is set to take effect next month.

Carroll Co. community members hold prayer vigil in wake of recent mass shootings

While people nationwide are still processing a number of mass casualty events that took place earlier this month, community members in Carroll County came together to pray in wake of the tragic loss of life.

NC suspect seen on video hurling Molotov cocktails at two churches; arrest announced

North Carolina authorities announced the arrest of a man allegedly depicted in surveillance footage hurling Molotov cocktails toward two churches over the Memorial Day weekend. 

329 years later, last Salem 'witch' who wasn't is pardoned

A woman who was wrongly convicted of witchcraft in Massachusetts in 1693 and sentenced to hang has been formally exonerated.

Thieves steal $2M gold tabernacle from Brooklyn church: NYPD

Police say burglars broke into St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church in Park Slope, stealing the tabernacle and beheading a statue of an angel.

Pelosi pushes back on archbishop who denies her Communion

“I respect people’s views about that. But I don’t respect us foisting it onto others.” Nancy Pelosi added, “Our archbishop has been vehemently against LGBTQ rights. In fact, he led the way in an initiative on the ballot in California.”

San Francisco archbishop bans Pelosi from receiving communion over abortion support

San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone said Friday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is barred from receiving Holy Communion over her support for abortion rights.

Family of late Rev. Marita Harrell says God called her to mentor those in trouble

Rev. Marita Harrell had a smile that could light up a whole room. Many who knew the 57-year-old mother might say her face was the reflection of God’s love.

Man arrested for fishing money out of donation box

Police say man used cardboard, a wrench, phone chargers, and sticky tape to fish money out of a donation box inside a mosque.

Afghanistan's Taliban order women to cover up head to toe

The decree says that women should leave the home only when necessary, and that male relatives would face punishment for violations.

United Methodist bishops acknowledge breakup is imminent

The United Methodist Church’s Council of Bishops acknowledged the inevitable breakup of their denomination – a schism that will widen this weekend with the launch of a global movement led by theologically conservative Methodists.