religion

“Many religions have festivals which celebrate light overcoming darkness ... They seem to speak to every culture, and appeal to people of all faiths, ...

This is written as a response to Gene Lyons’ commentary, “The Supremes Just Keep Delivering Hits,” which was filled with bold assumptions and insults ...

To our Muslim brothers and sisters throughout the world: As-salaamu ‘alaykum! (Peace be with you!) More than a year has passed has since the COVID-19 ...

On Friday, Pope Francis did something entirely new: he became the first leader of the Roman Catholic Church ever to visit Iraq. And he did so with a m...

OLEAN — In sharing his spiritual path to Olean, Rev. John Adams prefers that the degrees behind his name are a side note, while the message of his sha...

John Lewis, at the age of 80, has died, and one result is remembrances of his life, his courage, his Christian faith, his sacrifices and his dedicatio...

The holiday season has passed and the days are beginning to grow longer. Shorter days and long dark nights have always weighed heavily on the human ra...

It was the seventh year after the beginning of the Quranic revelation, and the polytheistic Meccans were persecuting Muslims, especially from the lowe...

OLEAN — The Baha’i community of Olean celebrated the bicentenary of the birth of the Bab, one of the co-founders of the Baha’i faith, with a free even...

OLEAN — While those gathered Thursday in Lincoln Park had various faiths, you may not have known it from their prayers alone. The leaders of Olean’s v...

History tends to repeat itself. In the deep South, during the Civil Rights movement, African American churches were targeted and attacked. In 2015, a ...

I am writing to add my voice to the many others in proximity to St. John’s Church in North Olean. We are against the establishment of a shelter of any...

ALLEGANY — Gathered together in the solemnity of the McGinley-Carney Center for Franciscan Ministry Tuesday, about 80 community members, and the stude...

The Olean Baha’i community, in conjunction with the Department of Religion of the Chautauqua Institution, will present “A Baha’i Bicentenary Musical C...

DEAR HARRIETTE: I have been dating the same guy for about a year now. We get along so well that I can really see a future with him. Last week, one of ...

OLEAN — Most of the panelists described generosity as an act of charity expected by a higher being during an Interfaith Dialogue on Tuesday at the Ole...

OLEAN — The message provided by Tuesday’s Interfaith Forum was that the act of compassion and love is shared by many religions and faiths throughout t...

(TNS) Does America have a religion? It seems a strange question to ask. Some Americans have one religion, others another; many have none at all. If th...