The 19 included ELCA leaders, bishops, Church Council members, pastors, staff and members. Leading the delegation was the Rev. Mark S. Hanson, ELCA presiding bishop, who is also the church's chief ...

At present, the church's constitution permits laity to take part in official church functions overseen by a bishop, but is implemented differently among the 65 synods. According to ELCA Secretary ...

The Catholic Church in Ireland must review its structures “to make sure that they are appropriate to the needs of the 21st century,” said Bishop of Elphin Kevin Doran at his installation as ...

Congressman Dan Bishop, center, waves to his supporters as he concedes the race for the NC Attorney General to Jeff Jackson on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. At left is Bishop’s son, Jack and at ...

Bishop Robert Barron during his visit to the nation’s capital this week to attend President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress called on Catholic politicians to bring their faith into ...

A former bishop has been jailed for more than four years for historical child abuse. Anthony Pierce, the former bishop of Swansea and Brecon, was sentenced at Swansea Crown Court after pleading ...

(OSV News) -- Bishop Jean-Marc Micas of Tarbes and Lourdes has decided to cover mosaics by Father Marko Rupnik at the entrance of the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary, a move aimed at making the ...

Rt Rev. Philip North, the Bishop of Blackburn, has called the whole of Lancashire to pray for the country of South Sudan following fresh political and social unrest ...

Bishop Robert Barron during his visit to the nation’s capital this week to attend President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress called on Catholic politicians to bring their faith into th ...