A young woman carries a crucifix in the offertory during Mass at the international border in Nogales, Ariz., Oct. 23, as an offertory gift to recall migrants who have died in the deserts of Arizona.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Over the last five years, almost all invocations before Modesto City Council meetings have been given by Christian faith leaders, ...

The Pinellas County school board for years has opened its biweekly meetings with an invocation. In late March, the board started experimenting with changes to the practice. Rather than bring in one of ...

Members of the Winlock City Council convened on Monday, Aug. 10, for their first regular meeting of the month to discuss a number of different agenda items. Among these items included a ...

The Homer Glen Village Board will begin its business with a prayer following a vote Wednesday to add an invocation at the start of public meetings. Village officials said the brief invocation prayer ...

A public school board’s policy and practice of opening its public meetings with invocation was struck down by a federal appeals court. In Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc. v. Chino Valley Unified ...

The invocation given before Huntington Beach City Council meetings has been an afterthought in the minds of many. It has traditionally been handled by leaders of the Greater Huntington Beach ...

Starting next year, prayer invocations will no longer be on the Eureka City Council’s agendas. The decision was made earlier this week when the council voted unanimously to adopt an ordinance that ...