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BALTIMORE — Dozens of survivors of child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, including several who grew up in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, are splitting from a national support network to form a coalition that prioritizes access to mental health resources.

“The bottom line is that we want to heal the wounded and protect the vulnerable,”...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: My parents have lived a full and quiet life, outliving most of their family and friends. I’m troubled when I visit them because they keep talking about Heaven and look forward to it. I’m a religious person, but I’m not obsessed with going to Heaven because it means death. How can they be so ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: The present civilization seems frustrated by its own success. With the brilliance of technological advances, it seems we’ve achieved the ability to stay in constant motion and have knowledge on just about everything at our fingertips. The only wonder of “What is next?” strikes terror in most ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: With Israel so much in the news, it’s been interesting to see places and hear phrases that I’ve read in the Bible that never made much sense. A reporter showed a picture in front of the “eye of the needle,” and I was stunned to see a small opening in the wall of a cave. What was Jesus ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: There’s so much being said about the drug culture, putting all the blame on the dealers. Aren’t those who buy and use drugs also responsible for their decisions? – D.U.

A: Volumes could be written on the problem of drug addiction. The same is true for the millions of barbiturates swallowed ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: Popular Mechanics recently covered a story claiming that humans will one day become a mixture of humanity and machines. I think there should be a stopgap on the progression of technology; we may annihilate ourselves. I think the young generations are the first to see such a terrible storm ...Read more

WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. — Pictures taken shortly after a gunman attacked a West Bloomfield synagogue last week with guns, fireworks and gasoline show black walls with debris on the floor and child-size tables with plates of food quickly left behind.

The pictures were released Thursday by Temple Israel on the synagogue's Facebook page, one week...Read more

PONTIAC, Mich. — Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard on Thursday decried antisemitism in the aftermath of the March 12 attack on the Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield and called on community members to speak out against it when it's witnessed.

Bouchard's came as Temple Israel Rabbi Josh Bennett said security guard Danny Phillips, ...Read more