BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Colombian superstar Shakira committed Monday to help build at least 10 new schools in a remote and hard-hit region of her home […]
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Ohio already has the oldest Mormon temple. Now it has one of many latest
KIRTLAND. Ohio — Elder Brian Garner led a small group of visitors through the sturdy wooden door of what looked like an ordinary colonial church. […]
Clinton Basis launches institute to assist state govts discover nonpartisan options
The Clinton Foundation unveiled a new initiative Monday to help state and local governments develop and enact nonpartisan policy solutions to improve health outcomes, especially […]
A rustic-by-country look at Pope Leo XIV’s journey to Africa
Pope Leo XIV’s four-nation, 11-day trip to Africa is so dizzying in its complexity it recalls some of the globetrotting odysseys of St. John Paul […]
Good Friday is a singular and solemn day for Christians, with historic prayers and fervent processions
MIAMI — MIAMI (AP) — Good Friday is a unique — and uniquely solemn — day in the Christian calendar. It commemorates the crucifixion and […]
Pope Leo rejects claims that God justifies battle throughout Palm Sunday Mass
ROME — Pope Leo XIV on Sunday rejected claims that God justifies war during a Palm Sunday Mass before tens of thousands of people in […]
As border dynamics change, priest retains ministering to migrants and deportees
Over the past five years at the U.S.-Mexico border, the Rev. Brian Strassburger has gone from ministering to throngs of asylum-seekers in overcrowded shelters to […]
Nonprofits, unions and airports rally to feed TSA officers as shutdown drags
Across the country, collections are popping up to help Transportation Security Administration officers who have been without full pay for more than a month due […]
Patriarch Filaret, who fought for an unbiased Ukrainian Orthodox church, dies at 97
Patriarch Filaret of Kyiv — who worked for decades to establish an independent Ukrainian Orthodox church that was free from Moscow’s religious authority, a schism […]
Month-to-month money funds may enhance catastrophe survivors. A Maui nonprofit tries it out
Mari Younger cherished her life in West Maui. She worked hard at her career in the restaurant industry and was proudly self-sufficient, happily living in […]
