Tag: Religion
Woman donates kidney to hubby’s ex-wife days after wedding
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Ten years after their first date, Debby Neal-Strickland put on a cream-colored lace gown and married her longtime sweetheart at...
Florida governor bans transgender women from school sports
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida's Republican governor signed a bill Tuesday barring transgender females from playing on public school teams intended for student athletes born...
EXPLAINER: The Vatican’s criminal code, sex abuse explained
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican on Tuesday released a long-awaited update to the criminal section of its Code of Canon Law, the internal legal...
Hundreds gather at historic Tulsa church’s prayer wall
TULSA, Okla. — Hundreds gathered Monday for an interfaith service dedicating a prayer wall outside historic Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church in Tulsa's Greenwood...
Macron suggests France may pull out troops from Mali
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday suggested France will pull troops from Mali if the country’s institutional instability persists and inhibits the...
Turkish foreign minister in Athens for talks
ATHENS, Greece — Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu is in Athens Monday for meetings with his Greek counterpart and the country’s prime minister as...
Turkish agents capture nephew of US-based cleric overseas
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish agents have captured a nephew of U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen in an overseas operation and have brought him to...
Pope invites Lebanese Christians to Vatican for peace prayer
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has invited representatives of Lebanon’s Christian community to the Vatican on July 1 for a day of prayer and...
Turkey’s foreign minister Cavusoglu begins visit to Greece
ATHENS, Greece — Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Sunday began his trip to Greece with an unofficial visit to the northeastern province of...
Tulsa pastors honor ‘holy ground’ of Greenwood community
TULSA, Okla. — When white attackers destroyed the prosperous Black neighborhood of Greenwood 100 years ago this week, they bypassed the original sanctuary of...