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Christmas is a season, not just a day. And it only begins on Dec. 25. The Rockefeller Center tree and elves on shelves and all the rest can be deceivi...

In response to Steven Roberts’ column, “Would Jesus Get Jabbed?” in the July 26 edition of the Times Herald, Roberts transforms the Jesus of the Bible...

Pat McCumiskey is a local legend. Anyone who played high-school or town-team sports during the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s in Allegany County knows his mythi...

I saw a recent report that Pope Francis, in 2018, made an agreement with China’s communist government to allow it to appoint Catholic bishops in China...

ELMA — Pioneer had no answer for Iroquois’ Logan Streety and Emily McLaughlin in a 68-32 loss in a ECIC Division III league game. Streety led the Chie...

In two recent editorials I examined some of the reasons why so many (predominantly white) Evangelical Christians support Donald Trump and why other Ev...

This is an evangelical Christian’s response to “Why Do Evangelicals Back Trump?” by Chris Stanley, in the July 13 edition of the Olean Times Herald. I...

In a previous column I explored why 80% of white Evangelical Christians voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election, and why most of thos...

ALLEGANY — As Ward Near and his wife, Nancy, looked out the window of their modern hotel room in Tiberius, they could see an ancient abandoned mosque ...

The history of the ecumenical movement has been written about in this space many times, so it is not necessary to repeat them now. For my Catholic com...

To our Muslim brothers and sisters throughout the world: As-salaamu ’alaykum! Peace be upon you! On behalf of the Special Commission for Dialogue with...

If you ask many children why we have Christmas, most answers will be to get presents from Santa Claus. This is a lovely — someone who goes around the ...

What extremist ideology has produced the most deadly attacks on American soil since 9/11? If you answered “radical Muslim terrorism,” you’re wrong. Ac...

MONTREAT, N.C. (AP) — The Rev. Billy Graham, who transformed American religious life through his preaching and activism, becoming a counselor to presi...

(EDITOR’S NOTE: This story first appeared in the Times Herald's Outlook Edition on March 31.) ST. BONAVENTURE — Catholicism isn’t the only religion st...

OLEAN — Christmas is today, and while the day and season are commercialized to the hilt, the Christian faithful grasp its deeper meaning. It’s a day t...

I am a conservative, Bible-believing Christian who will vote my faith in the upcoming election. I am writing to Christians and to anyone who loves chi...