It was just days ago when it seemed the rich sounds of gospel singing may not return to the Israelite Baptist Church on Thomas Delpit. They were sounds almost silenced by the flames that ripped ...

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- Family and friends are asking for help as they search for a missing reverend. Warren Beard was last seen around 9 p.m. last Tuesday in the 400-block of North Broadway Street in Joliet ...

During his first overseas trip as pontiff, Pope Leo warned that humanity’s future was at risk because of conflicts.

In Croydon a few weeks ago, men marched down the streets in heavy black boots, dressed in gold and purple. Footsteps rhythmic on the pavement. They had a message they wanted to spread about their ...

A journalist who has reported extensively on the African Hebrew Israelite community in Israel unpacks some of West’s apparent thinking about Jews. (JTA) — In 1892, an Oklahoma preacher born into ...