For more than 700 years Catholics around the world have been celebrating the Feast of Corpus Christi with a solemn eucharistic procession.
For more than 700 years Catholics around the world have been celebrating the Feast of Corpus Christi with a solemn eucharistic procession.
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Members of the Rastafari religion and political movement have for decades been persecuted and imprisoned for their ritualistic use of marijuana. But the tiny islands of Antigua and Barbuda recently became one of the first Caribbean nations to grant Rastafari official sacramental authorization to grow and smoke the herb that they deem sacred.Rastafari elsewhere are pushing for similar religious protections. Experts and stakeholders think the Antigua and Barbuda law could give a boost to these efforts worldwide at a time when public opinion and policy are continuing to shift in favor of medical and recreational marijuana use.
Bernice and Brian Mabey of Hereford will travel to Papua New Guinea on June 5 to serve a two-year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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In celebration of Global Youth Service Day on Saturday, April 29, nearly 120 youth from the Sierra Vista Stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints gathered to complete acts of service.
ROME — A Canadian lawyer who found his vocation caring for AIDS patients in Harlem was elected the grand master of the Knights of Malta on Wednesday, the first non-European and first non-aristocratic head of the ancient lay Catholic order that provides humanitarian aid around the world.
SIERRA VISTA —Nathan Haws returned home on April 18 after serving a two-year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Houston and Santiago, Chile. Haws stated, “I went to Texas (for the first 7 month) because it was harder to get into Chile (due to) the pandemic.”
In the movies, the penitent enters a confession booth, kneels and whispers to a priest behind a lattice screen: “Forgive me, father, for I have sinned.”
Members of Interdenominational Christian Ministries and local pastors invite the community to observe a National Day of Prayer on May 4 through a community prayer breakfast.
We just celebrated Easter Sunday in the Christian Church, the day Jesus Christ rose from the dead. It reminds us that, one day, we too will die — leaving this world behind for the eternal life that awaits us. Before we get to that final moment, we may find ourselves incapacitated and unable …
For the experts who examine trends in pews, the post-pandemic tea leaves have been hard to read — with a few people going to church more often, others staying away and some still watching services online.
SIERRA VISTA — People of different Christian faiths will be gathering at Veterans Memorial Park in Sierra Vista on Sunday for a multi-denominational Easter Sunrise Service.
The Bible’s shortest verse — “Jesus wept” — is also one of its most important.
Anyone who has visited a shopping mall understands the big idea behind a food court.
In the face of widespread economic strain, national conflicts and social unrest, surveys indicate that confidence in the future is at an all-time low in many countries, including the United States. According to the 2023 Edelman Trust Barometer, 24 of the 28 countries surveyed are seeing “all…
Mike and Eloise Clawson are leaving on March 20 to serve a six-month Spanish-speaking mission in Fresno, California for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
SIERRA VISTA — If a church could sing, St. Andrew the Apostle would be trumpeting praises over its 74-year-old pipe organ that will soon sound like a heavenly choir.
Jarom Terrazas returned home from serving a two-year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Oaxaca, Mexico. He noted, “I have come to a better understanding of why the Lord does the things He does, and I have learned how to improve myself through His love.”
The LifeHouse Church of Sierra Vista held its annual march last weekend.
SIERRA VISTA — Despite the cold and snow, a semi-truck full of food donated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints arrived at the St. Vincent de Paul Food Bank in Sierra Vista the morning of Jan. 18.
On Feb. 13, Aaron and Debra Petitt will begin their 18-month mission to Hamilton, New Zealand for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Growing up in West Virginia, the Rev. Michael Clary always wondered about some of the archaic language his elders used, words like “yonder” and “reckon.”
SIERRA VISTA — Ethan Kiefer left Jan. 23 for Pachuca, Mexico, to serve a two-year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
On Jan. 27, the world will mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a symbolic date to commemorate the victims of Nazism. Murderous Nazi terror targeted millions for reasons of biology, nationality, or political ideology. But few people know that the Nazis’ victims included thousands of…
Sierra Vista — Mike and Sue Smith will travel to Denver, Colorado on January 30, to serve their fourth mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Nahrin Adams leaves Jan. 23 to serve an 18-month mission in San Diego for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
After the Christmas season and before Lent, Orthodox priests have — for centuries — rushed to visit church-members' homes to bless them with prayers and splashes of holy water flung about with a foot-long brush or handfuls of basil.
In a rite before the funeral of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, Vatican officials placed unique symbols of his pontificate inside his cypress casket, along with a scroll in Latin describing his ascent to the Chair of St. Peter.
There was no way that Christmas was going to be easy for Daniel Brooker and his two young children after his wife, Lyndsie, lost her 10-year battle with cancer.