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President William Ruto and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga presided over the award of a charter to Uzima University on May 8, 2025. Most Reverend Zacchaeus Okoth founded the institution in 2012. It ...

Pope Francis on Wednesday said Jesus continues to go out in search of those who are lost or without hope in a catechesis titled “Jesus Christ Our Hope.” In his written catechesis, released by the ...

This is French artist James Tissot’s depiction of Zacchaeus in a sycamore-fig tree awaiting Jesus’ arrival. Tissot lived from 1836-1902. (Courtesy Photo) Zacchaeus was a very short man who became ...

“What is man, that Thou art mindful of him? Or the son of man, that Thou visitest him? Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels; with glory and honor hast Thou crowned him, and Thou hast set ...

Ophelia Lawery-Daniels was killed by her father Zacchaeus Daniels, who then turned the gun on himself, police say Samira Asma-Sadeque is a legal reporter at PEOPLE's crime desk. He work also appears ...

Is the word “calling” a noun or a verb? It is a noun with two meanings. The first definition means to shout or yell loudly. However, as the hymn “Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling” reminds us, it ...

One August morning in Los Angeles, 18 Christian clergy members marched onto the street outside the Cameo Beverly Hills to support hotel workers striking for better pay, invoking Jesus Christ as one ...

The NPR Network will be reporting live from Chicago throughout the week bringing you the latest on the Democratic National Convention. Actress Kerry Washington introduced two of Kamala Harris’ ...

For most of my life, as is true for a lot of Indians, no one in my family used my real name. Instead, I was called by a nickname too stupid to even tell white people about it. Most members of my ...