Ellis has helped start two churches in downtown Houston and upstate New ... However, while back in Beaumont, he received job offers in Vancouver, Washington; Oklahoma City; and Houston.

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Across centuries and continents, formidable fires once threatened to destroy three major cities: Rome, London and Chicago.

The Supreme Court agreed Friday to take on a new culture war dispute: whether the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter ...

THUNDER BAY, Ontario — Tim Tait put two and two together when he went to sell some of his paintings to a law firm in downtown ...

This beautiful Baroque-style church is located in Rome's historic Centro Storico ... Located in the bustling heart of downtown Vancouver, the Vancouver Art Gallery offers free entry on Tuesday ...

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A priest is asking for prayers for a man who assaulted him earlier this week during a Washington church service.

Video from the church shows a man sitting in a pew before rushing the sanctuary and appearing to throw a punch at Father ...