An author and religious scholar is coming to Fresno for an interfaith event to talk about Jesus.

You almost feel you're somewhere other than a house of worship when 20-year-old Cactus Samuel T. Harris -- decked out in a turquoise shirt, a purple bow tie with yellow polka dots and red shoes with rhinestones -- plays the pipe organ at University Presbyterian Church in Fresno.

Seated on the bishop's chair of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno for the first time, Armando X. Ochoa beamed with delight. Nuns sitting in the pews closest to him smiled back. St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Fresno was bustling Thursday as hundreds gathered to celebrate Ochoa's Installation Mass.

A small group of mainly local Catholics wants to expand so it is more diverse in its mission to abolish the death penalty, at least in California.

It isn't often that a Fresno synagogue hosts a scholar-in-residence program for a weekend.

A Fresno pastor plans to put his new book on prayer in the hands of his congregation Sunday.

People are becoming less cruel and more humane. This is the thesis of Steven Pinker's optimistic new book, "The Better Angels of Our Nature." Pinker, a Harvard psychologist, provides extensive data to support his conclusion, citing a variet

When Christian rock's Superchick comes to Fresno to perform in concert, it also hopes to encourage people facing stressful times. The concert, part of Superchick's current West Coast Winter Tour, is at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Warnors Theatre.

Larry Patten, a Fresno ordained United Methodist pastor, is the author of a new book, "A Companion for the Journey: 41 Reflections (Mostly) on The Lord's Prayer."

When college life gets you down, to whom can you turn for help?

The Celebrant Singers, an international music and missions ministry in Visalia, is offering a rare local concert in January.

Martin Luther King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. In December of 2011, the Peace Prize was awarded to three women: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the President of Liberia; Leymah Gbowee, a peace activist from Liberia; and Tawakkol Karman, a leader of

COARSEGOLD -- In a former homebuilder's office at Highway 41 and Road 417, Believers Assembly provides more than Sunday services in the foothill community.

Victory Life Center is trying to make a difference in an impoverished Highway City neighborhood near Shaw Avenue and Highway 99.

A group of local contractors is nearing completion of a Fresno home renovation project — and the home’s sale will benefit four central San Joaquin Valley nonprofit organizations helping the needy.