Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Over the last five years, almost all invocations before Modesto City Council meetings have been given by Christian faith leaders, but it’s unclear when the practice began or how it might impact civic ...

MACCLENNY | Baker County Commissioner Jimmy Anderson said he has a message for objectors to the Christian-based invocations given before all commission meetings: You may leave and return when it's ...

The U.S. Supreme Court announced last month that when the justices return from their summer vacations they will tackle a uniquely American church-state constitutional question they have avoided for ...

The prayer was for brotherhood, peace, courage and guidance — not dissimilar from the dozens of other prayers given before Sedgwick County Commission meetings this year. There was one key difference, ...

A leader of a Central Florida group of atheists, humanists and nonbelievers said he felt disrespected by Lake County officials who responded to his secular invocation at a county commission meeting ...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- The Rev. Rick Warren, pastor of the Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., upset some by ending his inaugural invocation Tuesday with the Lord's Prayer. The prayer, ...

LADY LAKE – Town leaders soon will discuss whether to continue holding prayers at the start of town meetings after a resident criticized the practice. The town was contacted last month by the legal ...

— The Jewish school board president in a Pennsylvania town that has canceled the invocation at its high school commencement following controversial remarks by a student at last year’s ceremony said he ...

A Pennsylvania lawmaker was accused of "weaponizing" religion after she delivered a Christian invocation on the floor of the State Capitol Monday, the same day the first Muslim woman was sworn into ...