(RNS) — Congregations without bells can ‘honor in other appropriate ways, including moments of silence, changing church signs, and more,’ reads the interfaith request about Lewis. (RNS) — It’s not ...

So it went unrung for several years until a separate concrete-block tower was built for it as part of a 1908 church expansion. Westlake United Methodist undertook what turned out to be a yearslong ...

This Easter, church pews are mostly empty. The coronavirus saw to that. But at many churches, bells are still ringing. It’s a sound that brings comfort to people, even as they deal with changes ...

Twenty-six times the bells tolled Friday, punctuating a moment of silence that descended on Newtown, Conn., and many other communities across the country to mark one week since the horror at Sandy ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich — It's a sound that Grand Rapid's Westside residents have heard for centuries. The Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church has been ringing their bells since 1924. Sacred Heart of ...

In the Cleveland, Ohio, neighborhood where I grew up, Sunday morning silence was as sanctified as kielbasa, Bernie Kosar and P.O.C. beer. You didn't blast your stereo, rev your Harley or, during the ...

PEDESTRIAN WAS IN THE CROSSWALK. NEW TONIGHT THE CHURCH BELLS IN A FORT PIERCE NEIGHBORHOOD ARE BACK ON AFTER A COMPLAINT PROMPTED A RESPONSE FROM SAINT LUCIE COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. OUR STEVE KING ...