(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) A scene from a cartoon released by the church to teach children about the faith’s history of polygamy shows church founder Joseph Smith praying.

Courtesy: Church History Library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Of all the Mormon doctrines, ... (Young would change course and later take many wives who bore him 57 children.

Billed as a reformer and outsider, Pope Francis was elected five years ago. He took the helm as the Catholic Church wrestled with corruption and the fallout of the child sexual abuse scandal. But ...

Archaeologists in Williamsburg, Virginia, recently started excavating three burials at the original site of First Baptist Church, one of the nation’s oldest Black churches, launching a ...

Swarns' new book — The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church — expands on that article.It tells the story of the Church's history of enslavement in ...