Religion

Pope Francis will be in Portugal for 5 days. Here’s what he will visit

A priest listens to confession in a row of confessionals set up for pilgrims arriving for international World Youth Day…

August 2, 2023

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North Carolina megachurch exits Southern Baptist Convention after expulsions over women pastors

Delegates hold up their ballots at the Southern Baptist Convention at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in…

July 4, 2023

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Church accepting grant applications

The Mission Endowment Fund Committee of Christ the King Lutheran Church is now accepting grant applications for projects that support…

November 10, 2022

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TV’s ‘The Waltons’ explored serious spiritual themes

This 1974 photo provided by CBS shows, from left, David Harper, as Jim-Bob Walton; Eric Scott, as Ben Walton; Michael…

September 14, 2022

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Knock, knock: Jehovah’s Witnesses resume door-to-door work

Dan Sideris, center, talks with a resident on a front porch accompanied by his wife, Carrie Sideris, as the couple…

September 5, 2022

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Columbia River’s salmon at core of ancient religion

Yakama Nation elder James Kiona stands on the rocky edge of Lyle Falls on the Klickitat River, a tributary of…

August 22, 2022

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Religions know power of getting away from it all

The Yoga for Grief and Loss program offered by the Grief Center of Southwest Colorado uses movement, meditation and journaling…

August 15, 2022

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Tribal leaders, members react to pope’s apology on schools

Pope Francis arrives for a pilgrimage at the Lac Saint Anne, near Edmonton, Canada, on Tuesday. Pope Francis was on…

July 27, 2022

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U.S. houses of worship increase security after shootings

Crime scene tape surrounds Geneva Presbyterian Church on May 17 in Laguna Woods, Calif. A gunman opened fire on May…

July 18, 2022

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Anti-Roe justices a part of Catholicism’s conservative wing

Members of the Supreme Court pose for a group photo at the Supreme Court in Washington on April 23, 2021.…

July 4, 2022

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A roof over their head: Churches use tiny homes for homeless

Nathaniel “Pee Wee” Lee sits outside his home in Chapel Hill, N.C., on May 23. The Rev. Lisa G. Fishbeck…

June 27, 2022

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#ChurchToo revelations growing, years after movement began

Dresses donated by sexual assault survivors from Amish and other plain-dressing religious groups hang on a clothesline beneath a description…

June 13, 2022

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Shootings expose divisions on gun issue in faith communities

Gun rights supporters stand outside the Capitol in Phoenix on Jan. 19, 2013, during a Guns Across America rally. The…

June 6, 2022

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Christian nationalism on the rise in some GOP campaigns

State Sen. Doug Mastriano, R-Franklin, a Republican candidate for governor of Pennsylvania, takes part in a primary night election gathering…

May 30, 2022

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Southern Baptists face push for public list of sex abusers

Jules Woodson, center, of Colorado Springs is comforted by her boyfriend, Ben Smith, left, and Christa Brown on June 11,…

May 23, 2022

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After leak, religious rift over legal abortion on display

Rabbi Stephen Einstein, left, founding rabbi of Congregation B’nai Tzedek in Fountain Valley, Calif., stands with the Rev. Sarah Halverson-Cano,…

May 9, 2022

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First pope, now U.S. churches face boarding-school reckoning

Students at a Presbyterian boarding school in Sitka, Alaska, are seen in summer 1883. U.S. Catholic and Protestant denominations operated…

April 11, 2022

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Across U.S., faith groups mobilize to aid Ukrainian refugees

A Ukrainian family arrives at a shelter April 1 at the Christian church Calvary San Diego after crossing into the…

April 4, 2022

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Grassroots groups help rescue Holocaust survivors in Ukraine

Julia Entin sits at her computer in her backyard coordinating efforts to rescue Holocaust survivors in Ukraine on March 14…

March 21, 2022

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Jehovah’s Witnesses flee Russia for worship without fear

Dmitrii and Nellia Antsybor, who are from Russia and sought asylum in the United States in 2021, pose for a…

March 14, 2022

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Pipe organ made famous on ‘Hour of Power’ program returns

David La'O Ball, organist and head of music ministry at Christ Cathedral, stands by the Hazel Wright organ in Garden…

February 28, 2022

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Rejection or welcome: Transgender Catholics encounter both

Christine Zuba poses for a portrait at her home in Blackwood, N.J., on Monday, Feb. 14, 2022. After coming out…

February 28, 2022

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Thousands of baptisms by Arizona priest presumed invalid

The Rev. Andres Arango, right, with Andrea Reyes, during a baptism in the Jordan River, in Israel, in July 2017.…

February 16, 2022

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How does a religious upbringing affect academic outcomes?

Students at Piedra Vista High School will be learning outside the classroom and online for the next two weeks.Associated Press…

February 14, 2022