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A new trial date could be scheduled during the next status conference for Mark Hession, according to the clerk's office.

Revered French Catholic priest and humanitarian Abbé Pierre has been accused of rape and sexual assault nearly 20 years after his death, leading France to grapple with his legacy.

In the Bible's Old Testament, the Ark of the Covenant is linked to several miracles, such as protecting the Israelites from ...

A partially completed icon by Father Theophan. Courtesy photoBY FATHER THEOPHAN MACKEYSaint Job of Pochaiv Orthodox ChurchLos Alamos As a priest, I hardly ever get to finish a project in the ...

Scott Hahn and Curtis Mitch had the help of 12 other Catholic biblical scholars to gather and compose the commentary on the books of the Old Testament alone.

The first is called the liturgy of the Word and the second the Eucharistic liturgy. In the first part a passage from the ...

The third Sunday in Ordinary Time is set aside by the church as Word of God Sunday. The day is meant to highlight the role ...

The “priesthood” is a concept. A Phineas Priest is any individual who commits a “Phineas action,” a reference to an Old Testament story in which an interfaith couple is slain by a Hebrew man named ...

(Photo by Werner Forman/Universal Images Group/Getty Images) Archaeological discoveries and the study of written sources, such as Merneptah's Stele, have shed light on the history of both halves of ...

Looking for the best old games on PC? There are many perks to being a PC gamer, but we will save extolling them all for a day when we are feeling particularly inflammatory. For now, we will focus ...