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In a story originally reported by Amanda Crane and the Bossier Press Tribune, we find that Bossier Sheriff Julian Whittington's "Young Marines Program" and "Youth Diversion Program" will lose federal funding for their mention of God and use of prayer...

The bible and country music go hand in hand. Need proof? Look no further than this video of a four-year-old boy reciting the names of different books from the bible's New Testament before randomly breaking out into a cute rendition of George Strait's "All My Ex's Live In Texas."

And here we thought falling asleep in church was bad.

This year, Easter is on Sunday, March 31. You might be asking yourself, 'Where can I attend mass this year?' Most churches will have mass on Sunday, but some have plans for Saturday, too. Here is a list of Churches in the Shreveport-Bossier City area to assist you with making your plans.

Just 24 hours after Pope Benedict XVI announced that he would resign on Feb. 28, lightning struck St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City, the Catholic Church’s center in Rome. Msgr. Anthony Figueiredo, director of the Pontifical North American College in Rome, said from Vatican City that he witnessed the phenomenon and considers it a sign from God.

For the first time in nearly 600 years, the head of the Catholic Church is resigning. Pope Benedict XVI announced the decision in Latin in Rome early Monday morning.

The last time we heard about somebody having his ear bitten off during a fight, the unfortunate victim was boxer Evander Holyfield. This time both the suddenly ear-less man and the flesh-chomping perpetrator are holy men.

I'm not sure what to think about this new study that reveals 1 in 5 Americans is religiously unaffiliated. Why? What happened along the way in our busy lives that religion just started fading away? Read the story, look at the statistics -- then tell me what you think. . .

Tomorrow, May 3, is National Day of Prayer.  Time for all of us to dirty our knees and ask the Good Lord to bless this country, to spread his goodness over our sick and to guide the misguided.

Women of Faith is bringing its brand new ONE DAY event to Shreveport, La. on March 3, 2012 at the Shreveport Municipal Auditorium. This one-day event combines side-splitting humor and inspiration with biblical insight and in-depth teaching to show that there is hope in the midst of hopelessness and certainty in the midst of uncertainty.

If you were going to choose a segment of society least likely to need birth control pills, no one could fault you for putting nuns at the top of the list. Researchers, however, say the notoriously contraceptive-averse Catholic Church should make the pills available to those women to reduce their risk of cancer.