Today, church leaders celebrated Easter Sunday with sermons tailored to the somber realities of the coronavirus pandemic, streaming live from mostly empty sanctuaries. We'll listen to a few of those ...

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When the Rev. Jean Beniste arrived at Christ Episcopal Church Waukegan on March 8, 2020, to become its rector, he already had ideas in mind how he wanted to lead the congregation in the celebration of ...

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So while Easter sermons are kind of variation on a theme, Christ’s resurrection is so unique and powerful that it doesn’t need to be refreshed each year, Sondrol said. During this Easter season, “my ...

Lischer: Will, the number of American deaths from COVID-19 has surpassed the number of Americans killed in World War II, the country is still living with the violent fallout of Trump, and, by the way, ...

Father Tom Gramc used to spend entire days surrounded by people and parishioners. He went from preaching morning Mass to hearing afternoon confessions to visiting grade schools in the Diocese of ...

“Do not be afraid! I know that you are seeking Jesus the crucified. He is not here, for he has been raised just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay” (Matt 28:5-6). Easter Vigil, Easter ...

On Easter, Scott Jones will attempt to give a sermon that prompts parishioners to think, to laugh and to cry. “To pause, to reconsider, to say I’m sorry and to change,” says Jones, pastor of ...

This Easter Sunday, the holiest day of the Christian calendar, many pastors will start their sermons about the Resurrection of Jesus and weave in a pointed message about racism and bigotry, and the ...

SAGINAW, MI — Easter weekend for Taylor Stockton was supposed to finalize her conversion to Catholicism, a process the Gaylord resident planned to complete before her marriage in July. She looked ...