UPPER MARLBORO, Maryland (RNS) — Thousands of fans of gospel music giant Richard Smallwood bid him farewell in a music-filled ...

Auburn Methodist Coalition's lawsuit seeking forced disaffiliation vote was dismissed and a re-hearing denied.

I don't think a year ago we could have fathomed how quickly and how dramatically this country would change,' Budde told RNS in Minneapolis.

While churches praise God from whom all blessings flow, they don’t praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. The Trinity almost never comes up in the songs sung by American Christians, according to a new ...

Every December 31, when the civil year comes to an end, the Church raises one of its oldest and most solemn prayers: the Te Deum. In parishes, cathedrals, and especially in St. Peter’s Basilica, this ...