Don Lichi has always wanted to leave a legacy of a life well-lived.

Some Southern Baptists worry that their denomination's name still carries the stigma of a 19th-century split with northern Baptists over slavery. Others who fought hard to build the brand don't want to see the name go.

Some Southern Baptists worry that their denomination's name still carries the stigma of a 19th century split with northern Baptists over slavery. Others who fought hard to build the brand and its conservative theology and politics don't want to see it go.

Southern Baptists first considered changing their name in 1903. Leaders have seriously proposed it at least 13 times since then.

Backers of Kan. religious freedom bill cite Obama policy; gay rights advocates see attack

Weigl:  Lent, the Christian church season that begins on Ash Wednesday and leads to Easter, is right around the corner. For some, that means deprivation: abstaining from chocolate or alcohol or meat.

The Archdiocese of Detroit faces serious financial challenges.

Simon Wiesenthal's parents should not have been posthumously baptized, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has acknowledged. And on Monday, an official with the church apologized.

Some residents in Burlington are complaining to the city about what they say is a church making some not-so-joyful noise.

We heard from so many readers after last fall's list of upcoming church suppers that we're doing it again just in time for Shrove Tuesday pancake suppers and Lenten fish fries.

For the second time in a week, President Barack Obama's religious beliefs have been called into question, this time by N.C. evangelist Franklin Graham.

A retired Presbyterian pastor who spent her career ministering to gay men and lesbians has been censured by her denomination for marrying same-sex couples during the brief time such unions were legal in California.

A panel for the Southern Baptist Convention recommended Monday that its leadership endorse a new, add-on description for the denomination - "Great Commission Baptists" - but stopped short of a complete, legal name change.

The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Wednesday, Feb. 15:

On the east side of Detroit, the Nativity of Our Lord Catholic Church is the anchor of a neighborhood that has seen the addition of 14 new homes and a 62-unit senior center.

Voices of Faith: How is it possible to love those who hate you?

The Catholic Diocese of Raleigh, N.C., will soon begin the long process of determining whether the first North Carolina native to be ordained a priest should be declared a saint.

The Catholic Diocese of Raleigh will soon begin the long process of determining whether the first North Carolina native to be ordained a Roman Catholic priest should be declared a saint.

The refrigerator door is where parents often show off their children's artwork and other achievements.