The Democratic Senate nominee and longtime United Methodist pastor faces Republican Sen. Roger Marshall in a state where no Democrat has won a U.S. Senate race in nearly a century. KANSAS — Rev. Adam Hamilton has spent more than three decades leading one of the largest United Methodist congregations in the United States. Now, the Kansas pastor is taking a very different role: running for the U.S. Senate. Hamilton, 61, is the Democratic nominee challenging Republican Sen. Roge

The 94-year-old Catholic cardinal and four other former trustees were convicted over the registration of a fund that supported people arrested during Hong Kong's 2019 protests. HONG KONG — Hong Kong's Court of Appeal has upheld the convictions of Cardinal Joseph Zen and four other former trustees of the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund, rejecting their challenge over the fund's failure to register under the city's Societies Ordinance. (AP News) Zen, 94, is the retired bishop of H

By The First Lady of Journalism The shrinking of the Euphrates River—one of the world's oldest and most historically significant waterways—is drawing renewed global attention. While scientists warn the river is facing an escalating environmental crisis, some Christians believe its decline echoes a prophecy described in the Book of Revelation. The Euphrates River stretches nearly 1,800 miles (2,900 kilometers) through Turkey, Syria, and Iraq before joining the Tigris River and