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.

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

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.

Wanna’ know the key component for success? Kimberly Ray, senior pastor of Church on The Rock in south suburban Matteson believes the secret ingredient is the power of prayer.

After years of planning, gospel museum may have a home on the South Side.

Farrakhan offers salient advice for nation's first Black president, attacks 'white right' who push for one-term Obama

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.

RALEIGH, N.C. — The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association said Wednesday it never discriminated against a Black employee and argued her lawsuit should be dismissed because it would mark interference in the internal workings of a religious organization.