Grosse Pointe Park Holy Cross CEO charged with using church money to fix cars, get new roof
The CEO of Holy Cross in Grosse Pointe Park has been charged with using the church's money to pay for his car repairs and to buy a new roof for his home, among other charges.
First Easter Mass held at Old St. Marys Catholic Church since the start of the pandemic
Old St. Marys Catholic Church in Greektown holds its first Easter mass since the start of the pandemic.
US church membership falls below 50% for 1st time in nearly a century
For the first time since the late 1930s, less than half of Americans say they belong to a church, synagogue or mosque, according to a new Gallup poll.
New Dead Sea Scrolls dating back nearly 2,000 years discovered in Israel
The new Dead Sea Scroll fragments bearing a biblical text are believed to have been hidden during a Jewish revolt against Rome nearly 1,900 years ago.
In visit to Baghdad, Pope Francis urges Iraq to embrace its Christians
Pope Francis has urged Iraqis to treat their Christian brothers as a precious resource to protect, not an “obstacle” to eliminate as he opens the first-ever papal visit to Iraq.
St. Joseph Shrine, one of Detroit's oldest Catholic churches, starts renovations
St. Joseph Shrine has stood for almost 150-years-old and, from a glance, it may not look like it needs repairs. If you look closer, however, you'll see the desperate need.
Abortion concerns prompt Catholic archdiocese warning on vaccine
Roman Catholic leaders in St. Louis and New Orleans are advising Catholics that the COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson, newly approved for use in the U.S., is “morally compromised” because it is produced using a cell line derived from an aborted fetus.
9 Catholic Nuns die from COVID-19 after outbreak in southern Michigan retirement home
The coronavirus tore through a retirement home in Adrian in January, killing several women who had worked as teachers, nurses, and pastoral ministers before retiring. "Our hearts are breaking," said the leader of the Adrian Dominican Sisters.
Pope Francis says women can read at Mass, but still can't be priests
Pope Francis has changed church law to explicitly allow women to do more things during Mass, while reaffirming they cannot be priests.
2020 Vatican nativity display draws comparisons to ‘Star Wars’ scene
The Vatican’s 2020 nativity scene, which is different every year, has drawn criticism from some for its futuristic style.
Michigan prisons sued for ID photos of Muslim women without hijabs
"The stripping of the hijab for a Muslim woman is equivalent of making a non-Muslim woman walk around topless or shirtless in front of men and then publishing them to a website," the attorney said.
West Michigan pastor encourages congregation to catch COVID-19 to 'get it over with'
A senior pastor at a west Michigan church encouraged his congregation to catch COVID-19 so as to "get it over with."
17 inmates baptized in Mississippi jail: 'We hope this is a new start'
A sheriff's office in Mississippi said 17 inmates were baptized last week in what they hope will be a "new start."
‘They are children of God’: Francis becomes 1st pope to endorse same-sex civil unions
Pope Francis endorsed same-sex civil unions for the first time as pope while being interviewed for the feature-length documentary “Francesco.”
Thousands, many maskless, packed together at concert in Nashville amid rising COVID-19 cases
Video captured thousands of people in downtown Nashville, many of whom were flouting social distancing guidelines and not wearing masks, attending a worship concert.
Local Catholics unite in prayer for international Rosary Coast to Coast
In Catholic churches all over the world, parishioners gathered Sunday for the Rosary Coast to Coast Program.
Muslim woman sues city of Detroit, MDOC for being made to remove headscarf in booking photo
In 2018 Zainab Chaaban was arrested and lodged at the Detroit Detention Center. Like all inmates, a booking photo was taken. Per policy, they asked her to remove her headscarf.
Metro Detroit priest's invalid baptism leaves marriages, confessions in question
The validity of some parishioners’ sacraments like marriage and confession is under question after a metro Detroit priest learned his baptism was invalid earlier this month.
After years of roadblocks, ground finally broken on mosque in Sterling Heights
Erecting a place of worship isn't necessarily something you would gather media together for, but in this case, controversy has surrounded building a mosque for years with some of the past opposition sparked by islamophobia.
'The whole church has got it': Pastor says over 40 infected with coronavirus after multi-day revival event
More than 40 people at an Alabama Baptist church were infected with the virus the congregation held a series of religious services.