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Inland Indonesian Catholics on Sunday celebrated their native country's independence day with a special Mass, traditional games and plenty of Indonesian food.
About 125 Indonesians sat in St. Read Full Artice...
ANAHEIM - Only three weeks after the death of his son, Christopher, the Rev. Greg Laurie told 29,000 people Friday night at Angel Stadium of Anaheim that if they believe in Jesus as the son of God, they should not fear the ends of their earthly lives. Read Full Artice...
When the Southern California Harvest Crusades begin Friday, tens of thousands of people are expected to be in Angel Stadium of Anaheim -- and thousands more will be watching the event on their computer screens. Read Full Artice...
Along the walls of Temple Beth Sholom are bronze plaques with dozens of names that no one at the Sun City synagogue recognizes.
They are of Jews who died decades ago. Read Full Artice...
Temple Beth Sholom in Sun City is one of the last links to Lake Elsinore's old Jewish community.
A 400-year-old Dutch-crafted Torah from a now-shuttered Lake Elsinore synagogue sits in a wooden cabinet. Read Full Artice...
Immanuel Baptist Church in Highland this year has given more money to Southern Baptist missions than any other congregation in California.
It's a familiar position for the church, which has been No. 1 for more than a decade. Read Full Artice...
The Rev. Ron Gibson had a message Thursday for those worrying about how the nation's economic troubles would affect them: Trust in God. Read Full Artice...
Before Samirah El-Betjali discovered San Bernardino Arabic Christian Church last year, the Jordanian immigrant struggled through English-language church services, understanding only bits and pieces. Read Full Artice...
A Sacramento-based conservative legal group arrives in Corona this week to warn local pastors that they might be sued for refusing to host same-sex weddings, and to advise them on how far they can go in supporting a ballot initiative that would ban. Read Full Artice...
With gas prices high, foreclosures rampant and the country at war, this year's Koinonia Conference in Rubidoux will offer hope and spiritual support, the Rev. Ron Gibson said. Read Full Artice...
Hundreds of Inland Catholics are in Sydney, Australia, this weekend, joining Pope Benedict XVI at the Roman Catholic Church's 2008 World Youth Day. Read Full Artice...
On May 31, Eduardo Aguirre, a 62-year-old former mailman who was married and has a son, added a new title: priest.
A month later, the Rev. Aguirre started at Our Lady of Hope Church in San Bernardino. Read Full Artice...
NORCO - The quiet in the Jehovah's Witnesses voluminous assembly hall Friday was occasionally punctuated by a crying child, but little else disturbed the hush as thousands of eyes watched the presenter and thousands of hands shaped the same song in. Read Full Artice...
Three years ago, Scott Weddell was what he described as a "CEO Catholic": Christmas and Easter only.
Then he traveled to see Pope Benedict XVI at the 2005 World Youth Day in Cologne, Germany.
The trip changed his life. Read Full Artice...
As many as 2,000 Jehovah's Witnesses are expected to attend the first day of an American Sign Language Bible convention today in Norco, a sign of expanding efforts by religious denominations to reach out to the deaf and hard-of-hearing. Read Full Artice...
Six nuns left the Sisters of St. Benedict monastery in Ferdinand, Ind., in 1966 to establish a monastery in the Inland area.
The bishop had called for teachers at Inland Catholic schools. Read Full Artice...
Michelle Medina is going against the trend.
At a time when the number of nuns has dropped sharply, the 25-year-old Chino Hills resident is preparing to join the Sisters of Life in the Bronx, N.Y., in September.
Medina is a member of St. Read Full Artice...
The Rev. Romeo Seleccion's final Mass today as pastor of St. Christopher Catholic Church in Moreno Valley will be bittersweet for Leovic Eslava.
Eslava, 53, is proud as both a St. Read Full Artice...