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 invocation given before Huntington Beach City Council meetings has been an afterthought in the minds of many. It has traditionally been handled by leaders of the Greater Huntington Beach ...

Municipal governments throughout the Las Vegas Valley kick off meetings with a prayer, and the clergy who offer blessings represent different faiths and denominations. Aron Ra had his turn at the May ...

Brevard's newest school board member is kicking 2025 off with a goal of putting prayer at the start of meetings. Adding a voluntary invocation before board meetings, John Thomas said, would be “a ...

Many governing bodies have a system in place to select community members to deliver an invocation or say a prayer at regular meetings, rarely sparking the outrage recently directed at the Alabama ...

If Chaz Stevens has his way, those would be the opening words of a prayer at a future city commission meeting. Stevens, a blogger from Deerfield Beach, said he doesn’t believe in Satan. He’s an ...

PHOENIX (AP) - An ongoing fight in the Arizona House over what constitutes a real prayer has heated up again. The latest skirmish came last week after Democratic Rep. Athena Salman of Tempe delivered ...