Experiencing The Word

Video games teach students in this class how religion works in the modern world
As video games such as ‘Black Myth: Wukong,’ with strong religious themes, gain popularity, a course uses the interactive experience

As Alcoholics Anonymous turns 90, a look at the Serenity Prayer’s eternal relevance
The prayer, adopted by Alcoholics Anonymous in 1941, has become synonymous with the recovery movement, but its applications seem to

Raising School Fees Torments Many Africans. Some Expect The Catholic Church to do more to help
By Rodney Muhumuza and Farai Mutsaka KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A crying parent with an unpaid tuition balance walked into the

Many Dead Sea scrolls may be older than thought, experts say
Researchers enlisted help of AI along with radiocarbon dating to produce new insights into ancient texts. Nicola Davis, Science Correspondent,

Ukrainian church leader says thousands coming to faith in time of war: ‘The Gospel is unstoppable’
By Christian Daily International As war continues to devastate Ukraine, a powerful spiritual revival is unfolding amid the ruins, according

St. John’s University partnership with US border protection divides campus
The partnership threatens ‘the university’s Catholic and Vincentian mission’ a group of faculty, students, and alumni argued in a petition.

Adam Hamilton, mega-church pastor, wins Dem Senate primary. Now comes the hard part.
With a record-setting fundraising haul, Hamilton still faces an uphill battle to become Kansas’ first Democratic senator in nearly a

This historic divinity school is offering the first doctoral degree in ‘AI and Moral Agency’
Shaw University Divinity School hopes to be the first theological school accredited by the Association of Theological Schools to offer

These Catholic sisters want to start a new order with a difficult mission: Helping clergy abuse survivors
Sister Theresa Aletheia and Sister Danielle Lussier are the only community of religious sisters in the Catholic Church fully dedicated

Inside a Christian mother’s fight against ICE activity in Chicago
The second episode of ‘Faith on the Immigration Frontline’ follows Audrey Luhmann, mother of eight, as she patrols courthouses, responds

Amid ICE killings, more than 100 clergy from across the US stage protest at Delaney Hall
‘I am sick and tired of waking up every morning to see another loved one is dead,’ said Charlene Walker,

Pope marks July 4 by praying in Lampedusa for migrants who died seeking freedom and prosperity
By Nicole Winfield and Andrea Rosa LAMPEDUSA, Sicily (AP) — Pope Leo XIV, who has sparred with the Trump administration over its
Bible Verse
AUGUST 2026
“See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. All who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure.
1 John 3: 1-3, 16-18
Pray
AUGUST 2026
- That God's Word will remain true and undefiled by man and his devilish schemes.
- For strength, protection and encouragement for senior citizens as they navigate through health challenges, generational differences and financial woes.
- For our children, that God's presence, wisdom, and blessings will infiltrate their lives, helping them grow spiritually, emotionally and physically.
- For the world's hungry, homeless, displaced and widowed.