Eleven-time Grammy Award-winning Pastor Shirley Caesar whirled through town on a promotional tour of her latest CD entitled A City Called Heaven.

VATICAN CITY - The Vatican has denied that its celibacy requirement for priests was the root cause of the clerical sex abuse scandal convulsing the church and again defended the pope’s handling of the crisis.

A South Side pastor is on a vigorous campaign to support the proposed ban of blunt wraps in the state.

An alliance of African American Baptist organizations representing 40,000 church congregations nationwide recently announced plans for a $50 million project to rebuild Haiti and aid survivors of the Jan. 12 earthquake.

JERUSALEM - An Israeli archaeologist said Monday that ancient fortifications recently excavated in Jerusalem date back 3,000 years to the time of King Solomon and support the biblical narrative about the era.

After more than seven decades, gospel legend, Inez Andrews, is still making history. Her soprano voice of steel can still call “Mary” like no other. Andrews penned the classic tune, Oh, Mary Don’t Weep, which was originally recorded with the world renowned Caravans in the 60s. Since then, the song has been recorded by multiple artists including the No. 1 gospel selling album of all time by Aretha Franklin, as well as by Rev James Cleveland.

Felicia Campbell, former record executive and radio personality, has changed lanes and is now helping to pave the way for Internet radio. Last Easter, Campbell launched Conscious Internet Radio “Music, Ministry and More” which is a 24-hour radio station. With the Internet being so routine for people to access information and entertainment, the move seemed perfect.

Two Chicago gospel standouts are among the nominees for the 2010 Stellar Awards, high honors in the gospel music industry.

Byron Cage, the Prince of Praise, is not a newcomer to gospel music.

The Apostolic Church of God put a special emphasis on its annual Christmas celebration this year. With statistics pointing out a myriad of negative things when it comes to Black men, Dr. Byron Brazier and his 20,000- member church wanted to show that there are some men of color doing admirable things in their communities, careers and in society, in general.