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During his homily for the feast of the Epiphany on Thursday, Pope Francis laid out his hopes for the new year, urging Catholics to set aside “conventional, external and formal religiosity” and embrace the desire to seek “new paths.”

Amid the chaos, Jan. 6 was an outpouring of religious expression, especially prayer.

Although not widespread, church replanting is growing in popularity, and the approach has been adopted by denominations such as the Southern Baptist Convention.

In federal court this week, North Carolina Pastor Frank Jacobs Sr. pleaded guilty to fraud charges, including providing fraudulent details to receive a pandemic-relief loan.

On January 6, 2021, an armed crowd forcefully entered the Capitol Building to stop Congress from certifying the 2020 election results. One year later, many evangelicals continue to deny the significance of the event.

A preliminary voting report in the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy indicates the group’s reorganization plan has failed to win the desired support from tens of thousands of men who say they were sexually abused as children.

Scott Christner, a former northern Indiana youth pastor, was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges that he molested several boys.

An unidentified person paid a ransom that freed three missionaries kidnapped by a gang in Haiti under an agreement that was supposed to have led to the release of all 15 remaining captives early last month.