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A year after deadly Nashville shooting, Christian school relies on faith — and adopted dogs

Mar. 26, 2024 08:51 AM EDT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nearly a year after a shooting at a Christian elementary school in Nashville that left three adults and three children dead, the students and their families have formed tight bonds out of their shared suffering. They’ve also adopted a lot of dogs. Among...

Michigan Associated Press Division 4 basketball Player of the Year: St. Ignace guard Jonny Ingalls

Mar. 25, 2024 18:02 PM EDT

The 2024 Michigan Associated Press Division 4 All-State basketball team, which was selected by a panel of 15 sports writers: ___ PLAYER OF THE YEAR Jonny Ingalls, St. Ignace ___ ALL-STATE Trenton Taratuta,...

A Chinese pastor is released after 7 years in prison, only to find himself unable to get an ID

Mar. 25, 2024 01:48 AM EDT

BEIJING (AP) — Unable to buy a train ticket, or even see a doctor at a hospital, a Chinese pastor found that even after his release from prison, he is not quite free. The Rev. John Sanqiang Cao was arrested and sentenced to seven years in prison while coming back from a missionary...

Thousands of Christians attend Palm Sunday celebrations in Jerusalem against a backdrop of war

Mar. 24, 2024 22:42 PM EDT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of Christian faithful attended Palm Sunday celebrations at Jerusalem’s sacred Mount of Olives, marking the first day of Holy Week as conflict surges across the region. Pilgrims waved branches and fronds in the air, items that were placed before Jesus’...

What is Palm Sunday? Why is the donkey important to the story? And how is it celebrated worldwide?

Mar. 23, 2024 08:35 AM EDT

Palm Sunday commemorates the Christian belief in the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, when he was greeted by cheering crowds waving palm branches that they set out on the ground along his path, according to the Bible. This year, Palm Sunday falls on March 24. Also known as...

Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter blurs lines between reality, performance and research with 'Saved!'

Mar. 22, 2024 09:35 AM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The bones that embody an album can take many shapes. They may tell a story, follow a genre or soundtrack a film. But thanks to her interest in religion and her education in art, literature and linguistics, Kristin Hayter found herself in a unique position to...

Bulgarians pay their last respects to the late Orthodox patriarch

Mar. 15, 2024 10:06 AM EDT

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Thousands of Orthodox Christians from across Bulgaria flocked to Sofia’s main Alexander Nevski Cathedral on Friday to pay their respects to their late spiritual leader, Patriarch Neophyte, who died Wednesday at the age of 78. Neophyte, who became patriarch...

Evangelical Christians are fierce Israel supporters. Now they are visiting as war-time volunteers

Mar. 13, 2024 17:47 PM EDT

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — When Shawn Landis, an evangelical Christian from Pennsylvania, heard about the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on southern Israel, he knew he would come to Israel to volunteer as soon as it was safe. Five months later, he was chopping vegetables in a Tel Aviv kitchen,...

Many Christian voters in US see immigration as a crisis. How to address it is where they differ.

Mar. 07, 2024 08:18 AM EST

MIAMI (AP) — Christian voters and faith leaders have long been in the frontlines of providing assistance to migrants — but when it comes to support for immigration policies, from border security to legalization options for migrants already in the U.S., priorities diverge broadly. ...

Liberty University will pay $14 million, the largest fine ever levied under the federal Clery Act

Mar. 05, 2024 18:33 PM EST

Liberty University has agreed to pay an unprecedented $14 million fine for the Christian school's failure to disclose information about crimes on its campus and for its treatment of sexual assault survivors, the U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday. The fine is by far the...