Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A page of a hymnal lay in front of the Greater Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church, its edges charred. Shattered glass from the ...

(RNS) — As many as 100,000 church-owned buildings are expected to be sold or repurposed by 2030, according to an analysis in a new book, “Gone for Good? Negotiating the Coming Wave of Church Property ...

Cardinals attend a mass on the fifth of nine days of mourning for late Pope Francis, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.) Listen ROME – ...

An exhibition held at a church will "give it strength" as negotiations for the building's future continue. Billingham's parish applied to close the town's 1,000-year-old St Cuthbert's Church last year ...

A Church of England diocese is set to make a decision about whether to hold a public consultation over the future of a 1,000-year-old church. Billingham's parish applied to close St Cuthbert's Church ...

See crews prepping land in Hampstead for a future church and commercial development Crews have begun to clear and grade land for new construction that will include a 40,000-square-foot church complex ...

Bishop Dominique Rey’s resignation from the Diocese of Fréjus-Toulon last January, after 25 years of service, marked a turning point in the Catholic Church in France. Known for his bold missionary ...

Perhaps normal people no longer assume that church is part of what it means to be normal. Or perhaps the idea of a normal center was flawed all along. We can't predict the future, but we can look at ...

Two Jesuits have rallied in recent days to advocate for continuing Pope Francis' legacy, strongly promoting the late Jesuit pontiff's vision of a more welcoming and inclusive Catholic Church. The ...