(RNS) — ‘Livingstone College, Hood seminary, and Clinton College — debts have all been satisfied,’ announced AME Zion Bishop George Edward Battle Jr. (RNS) — The African Methodist Episcopal Zion ...

Zion the penguin was born on Feb. 17 while the NBA's New Orleans Pelicans were off for the All-Star break Nicholas Rice is a Senior Editor for PEOPLE Magazine. He began working with the brand as an ...

The Audubon Aquarium of the Americas introduced a special new addition Tuesday via Facebook Live — a month-old African penguin chick named Zion. Audubon staff named the penguin after New Orleans ...

The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, or the AME Zion Church, is a historically African-American Christian denomination. It was officially formed in 1821 in New York City, but operated for a ...

Years after the end of Apartheid South Africa remains racially polarized and socially divided. In this context pilgrimage and travelling rituals serve to help those who often find themselves at the ...

NEW YORK (RNS) — As the nation marks the 400th anniversary of the forced arrival of Africans in Virginia, a Harlem church joins others that have represented the enduring faith of slaves, free blacks ...