Until recently, it was the practice of the congregation I serve for the members of the confirmation class, most of them ninth graders, to write individual statements of faith. In those statements the ...

FARGO, N.D. — In the largely rural Diocese of Fargo, N.D., Father Paul Duchschere will soon be one among many priests helping to prepare children for a sacrament commonly reserved for later in life.

President-elect Donald Trump‘s proposed secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, used his Senate confirmation hearing to address questions over his Christian tattoos, which critics say represent an ...