The fact that only six Americans have reached sainthood in the Roman Catholic Church isn’t getting in the way of a local group’s determination to make a Valley man the seventh.

These days it seems as though we are seeing more and more pastors at mainstream Christian churches, preaching a much different ‘gospel’ than I remember from Christ’s teachings throughout the New Testament?

While reading the New Living Translation of Acts 2: 43-47, I had to stop and wonder how conservative “Born-again” Christians, especially those who strongly advocate slashing the social safety net to make up for cutting taxes for wealthy billionaires would respond to this text?

LONDON - Welsh singer Charlotte Church, who has performed for President Clinton and Pope John Paul II, announced Thursday that she is pregnant. According to her Web site, Church and rugby star-boyfriend Gavin Henson are "delighted."

Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted and his Kansas family will arrive late this afternoon at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport for his formal installation Saturday as the fourth bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix since its formation in 1969.

NEW YORK - The negative of a feature-length film is typically treated with the utmost care, preserved meticulously to produce prints and DVDs. After slaving over his film for six years, however, Paolo Cherchi Usai did the unthinkable: he destroyed it.

They come from all parts of the Valley — 475 men, women, teens and children — and spend countless hours in practice and performances during the month leading up to Easter. The goal: presenting to the community the story of the life and mission of Jesus Christ in music, drama and dance.

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