
'Prayers Answered': Texas Synagogue Hostages Freed After Nearly 12-Hour Standoff, Captor Killed by Police
All four hostages held captive at a Texas synagogue on Saturday are safe after an hours-long standoff between a gunman and police.

All four hostages held captive at a Texas synagogue on Saturday are safe after an hours-long standoff between a gunman and police.

The granddaughter of late evangelist Billy Graham has left the hospital after suffering two heart attacks last weekend.

The bishops of Fargo and Bismarck are speaking out against a proposed “gender inclusion” policy that would require everyone at the University of North Dakota — even visitors — to use preferred pronouns and affirm individuals’ chosen gender identities, or face the consequences.

The FBI and Texas authorities resolved hours-long hostage situation at a Dallas-Fort Worth synagogue after they killed an armed man who stormed the Jewish place of worship on the Sabbath and held four hostages, including a rabbi, reportedly demanding the release of a terrorist, whom U.S. officials describe as the “most wanted woman in the world.”

Bishop Michael Olson of Fort Worth, Texas, made an urgent request to Catholics to pray for those involved in a hostage situation that was still developing at a synagogue in nearby Colleyville Saturday evening.

Sam pointed across the road to the spot about 50 yards away where he first heard the distinctive “pop” of tear gas canisters fired at the long line of marchers descending from the Edmund Pettus Bridge. The group of 600 stretched from downtown Selma and over the Alabama River. It…

Authorities say a man apparently took hostages Saturday during services at a synagogue near Fort Worth, Texas.

Attacking houses of worship and religious art is akin to attacking the community who prays there, said Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York ahead of Religious Freedom Day, observed Jan. 16.

Worship leader Sean Feucht is used to receiving criticism for his boldness to stand up for the Constitutional freedom of religion.

An Illinois school district is defending an elementary school after it received criticism from parents for handing out flyers promoting a controversial After-School Satan Club for students in the first through fifth grades sponsored by the Satanic Temple.