Religion
Pope Francis urged European bishops on Saturday to listen to survivors of clergy sexual abuse and consider them partners in reform, warning that their failur...
by NICOLE WINFIELD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - September 19, 2021Bill Gaither has made his mark on American culture over the past half century, claiming space not only on the Billboard charts but also in The Baptist Hymnal...
by Frank E. Lockwood - September 18, 2021Contemporary Christian artist David Phelps has sung at the White House, New York's Carnegie Hall and a number of other high-profile venues.
by Frank E. Lockwood - September 18, 2021For those who lived through Sept. 11, 2001, the drama of Todd Beamer and the heroes of Flight 93 has become an essential part of many anniversary rites.
by TERRY MATTINGLY - September 18, 2021"Auschwitz did not start with gas chambers. Hatred does not happen overnight; it builds up slowly among people. It does so with words and thoughts, with smal...
by Becca Martin-Brown - September 18, 2021ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SERVICES
by Francisca Jones, Frank E. Lockwood - September 18, 2021Benton County
by Becca Martin-Brown - September 18, 2021I have a confession to make: I hate visiting the accountant every year. It is that annual obligation where I must confront the fact that I don't always plan ...
by Samuel Radwine - September 18, 2021Pope Francis declined to give a yes or no answer Wednesday when asked about the debate in the U.S. church over Communion for President Joe Biden and other po...
by NICOLE WINFIELD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - September 16, 2021ROME -- Pope Francis rejected in stark terms Tuesday the use of the cross as a political tool, an apparent swipe at nationalist forces in Europe and beyond t...
by The New York Times - September 15, 2021BRATISLAVA, Slovakia -- Pope Francis honored Slovakian Holocaust victims and atoned for Christian complicity in wartime crimes as he sought to promote reconc...
by The Associated Press - September 14, 2021After meeting privately on Sunday with Hungary's Viktor Orban, the far-right autocrat who has championed a vision of a closed-door Europe, Pope Francis took ...
by The Washington Post - September 13, 2021VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis is making his first foreign trip since undergoing intestinal surgery in July, a four-day visit to Central Europe that will not o...
by The Associated Press - September 12, 2021When terrorists knocked down the World Trade Center, thousands of young Americans rose up, ready for battle.
by Frank E. Lockwood - September 11, 2021After watching last year's High Holy Days services on a television screen or computer monitor, Temple B'nai Israel members gathered in Little Rock this week ...
by Frank E. Lockwood - September 11, 2021