Over the last five years, almost all invocations before Modesto City Council meetings have been given by Christian faith leaders, but it’s unclear when the practice began or how it might impact civic ...

It was a tough audience for a 'Pastafarian' pastor delivering the invocation at an Alaskan government meeting on behalf of the 'Church of the Flying Spaghetti.' A few people held back smiles, but most ...

RANCHO CORDOVA (CBS13) — Monday's Rancho Cordova City Council invocation was given by a agnostic minister with the Church of The Flying Spaghetti Monster, as part of a protest against the existence of ...

The Rev. Alan Bentrup — pastor at St. Martin-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church in Keller, Texas — decided to host the Pride ...

A young woman carries a crucifix in the offertory during Mass at the international border in Nogales, Ariz., Oct. 23, as an offertory gift to recall migrants who have died in the deserts of Arizona.

The Vatican's divine worship office announced Saturday the addition of seven new invocations to the Litany of St. Joseph. The seven invocations, in Latin, are Custos Redemptoris, Serve Christi, ...

COLLIN COUNTY (CBSDW.COM) - The mayor of Wylie has admitted he doesn't believe women should lead prayers in church or during political meetings, but says people are reading more into a recent email ...

A new Sarasota County School Board policy calls for a prayer at the start of board meetings. The policy's opening paragraph ...

HOMER — A pastor wearing a colander on his head offered the opening prayer on behalf of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster to open a local government meeting in Alaska, the latest blessing ...

The First Pompano Beach Church of Satan has its Atlantic Boulevard address and its Yellow Pages listing. And now its “leader” wants an audience in front of the City Commission with deacons twerking to ...