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How to get to Heaven . . . From Ireland , a true(?) story from an Irish Sunday School Teacher. I was testing children in my Dublin Sunday school class to see if they understood the concept of getting to heaven. I asked them, ' If I sold my house and my car, had a big garage sale and gave...

By Crispian Balmer and Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Argentine Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio's election as pope has broken Europe's centuries-old grip on the papacy, opening the doors on a new age of simplicity and humility for the Roman Catholic Church, mired in intrigue and scandal. He...

AP - Women returned to clean the blood from St. Theresa Catholic Church on Monday and one man wept uncontrollably amid its debris as a Nigerian Christian association demanded protection for its churches. More...

The Diocese of Moncton is warning its parishioners that time is running out to save the historic Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Cathedral as efforts to raise $7 million for repairs have hit a roadblock. Archbishop André Richard wrote a letter to all parishioners in the Diocese of Moncton, which was...

A family that lived in fear of deportation for five years, seeking sanctuary in a Winnipeg church basement part of that time, has finally gained residency status. "I honour and I respect Canada more than anything. I've been here so long, I think the people matter the most and I've met so many...

There was a tradesman, a painter called Jock, who was very interested in making a penny where he could, so he often would thin down paint to make it go a wee bit further. As it happened, he got away with this for some time, but eventually the Baptist Church decided to do a big restoration job...

The owner of a Saint John landmark says it could be torn down. Philip Huggard bought the Gothic Arches more than ten years ago to save it from from being demolished. He turned it into a performing arts centre and gave it its current name. He now says if a buyer for the former church isn't...

The people in a remote Italian village walled up their local priest in the parish church to prevent him from leaving. Fr Emilio...

Washington (CNN) -- Protesting members of the controversial Westboro Baptist Church were met with an unlikely group of counterprotesters Monday at Arlington Cemetery. Hours before President Barack Obama led the nation's Memorial Day observances at the Tomb of the Unknowns, three members of the...

(CNN) -- Sunday has long been a day for reflection in Joplin, Missouri, with residents flocking to churches and other places of worship for guidance, understanding and a sense of community. Now, several of those churches are gone, as are scores who might otherwise be going to them, thanks...

YAZOO CITY, Miss. -- The flooded Mississippi River is creating major problems for a Yazoo City cemetery. High water forced three caskets to float out of the ground on Thursday at Bethel Missionary Baptist Church. "I have a mother there; I have a sister buried there," said church deacon Gregg...

-- Cuba is set to release seven prisoners, including a dissident arrested in a notorious crackdown on the opposition in 2003, the Roman Catholic Church said. The move is a sign that Cuba will comply with a deal brokered by Spain and the Catholic Church and empty its jails of political...

BONDUEL - A 340-year-old discovery has put a small Lutheran school and church in Bonduel on the worldwide map. A 17th century Bible was found inside St. Paul Lutheran School. It's old world craftsmanship that's survived more than three centuries. According to researchers, the 1,500 page...

-- Hundreds of supporters of Egyptian Christians protesting a New Year's bombing that killed nearly two dozen of their members marched Tuesday night on a church in a Cairo suburb, where they were met by an equal number of security officers in riot gear. For the first night since the car bomb...

-- Emotional congregants returned to their church Sunday in Alexandria, Egypt, mourning the loss of fellow worshippers in a bombing a day earlier. Inside the Church of the Two Saints, grisly reminders of the explosion -- believed to be caused by a suicide bomber -- remained as tearful...

http://www.11alive.com/video/default.aspx?bctid=733407549001 The oldest African-American church in DeKalb County no longer has a church. Flat Rock Community Church originated 150 years ago. Now, one of its fifth-generation members says, "we're in limbo." In November, the church broke away...

An official inspects a car bomb after an explosion outside a church in Alexandria. An explosion outside a church in Egypt killed at least 21 people early Saturday, state media said. Egypt's health ministry said 79 people were wounded in the attack in Alexandria, the country's official Middle...

As Christmas Eve became Christmas Day around the world, services and celebrations marked the holiday. At Vatican City on Friday night, Catholic worshippers packed pews inside St. Peter's Basilica to hear Pope Benedict XVI deliver Midnight Mass. He prayed to God for peace. "Grant us the grace...

Eight people were seriously injured when a tour bus carrying a church group lost control, slid off the road and rolled onto its side on an icy highway in Colorado, authorities said. The bus had 46 people onboard at the time of the crash, which occurred about 8 p.m. Saturday on a snow-covered...

DECATUR, AL - An equipment failure is suspected in a church fire in Decatur but investigators are working to pinpoint the exact cause. Fire investigators said the fire at the Fairview Baptist Church appears to have started in a mechanical room on the third floor. Insurance agents spent the...