Carla Clark | For The Republic Bishop Johnnie Edwards, Abundant Harvest Ministries, speaks during the Columbus Unity Church Service, at the Commons, Columbus, Ind., Sunday, January 21, 2024. Unity ...
The Church does not need less diversity; it needs the right kind of diversity.
Mike Wolanin | The Republic Paulette Roberts talks about the history of Kwanzaa at the opening of the Kwanzaa exhibit for Black History Month at The Commons in Columbus, Ind., Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024.
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV vowed Sunday to work for unity in a polarized Catholic Church and world, as history’s first American pope offered a message of healing during an inaugural Mass in St.