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On Easter Sunday, Congregants at This 216-Year-Old Harlem Church Channeled Southern Baptist Style
In Harlem, the Abyssinian Baptist Church—a Gothic historic megachurch—is a centerpiece for local communities. Rooted in a ...
Pope Francis laid to rest in Rome
Pope Francis was laid to rest in Rome on Saturday afternoon after a Vatican funeral for the “Pope among the people” attended ...
Houston-area mayoral candidate defends his Muslim faith against skeptics and protestors
Naushad Kermally might become the first Muslim mayor of Sugar Land, but some potential voters are skeptical about his ...
She Invented Preaching as Performance Art. Then She Walked Into the Sea
A new book, Sister, Sinner, tracks the fantastic rise of evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson in 1920s Los Angeles — and her ...
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She Invented Preaching as Performance Art. Then She Walked Into the Sea
She wore boxing gloves to duke it out with “Kid Satan ... assistants and a board of seven elders, along with 21 deacons — 14 of them women. Once Aimee built the Angelus Temple in Los ...
White Sox pitching staff has plenty of local ties
CHICAGO — Sean Burke, Shane Smith, and Mike Vasil are 25-year-old righthanded pitchers who grew up in Massachusetts. Burke is from Sutton and played at St. John’s (Shrewsbury). Smith is from Danvers ...
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A few celebs come out for White House Correspondents' Dinner: See attendees
From "The White Lotus" to "Breaking Bad," a handful of actors, entertainers and other notable figures turned up for the White House Correspondents' Dinner, an event that President Donald Trump and ...