What a humbling feeling it was to have the leader of the Roman Catholic Church ask you to pray for him. While it shocked us in the moment, perhaps it should not have. Pope Francis lived a life rooted ...

Pope Francis’ passing is heartbreaking, especially for those of us who admired his courage to stand with Gaza. As a Muslim ...

Pope Francis’s willingness to kneel before the least of us is a lesson in what it means to be great, not in the cocoon of ...

Thanks to Dan Brown’s novel, The Da Vinci Code, and its film adaptation, many people think that the books that constitute ...

Ephesians 2:22 And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit. Some of the world’s most famous literature originated in, of all places, a prison cell ...

Biblical Basis for Slavery Historically, slavery was defended using literal interpretations of scripture: “Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves will he be to his brothers.” Interpretation: Claimed ...

In William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest,” Ariel’s ominous declaration that “Hell is empty and all the devils are here” is meant ...

An ecclesiastical holy year is meant to have an influence, to give added meaning, to everything the Catholic Church does over ...

By the close of today's long Gospel, the work of our redemption will have been accomplished, the new covenant will be written ...

Pastor Russ of Westfield Methodist Church writes to encourage others to trust Jesus, who loves us so much. All are welcome at 154 Church Street, Sundays at 10:45 a.m. Email [email protected] ...

The City of Salinas has signed a letter of support for a bill that would make it easier to crack down on sex trafficking and prostitution. Assembly Bill 63 "reinstates prohibiting loitering in a ...

Senate Democrats sent a letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to call on the Trump administration to reverse its recent sweeping tariff actions, while raising alarm over the potential ...