Evangelist, radio personality Butt Jr. dies at 89

September 22, 2016

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Howard E. Butt Jr., the Texas evangelist and radio personality who was expected to take over his family’s successful grocery business

Televangelists make Netflix ‘reel’

February 4, 2016

Alongside programs like “Orange Is the New Black” and “House of Cards,” Netflix now offers users another type of content: Christian sermons. The online video

Alabamians react to issue of opening/closing doors to Syrian refugees

December 24, 2015

More than half of the nation’s governors declared their state’s borders closed to Syrian refugees after the Nov. 13 terrorist attacks in Paris. But some

Vatican, US sign agreement to go after tax evaders

July 2, 2015

VATICAN CITY — The United States on June 10 signed an agreement with the Vatican to trace American taxpayers hiding assets within the walls of

Many Americans concerned for nation’s direction

July 2, 2015

We’re gung-ho for the idea that the United States of America has a special status with God, and we’re almost always proud of our nation.

Blair to fight religious, political extremism in Europe

June 18, 2015

CANTERBURY, England — Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has a new job campaigning against religious and political extremism in Europe. A week after he

Bangladeshi atheist relocates to US after death threats

June 18, 2015

NEW YORK — An internationally renowned atheist activist has relocated from India to the United States after receiving death threats from an extremist group that