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

Churches across the U.S. are tackling the big question of how to address homelessness in their communities with a small solution: tiny homes. On vacant plots near their parking lots and ste...

DATE: Jun 27, 2022 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Some U.S. clinics stop doing abortions as ruling takes hold

Abortion bans that were put on the books in some states in the event Roe v. Wade was overturned started automatically going into effect Friday, while clinics elsewhere – including Alabama, T...

DATE: Jun 24, 2022 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade; states can ban abortion

Ruling is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states

DATE: Jun 24, 2022 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

#ChurchToo revelations growing, years after movement began

A withering report about sexual abuse and cover-up in the Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant denomination in the U.S. A viral video in which a woman confronts her pastor at ...

DATE: Jun 13, 2022 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Shootings expose divisions on gun issue in faith communities

After a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, several pastors around the country challenged their conservative counterparts with thi...

DATE: Jun 6, 2022 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Buddhist chaplains, offering broad appeal, on the rise in U.S.

PORTLAND, Ore. – Wedged into a recliner in the corner of her assisted living apartment in Portland, Skylar Freimann, who has a terminal heart condition and pulmonary illness, anxiously eyed ...

DATE: May 16, 2022 | CATEGORY: Religion

Black Catholic nuns: A compelling, long-overlooked history

Even as a young adult, Shannen Dee Williams – who grew up Black and Catholic in Memphis, Tennessee – knew of only one Black nun, and a fake one at that: Sister Mary Clarence, as played by Wh...

DATE: May 2, 2022 | CATEGORY: Religion

Ukraine crisis bolsters case for keeping Space Command in Colorado, lawmakers tell Biden

Three Republicans and six Democrats sign letter in a rare show of bipartisanship

DATE: Mar 23, 2022 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Congress hates changing the clocks just like everyone else

Annual shifts between standard and daylight saving time said to harm health

DATE: Mar 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Russia presses invasion to outskirts of Ukrainian capital

KYIV, Ukraine – Russia pressed its invasion of Ukraine to the outskirts of the capital Friday after unleashing airstrikes on cities and military bases and sending in troops and tanks from th...

DATE: Feb 24, 2022 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Putin announces Ukraine military operation, explosions heard

Biden condemns ‘unprovoked and unjustified attack’ MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday announced a military operation in Ukraine and warned other countries that any attempt...

DATE: Feb 23, 2022 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Catholic school enrollment rebounds after sharp drop

Enrollment in Catholic schools in the United States rose 3.8% from the previous academic year, rebounding from a sharp drop caused by the coronavirus pandemic, Catholic education officials r...

DATE: Feb 14, 2022 | CATEGORY: Religion