GREAT BARRINGTON — Some people who live downtown say the hourly bell that tolls at First Congregational Church is a sweet sound amid nighttime street clamor like trucks and sirens. But for at least ...

GROVES, Texas — Some people of Groves are voicing their belief in the power of prayer after a noise complaint against the First United Methodist Church Groves has been dropped. The Groves Municipal ...

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) – The sound system next door is making it hard for Olga Lopatina to love thy neighbor: Christ the King church. Since last summer, the church has been broadcasting the sounds of ...

For whom does the bell actually toll? It’s the question one Southside Bethlehem resident has been asking ever since the 136-year-old church bell above Holy Infancy Church started ringing again after ...

On Jan. 19, eight people gathered in a room below the bell tower of First Christian Church in Glendora. They ranged in age from 8 to 79 years old. Among them was Rev. Karen Davis, pastor of First ...

SALEM — A Perry Township resident told his side of the noise battle with the Church at the Center, saying he’s being attacked in his own home by a church he has no interest in attending. Brian Bell ...

SNOHOMISH — The church bell echoed through the Snohomish River valley. Farmers heard the sound and knew. The service was starting soon. Time to get going. A hundred years ago, locals gathered at the ...

Ringing the handheld Sanctus bells during the consecration and elevation of the Host and chalice at Mass is a familiar sound in many churches. Yet another centuries-old practice has remained in some ...