Mike Wolanin | The Republic A view of the cross on top of the spire of North Christian Church in Columbus, Ind., Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024.

Police shootings. A racial and income divide. The border wall. Fake news. Divisiveness and mistrust is alive and well in America today. But what if there was a place where civility and respect were ...

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Last Sunday, the church celebrated the Solemnity of Peter and Paul, Apostles. While tradition holds both to have found their fate as martyrs, Christians continue to see in them famous and steadfast ...

It always amazes me how the Gospel lessons that are assigned as they are for this particular Sunday every year, even though they are there the Sunday after Easter every year, they fit in so well with ...

Mary Magdalene who, despite popular culture, was not a prostitute, a noblewoman named Joanna and a healer called Salome were among his close circle. And Joanna, who had been married to an official of ...