...will be able to bridge some gaps and address some of those challenges." Sister Beatrice Eichten, community minister and president of the Franciscan Sisters in Little Falls, said she is hopeful Francis will be able to live out the message he...

...June 2016.Called forth and chosen by the community, the sisters elected Sister Beatrice Eichten as community minister and president and Sisters Rose Margaret Schneider, Carolita Mauer and Susan Knutson as assistant ministers. Earth Day celebrationLITTLE...

...recently celebrated its 50th anniversary and elected Robert Edgar as chief executive. Edgar is a United Methodist minister and president of the School of Theology at Claremont, Calif. Previously he was a Democratic congressman, representing suburban...

...the Jewish state attaches to this historic visit, virtually the entire Israeli government -- from the prime minister and president on down -- was on hand to greet the aging, ailing spiritual leader of the world's 1 billion Roman Catholics...

...treaty. "It would be a huge mistake to give up," Daschle said. Jan Pronk, the Netherlands environmental minister and president of the United Nations negotiations over climate change, said recently that while "there is still room for negotiations...

...power-sharing government composed of the former rebel leaders quickly disintegrated into civil war, with the defense minister and president assembling their own army to fight the prime minister. It was the brutality and destruction of those wars that...

...and was a theology speaker at the Disciples' national assembly last year. Parker is a United Methodist Church minister and president of the Unitarian Universalist seminary in Berkeley, Calif. Roman Catholic leftist John Dominic Crossan has joined...

...described as a subdued day, they prayed for a peaceful death for the pope. Sister Beatrice Eichten, community minister and president, said many of the 75 sisters at the campus are older than the 84-year-old pontiff and they understand the...