PITTSBURGH — After surviving the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history and presiding over multiple funerals for his slain congregants, Rabbi Jeffrey Myers struggle...
The Rev. Matthew S. Selzer will be assigned parochial vicar of the newly established Sts. Francis and Clare Parish as part of his official ordination to the Diocese of Pi...
Nearly eight years later, the pain is still fresh for survivors of the Tree of Life synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh. Audrey Glickman still has to hold back tears when di...
Sunday, April 5, marked the holiest day on the Christian calendar, Easter Sunday, as Butler County residents flocked to churches for services.
One of the largest service...
Good Samaritan Hospice, a service of Concordia Lutheran Ministries, will host a free weekly virtual grief support group called the “Good Mourning Devotional” each Thursda...
BUTLER TWP — The Tanglewood Center, once one of Butler County’s senior centers, will enter a new era on Christmas Eve, Wednesday, Dec. 24, when the Allison Park Church’s ...
NEW YORK — Leading Jewish groups in the United States are urging all Jewish organizations to ratchet up security measures at public events — including restrictions on acc...
Hanukkah — also spelled Chanukah or other transliterations from Hebrew — is Judaism’s “festival of lights.” On eight consecutive nightfalls, Jews gather with family and f...
The Lighthouse Foundation, a Christian nonprofit and food bank based in Middlesex Township, has closed on the site of the former Furniture Galleries store on Pittsburgh R...
The St. Francis and St. Clare of Assisi parishes are hosting their annual turkey dinner at St. Wendelin Church in Summit Township on Sunday, Nov. 9, starting at 11:30 a.m...
WORTHINGTON, Armstrong County — Worthington Lutheran Church has introduced a new Wicks Opus pipe organ to its congregation.
On Sunday, Oct. 12, the church officially ina...
For its annual picnic on Sunday, Aug. 17, St. Clare of Assisi Parish has added a new fundraiser — a pair of skydivers from Skydive Pennsylvania who will parachute into a ...
The Westminster United Presbyterian Church of Evans City kicked off its annual summer vacation bible school on Monday, June 23, and it will run through Friday, June 27.
T...
JACKSON TWP — Amid wooden pews, dulcimer music, and blistering-hot weather, a group of history buffs spent their Sunday partying like it was 1825.
A piece of Pennsylvania...
VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV said Friday that his election was both a cross to bear and a blessing as he celebrated his first Mass and details began to emerge of how votes...
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis brought Robert Prevost to the Vatican in 2023 as the powerful head of the office that vets bishop nominations, one of the most important jobs ...
SCHIAVON, Italy — Pope Leo XIV’s choice of name signals a commitment to social justice which is very much in line with the late Pope Francis’ global ministry.
“I think a...
VATICAN CITY — Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost the 267th pontiff to lead t...
St. Peter’s Church on Franklin Street in Butler, part of the All Saints Parish, will host a special Mass of Remembrance at 6:30 p.m. on Friday night, April 25, in honor o...
VATICAN CITY — A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.”
It implies the sacred and secretive process is no p...
VATICAN CITY — He was a pope who understood the power of a simple touch: caressing the deformed head of a man in St. Peter’s Square, washing the feet of a Muslim prisoner...
On Wednesday and Thursday, April 9 and 10, the preschool at Dutilh Church in Cranberry Township raised funds for the Home of Hope Orphanage in Nyadire, Zimbabwe, through ...
ROME — Doctors said Monday Pope Francis is no longer in imminent danger of death as a result of pneumonia that has kept him hospitalized for nearly a month, but have deci...
ROME — A weak and breathless Pope Francis thanked people for their prayers for his recovery in a remarkable audio message broadcast Thursday, the first public sign of lif...
ROME — Pope Francis was in stable condition Tuesday and breathing with just the help of supplemental oxygen after respiratory crises a day earlier, but will resume using ...
ROME — Pope Francis suffered two new acute respiratory crises Monday and was put back on noninvasive mechanical ventilation, in another setback to his battle to fight pne...
EVANS CITY — For Russ and Phil Walker, Westminster Preschool runs through their blood. Their father, Aaron, attended the school and the accompanying United Presbyterian C...
WASHINGTON — The number of Americans who identify as Christian has declined steadily for years, but that drop shows signs of slowing, according to a new survey Wednesday ...
ROME — Pope Francis suffered an isolated coughing fit on Friday that resulted in him inhaling vomit, requiring non-invasive mechanical ventilation, the Vatican said in re...
