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PHILADELPHIA — For the last three decades, the Rev. Damone Jones has worked to build relationships with Philadelphia's most troubled children, the teens he says "typically nobody else loves": those charged with murder.

Several days per week, the West Philadelphia pastor visits the young men under 18 who are held in a city jail, and offers ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: I’m at a crossroads. I’ve lost my job and my health. My friends tell me to reconsider my faith in God since he’s allowed this to happen; however, my faith is strong, and I won’t let them discourage me. This experience will make me stronger, and I want them to see that this is true. How can I...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: Is it true that we can be blessed because of what others did in the past, suffering hardship, yet we benefit for the good? And if true, what are some examples? – H.B.

A: We have been blessed through the endurance and faithfulness of those who have suffered in the past. Likewise, future ...Read more

The Department of Justice under the Trump administration is going after a tiny Idaho town you’ve probably never heard of.

The Justice Department filed a religious liberty lawsuit against the town of Troy in Latah County, just outside Moscow, saying that the denial of a permit for Christ Church’s proposed move was unlawful, according to ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: I am attending a Bible study, and the leader has said that Abraham, Moses and God are the key figures in the Old Testament, and the disciples and Jesus are the main figures in the New Testament. The leader says our study time should be spent in the New Testament, since the Old Testament, for the ...Read more

How strange and chilling it is that my introduction last week of the issue of unconditional forgiveness this week has a tragic echo in the news of the brutal murder of two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington – Sarah Milgrim, 26, and Yaron Lischinsky, 30, who were attending an ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: A friend of mine is looking for a Bible-centered church and agreed to attend my church, even going back when I can’t go with her. She tells me that people aren’t very friendly unless I’m around. What’s the proper thing to share with my friends...Read more

BALTIMORE — A data breach that exposed confidential information about survivors of sexual abuse within the Archdiocese of Baltimore has not resulted in the data appearing online, according to attorneys for the consulting firm that was hacked.

The breach was first discovered in March at Berkeley Research Group, which serves as a financial ...Read more

Since news of the new pope, Robert Prevost, who assumed the name Leo XIV, hit the wires, he has been universally celebrated as being an American from Chicago.

But he’s also another important first, something that wasn’t divulged at the same time or with the same fanfare: the first known pontiff of demonstrable African descent. This is ...Read more