A Newbury Park Church went forward with handing out communion on Palm Sunday, despite concerns about coronavirus and decisions by other churches not to do so. The Rev. Rob McCoy, of Godspeak Cavalry Church, blue arrows were placed on the ground for parishioners to use as social distancing guidelines. Small groups were allowed to pick up communion inside the church…

Priests at St.-Vincent-de-Paul Church in Marseille live-streamed their Mass on Sunday to try to reach parishioners despite virus-related confinement measures.

The New Mexico branch of a church that uses hallucinogenic tea as a sacrament is suing the federal government for failing to process immigration documents for one of its religious leaders.

Thousands of dollars in donation money meant for holiday gifts was stolen from a San Jose church over the weekend, and police are looking for the thieves.

A two-week span in January illustrated the scope of this somber phenomenon. In Thailand, a group of separatist insurgents attacked a Buddhist temple, killing the abbot and one of his fellow monks. In the Philippines, two suicide attackers detonated bombs during a Mass in a Roman Catholic cathedral on the largely Muslim island of Jolo, killing 23 and wounding about…

A singer who grew up in Watts is now a success story and is helping empower young girls through a unique mentoring program.

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The father of one of the victims of the Sandy Hook massacre took his own life Monday morning at Edmond Town Hall, in Newtown, according to police.

Surveillance video shows someone knocking off the heads of two religious statues at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Montclair. Christine Kim reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019

Authorities say a western Pennsylvania church administrator stole $1.2 million that he and his wife used to pay for vacations, sports tickets and other personal expenses. The Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office says 50-year-old David Reiter, of South Park, is charged with theft, forgery and receiving stolen property. His 44-year-old wife, Connie Reiter, faces two counts of receiving stolen property....

A California lawmaker said Wednesday the state should require clergy members to report suspected child abuse or neglect even if they learn of it during confession.

Transportation Security Administration screeners at U.S. airports are facing their first missed paychecks as an impasse between President Donald Trump and lawmakers over funding for a new barriers at the U.S. border extends what is already one of the longest-ever government shutdowns.

Fire officials are looking into what might have caused a blaze that destroyed a 146-year-old United Methodist Church in Minnesota Sunday night.

In a major step toward transparency in the local Catholic Church, the bishop of the Diocese of San Jose has announced he will release a list of the names and the status of every priest who has been found to be credibly accused of abusing minors within the diocese.

The wife of the man who opened fire at a Texas church last November says he tied her to their bed before leaving for the shooting in which more than two dozen people were killed.

NBC 6’s Steve Litz speaks to a local lawyer about the “stand-your-ground” law.

A North Texas pastor said Ivanka Trump made a donation to his church to help migrant children at the border.

Activists are fighting re-zoning efforts to save a historic Venice church. Rick Montanez reports for the 6 p.m. news on June 24, 2018.