Religion
KINSHASA, Congo -- Pope Francis demanded Tuesday that foreign powers stop plundering Africa's natural resources for the "poison of their own greed" as he arriv…
by NICOLE WINFIELD, JEAN-YVES KAMALE and CHRISTINA MALKIA The Associated Press February 1, 2023ROME -- Pope Francis has clarified his recent comments about homosexuality and sin, saying he was merely referring to official Catholic moral teaching that tea…
by NICOLE WINFIELD The Associated Press January 29, 2023KRAKOW, Poland -- Doug Emhoff, the husband of U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, said he was deeply moved by a "solemn and sad" visit to the former site of the…
by VANESSA GERA The Associated Press January 29, 2023After a decade as dean of Christ Church Cathedral in Houston, Paragould native Barkley Thompson has returned to Arkansas to lead one of the state's largest Epi…
by Frank E. Lockwood January 28, 2023Protests were held Friday in several predominantly Muslim countries to denounce the recent desecration of Islam's holy book by far-right activists in Sweden an…
by The Associated Press January 28, 2023In 1992, 42-year-old Kathy Manis Findley was ordained by Southern Baptists in El Paso, Texas, after members of her own congregation in Arkansas repeatedly decl…
by Frank E. Lockwood January 28, 2023When it comes to vaccination sites, members of Arkansas' Hispanic and Marshallese communities prefer houses of worship to hospital settings, according to resea…
by Frank E. Lockwood January 28, 2023Cardinal George Pell had no way to know, as he rose to preach during a spiritual retreat in southern Italy, that this was his last sermon -- opening with the b…
by TERRY MATTINGLY January 28, 2023There's a story I've told many times, but I can't recall telling it here -- although maybe I have. The state of my memory ain't what it used to be. (And probab…
by Paul Prather January 28, 2023ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SERVICES
January 28, 2023If there is one concept that runs through all Quaker thought, it is "the Light." We hold each other in the Light; we wait for the Light; we follow the leadings…
by MAYA PORTER Faith Matters January 28, 2023Benton County
by Becca Martin-Brown January 28, 2023Whenever you're in doubt, ask God.
by Brenette Wilder Special to The Commercial January 27, 2023Isabel Marquez knows today's immigrant journey like few other pastors.
by Dianne Solis The Dallas Morning News January 21, 2023Raqib Hameed Naik stood in his tidy American kitchen, feeling torn about his secret life. On the one hand, he was safe from the Indian government, and far from…
by Pranshu Verma The Washington Post January 21, 2023