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By Ann M. Simmons, Los Angeles Times
A U.S. District Court ruling that Lancaster may continue its policy of opening council meetings with prayer is being hailed by supporters...
By Mitchell Landsberg and Nicole Santa Cruz, Los Angeles Times
A new and intriguing prospect for the Crystal Cathedral emerged Wednesday when the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange said it was...
By E. Scott Reckard, Los Angeles Times
Barry Minkow's former congregation accused the con man-turned-preacher of misusing church funds and luring its members into bad investments,...
By Nicole Santa Cruz and Mitchell Landsberg, Los Angeles Times
Chapman University offered Tuesday to purchase the Crystal Cathedral campus for $46 million as part of a proposal that would allow the...
By Mitchell Landsberg, Los Angeles Times
Carmageddon, schmarmageddon.
By Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times
Gloria Caceres lifted her arms above her head and opened her palms to the sky. She was standing in the late-afternoon sun at a soccer...
By Mitchell Landsberg, Los Angeles Times
Sixty-two years ago it was the father, evangelist Billy Graham, who captivated Los Angeles with an old-fashioned tent revival that...
By Alex Rodriguez and Nasir Khan, Los Angeles Times
A senior Pakistani army officer suspected of having links to an Islamic extremist group has been arrested, authorities said Tuesday, a...
By Mitchell Landsberg and Nicole Santa Cruz, Los Angeles Times
The two lines begin forming outside the Crystal Cathedral before 9 on Sunday mornings. It is a mostly immigrant crowd — Mexicans,...
By Borzou Daragahi, Los Angeles Times
No pressing matter of state like the economy or foreign policy compelled Alayrettin Ayyaldiz to head to a polling station in his modest...
By Paul West, Washington Bureau
Competition for the hearts and votes of Christian conservatives is as wide open as the broader 2012 Republican contest, if a two-day...
By Larry Gordon, Los Angeles Times
Leaders of the Claremont School of Theology will announce Monday the gift of $40 million from an Arizona couple to help expand the Christian...
By David Zucchino, Los Angeles Times
In the Internet age, the nation's culture wars are often waged through online blogs and e-mails. But across North Carolina, a heated church-...
By Dennis McLellan, Los Angeles Times
David Martinez, pastor of Victory Outreach Church of the San Fernando Valley, whose...
By Dennis McLellan
James Kavanaugh, a former Catholic priest who came to fame in 1967 with his controversial bestseller calling for reform in the church and...
By Mike Anton
Father Ladislas K. Parker, a Catholic priest whose harrowing escape from communist Hungary in 1950 led him to Orange County and the founding...
By William Lobdell
Oral Roberts, a dirt-poor Oklahoma farm boy who popularized the idea of a "prosperity gospel" while becoming one of the world's most...
By John M. Glionna
The young couple are totally busted. They huddle at a beach-side park, near signs forbidding teens from sitting too close. He has his arm...
By Elaine Woo
John Harris Burt, a retired bishop who advanced a ...
By Duke Helfand
G. Patrick Ziemann, the former Roman Catholic bishop of Santa Rosa who resigned in 1999 amid sexual and financial scandals, has died. He was...