3+ day, 19+ hour ago (227+ words) FILE - Pope Francis and Constantinople Patriarch Bartholomew kneel to kiss the Stone of Unction in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, in Jerusalem, Israel, Sunday, May 25, 2014. Locals and tourists visit the Ottoman-era Sultan Ahmed or Blue Mosque, in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 21, 2025, ahead of the visit of Pope Leo XIV to Turkey. Pope Leo XIV leaves after a Mass for the Jubilee of the Choirs in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025. FILE - Pope Leo XIV arrives at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, south of Rome, for a six-week vacation, Sunday, July 6, 2025. Cars speed past a roadside statue depicting the Virgin Mary holding the body of Jesus, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025. VATICAN CITY " Pope Leo XIV is embarking on his first foreign trip, a pilgrimage to Turkey and Lebanon that would be delicate under any…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago (134+ words) Members of the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, from left, Deacon Jeffery Wilson, Rev. Clyde Williams Jr., trustee Karen Carter-Brandon and Deacon Leroy Gunby, stand at the future site of the church in Prospect on Tuesday, November 18, 2025. JOHNSTOWN, Pa. " A reborn Pleasant Hill Baptist Church will soon rise from the flames, smoke and ashes of catastrophe. On Oct. 31, 2023, a fire, caused by a malfunctioning furnace, destroyed the historic church building located on the 200 block of Peelor Street in Johnstown's Prospect neighborhood. Dave Sutor is a reporter for The Tribune-Democrat. He can be reached at 814-532-5056. Follow him on Twitter @Dave_Sutor. The Tuesday fire that destroyed Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in the Prospect section of Johnstown was caused by a malfunctioning furnace, authorities said on Wednesday....

1+ week, 3+ day ago (308+ words) A museum dedicated to the Shroud of Turin has opened at the Christ Cathedral campus in Garden Grove, California. The exhibit is called "The Shroud of Turin: An Immersive Experience" and features interactive displays and a life-size sculpture of Christ." Visitors preview a new interactive museum dedicated to the Shroud of Turin, which some say was Jesus" burial cloth around the time of his death, at the Christ Cathedral campus in Garden Grove, Calif., on Monday, Nov. 17, 2025. Nora Creech, director of Othonia North America, points to a replica of the Shroud of Turin at a new interactive museum dedicated to the shroud, Monday, Nov. 17, 2025, at the Christ Cathedral campus in Garden Grove, Calif. GARDEN GROVE, Calif. " An interactive museum dedicated to the Shroud of Turin, which some say was Jesus" burial cloth, opens its doors to the public Wednesday at…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago (235+ words) Six years ago, then-construction company president Mark Rychak built a chapel for a funeral home, having no idea that one day he would start a new church in that chapel. God's Calling Community Church council at Harris Funeral Home Chapel, 500 Cherry Lane. JOHNSTOWN, Pa. " Six years ago, then-construction company president Mark Rychak built a chapel for a funeral home, having no idea that one day he would start a new church in that chapel. God's Calling Community Church was started about four months ago by a council composed of Rychak and his wife Debbie, Cindy Solarczyk (president), Dave Klavuhn (vice president), Scott Griffith, Jeff Nider, Kevin Oleksa and Missy Brodt as treasurer. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings. Russ O'Reilly is a reporter for The Tribune-Democrat. Follow…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago (283+ words) Randy Silverman, University of Utah Marriott Library head of preservation, talks about the uniqueness of a heavy metal box used for the Japanese Church of Christ's 100-year-old time capsule at the University of Utah Marriott Library Preservation Department in Salt Lake City, Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. Karen Okawa, Japanese Church of Christ member and time capsule committee member, reacts as she holds a heavy lid that was used on the Japanese Church of Christ's 100-year-old time capsule at the University of Utah Marriott Library Preservation Department in Salt Lake City, Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. Joy Hashimoto Douglass holds a Bible donated in 1924 by her father, Eddie Hashimoto, and included in the contents of the Japanese Church of Christ's 100-year-old time capsule that was recently opened at the University of Utah Marriott Library Preservation Department in Salt Lake City, Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. Rev. Andrew Fleishman looks…...