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Pope Francis speaks to volunteers who worked at the World Youth Day event, before his departure in Panama City, Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019.

Pope seeks peace in Venezuela crisis but doesn’t pick sides

Pope Francis speaks to volunteers who worked at the World Youth Day event, before his departure in Panama City, Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019.

January 28, 2019, 9:37am Churches & Religion

Pope Francis called Sunday for a “just and peaceful solution” to Venezuela’s political crisis as he wrapped up a visit to Panama for a World Youth Day rally that was overshadowed by the upheaval unfolding nearby. Read story

In this picture taken Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019, Pope Francis, flanked by Vatican spokesman Alessandro Gisotti, gestures to describe snobbish, hypocritical Catholics as he answers reporters’ questions aboard the plane after taking off from Panama City.

Pope lowers expectations for next month’s sex abuse summit

In this picture taken Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019, Pope Francis, flanked by Vatican spokesman Alessandro Gisotti, gestures to describe snobbish, hypocritical Catholics as he answers reporters’ questions aboard the plane after taking off from Panama City.

January 28, 2019, 9:36am Churches & Religion

Pope Francis has sought to lower expectations from his big sex abuse prevention summit next month. Read story

New figures show fewer Mormons in Utah’s biggest county

January 26, 2019, 6:00am Churches & Religion

Fewer than half the residents of Salt Lake County belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, according to new figures that illustrate how Utah’s largest county is becoming more religiously diverse. Read story

Mason Dial, 3, stomps the dirt around a newly planted pomegranate tree during the Tu B’Shvat Food Forest Festival in Encinitas, Calif.

Group plants 100 trees to honor Jewish tradition

Mason Dial, 3, stomps the dirt around a newly planted pomegranate tree during the Tu B’Shvat Food Forest Festival in Encinitas, Calif.

January 26, 2019, 6:00am Churches & Religion

Fifth grader Eden Cohen and her friend, Stella, sunk their shovels into a hole they were digging recently to plant a pomegranate tree at Coastal Roots Farm. Read story

Thousands of pilgrims wave their national flags as Pope Francis arrives for a welcoming ceremony to open his participation in the church’s World Youth Day festivities in Panama City, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019.

Pope blasts ‘invisible walls’ in bringing youth fest to jail

Thousands of pilgrims wave their national flags as Pope Francis arrives for a welcoming ceremony to open his participation in the church’s World Youth Day festivities in Panama City, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019.

January 25, 2019, 9:10am Churches & Religion

Pope Francis on Friday denounced how society puts up “invisible walls” to marginalize sinners and criminals as he brought World Youth Day to Panama’s juvenile delinquents who can’t participate in the Catholic Church’s big festival of faith. Read story

This combination of three Jan. 22, 2019, photographs released by the Greece Police Department in Greece, N.Y., shows Brian Colaneri, from left, Andrew Crysel and Vincent Vetromile. Authorities said that the three men were charged with plotting to attack a rural upstate New York Muslim community with explosives. The three Rochester, NY-area men are accused of plotting to attack Islamberg, a 60-acre Muslim enclave west of the Catskills, according to court papers.

Muslim enclave that was foiled attack target urges justice

This combination of three Jan. 22, 2019, photographs released by the Greece Police Department in Greece, N.Y., shows Brian Colaneri, from left, Andrew Crysel and Vincent Vetromile. Authorities said that the three men were charged with plotting to attack a rural upstate New York Muslim community with explosives. The three Rochester, NY-area men are accused of plotting to attack Islamberg, a 60-acre Muslim enclave west of the Catskills, according to court papers.

January 23, 2019, 9:27am Churches & Religion

A Muslim group called Wednesday for full prosecutions against the four people accused of plotting an attack on their rural enclave in upstate New York. Read story

A young inmates looks at another group of fellow inmates during choir practice at the Las Garzas de Pacora detention center, Panama, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019. Pope Francis nearly always makes side visits to prisons during his foreign trips, in keeping with his belief that even those on the lowest rungs of society have dignity and need ministry.

Inmates at Panama youth prison anticipate visit from pope

A young inmates looks at another group of fellow inmates during choir practice at the Las Garzas de Pacora detention center, Panama, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019. Pope Francis nearly always makes side visits to prisons during his foreign trips, in keeping with his belief that even those on the lowest rungs of society have dignity and need ministry.

January 22, 2019, 4:30pm Churches & Religion

More than 100,000 young people are expected to show up in Panama City when Pope Francis visits from Jan. 23-27 for World Youth Day. At a detention center about 25 miles (40 kilometers) away there are 144 more who can’t make the trip, locked up for serious crimes including murder… Read story

FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2018 file photo, police officers, who are above the age of 50, pray at the Sabarimala temple, one of the world’s largest Hindu pilgrimage sites, in the southern Indian state of Kerala. The historic temple had barred women age 10 to 50 from entering the temple.

Male-dominated religions challenge women

FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2018 file photo, police officers, who are above the age of 50, pray at the Sabarimala temple, one of the world’s largest Hindu pilgrimage sites, in the southern Indian state of Kerala. The historic temple had barred women age 10 to 50 from entering the temple.

January 19, 2019, 6:05am Churches & Religion

Women have been elected heads of national governments on six continents. They have flown into space, served in elite combat units and won every category of Nobel Prize. The global #MeToo movement, in 15 months, has toppled a multitude of powerful men linked to sexual misconduct. Read story

An Amazon package sits at a distribution center in Washington, D.C.

Amazon removes bath mats and items imprinted with verses from the Quran

An Amazon package sits at a distribution center in Washington, D.C.

January 12, 2019, 6:00am Churches & Religion

After receiving complaints of internet merchants selling items that were offensive to Muslims, including doormats, bath mats, and other goods imprinted with verses from the Quran, Amazon has pulled dozens of items from its online marketplace. Read story

D.C. cardinal Wuerl knew of McCarrick abuse allegations

January 12, 2019, 6:00am Churches & Religion

Despite public denials, District of Columbia Cardinal Donald Wuerl knew of sexual misconduct allegations against ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick and reported them to the Vatican in 2004, church officials confirmed Thursday evening. Read story