Protestant Bible societies set up schools in which ... With the onset of the Great Famine, his health crumbled. Despite this, he was able to marshal huge resources through his fundraising, mainly ...

The only universal emotion common to man and beast is fear of death. Except for rare individuals like Oscar Wilde who always ...

Throughout history, nations that honored their priestly systems experienced stability and prosperity, while those that neglected them suffered great losses. The Bible presents clear examples of the ...

"From the Pulpit" is a weekly column of faith, shared by Central Illinois faith leaders. This week: USAID is an essential ...

Funeral Ministry Team: Three new members, Mary Breen, Paula Carthy and Eamon O’Dowd were commissioned to the Funeral Ministry ...

Within the ice fields of Mount Kilimanjaro, scientists have made an amazing find: they’ve discovered proof of a drought so severe that it may have changed history. A dense layer of dust buried in the ...

Gossip entertains, and it also sustains. In Jane Austen’s novel “Persuasion,” the sober heroine, Anne Elliot, pays a visit to ...

Shankill Bridge Club meets on Monday (except Bank Holiday Mondays) afternoons at 2pm in St. Anne’s Resource Centre. New ...

In the Bible, I read about the Prodigal Son ... off to distant lands and begins to waste his fortune in debauchery. A famine hits the country, the young son’s money runs out, and he finds ...

I am anticipating a deluge of angry letters from people listing off important persons named Elimelech that I’ve ignored, but the truth remains that despite the continued use of that personal name si ...

A number of bible verses appear ... disaster, famine, war and suffering. “And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as ...

During this time, these pseudo-populist despots passed egregiously anti-democratic laws that mandated teaching the King James Bible in public ... The only thing great about America is all the ...