A Stephen Series Caring Ministry workshop will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 5 at Gethsemane Lutheran Church, 1035 E. Guadalupe Road, Tempe.

Melissa Veselovsky is often asked whether she has had cancer because she shows such passion as she works with those who have had the disease. She has been spared. And the cancer ministry Veselovsky founded in 2003 wasn’t even her intention, yet she has not shrunk from making it a true means of hope for patients.

VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI announced Monday he would resign Feb. 28 because he is simply too old to carry on. Here is the text of his announcement, delivered to cardinals gathered for a ceremony to name three new saints.

My dad traveled quite a bit when I was younger. But even as a father who was away from home a lot, he was very intentional about handwriting letters and mailing them to me on his business trips. While you would normally find them stashed away in my closet as I was growing up, I would occasionally pull them out to remember what it was that moved me to hang on to them for so long.

My dad traveled quite a bit when I was younger. But even as a father who was away from home a lot, he was very intentional about handwriting letters and mailing them to me on his business trips. While you would normally find them stashed away in my closet as I was growing up, I would occasionally pull them out to remember what it was that moved me to hang on to them for so long.

AMMAN, Jordan - Iraq's U.S.-led administration began seeking bids Thursday for three wireless phone networks to serve the war-ravaged country, where the landline phone system is in shambles and temporary cellular service is available only for military, government and aid officials.

It’s probably only fair to warn Hugo Chavez of this, but the French tried the same thing he’s trying and it didn’t work for them either.

The leader of 44,000 United Methodists in Arizona and southern Nevada has put out the challenge to "come walk with me" near the Mexican border to learn about ministering to undocumented workers who cross the border and face numerous dangers, including the possibility of death in the desert.

Several Mesa residents hit the road to ring in the new year. But they weren’t looking to take part in normal New Year’s festivities like watching television as a glass ball descended a pole in Times Square, watching fireworks or clinking champagne glasses.

Bruce Cochran used to conduct the choir at his Chandler church until he was replaced with a new music ministry. The change motivated him to start a choir of his own. The Mesa 53-year-old started the East Valley Chorale in 1999 with 14 singers from three churches.

Bruce Cochran used to conduct the choir at his Chandler church until he was replaced with a new music ministry. The change motivated him to start a choir of his own.

BAGHDAD, Iraq - An armada of B-1, B-2 and B-52 bombers struck communication and command centers in Baghdad, and cruise missiles set Iraq's Information Ministry ablaze Monday in the second such attack on the building in two days.

Members of churches of many Christian denominations from across the United States will be praying as the nation approaches Election Day, Nov. 6. The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) put together and culminated a massive pre-election prayer vigil to go until voters head to the polls election day.

With pomp, pageantry and a colorful procession to rival the majestic Anglican rites of London’s Westminster Cathedral, the Rev. Kirk Stevan Smith will be ordained and consecrated today as the fifth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Arizona.

In an authoritarian nation, individual freedom is subordinate to the state’s authority. Dissenters risk their lives and personal fortunes. In the People’s Republic of China, those risks are ongoing.

BRICK to the University of Iowa, whose athletic department canceled a baseball game with Bradley University because the Peoria, Ill. team’s name — the Braves — is at odds with political correctness; to wit, the taboo against team names involving American Indians.

MOSCOW - A Russian passenger plane skidded off a rain-slicked Siberian runway early Sunday and plowed through a concrete barrier, bursting into flames. At least 118 people were killed and about 14 still unaccounted for, officials said.

Valley billboards proclaim the coming of LifeChurch.tv this fall to Gilbert and Mesa — two new satellite campuses for an Oklahoma church that relies on a satellite to knit seven campuses together in one ministry.

And Robert Harold Schuller begat Robert Anthony Schuller who begat Robert Vernon Schuller — and the succession of power of “The Hour of Power,” through the divine House of Schullers, seems secure.

FRANKFURT, Germany - A unilateral decision by the United States to indefinitely retain oversight of the Internet's main traffic-directing computers prompted concerns Friday that the global telecommunications network could eventually splinter.

Bishop Thomas Olmsted of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix is being pressured to defrock and stop paying Monsignor Dale Fushek, former pastor of St. Timothy’s Catholic Community in Mesa.

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter went down in northern Iraq, killing all 12 Americans believed to be aboard in the deadliest crash in nearly a year.

Arizona's long summers can be unkind to congregations. Attendance declines, and vacations or weekend getaways lead to many members of churches and temples not seeing each other for months as they come and go.

BOGOTA, Colombia - Colombia's Defense Ministry said Saturday it believes the legendary leader of Latin America's largest guerrilla army is dead and President Alvaro Uribe announced he is willing to offer rebels who free hostages "conditional liberty" and passage abroad.