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Volunteers Elias Martin, 12, left, and Aaron Spiekerman, 20, stock and arrange food bags in the basement of the Vancouver United Church of Christ. The bags contain Christmas meals and were to be distributed to people in need in time for the holiday by Martha’s Pantry. Below, executive director Vicki Smith shows off what Martha’s Pantry has to offer. Martha’s Pantry is a resource and community center for people with HIV/AIDS; it recently returned to the remodeled, reopened Vancouver United Church of Christ after an arson fire in 2016.

Martha’s Pantry glad to be back home again

Volunteers Elias Martin, 12, left, and Aaron Spiekerman, 20, stock and arrange food bags in the basement of the Vancouver United Church of Christ. The bags contain Christmas meals and were to be distributed to people in need in time for the holiday by Martha’s Pantry. Below, executive director Vicki Smith shows off what Martha’s Pantry has to offer. Martha’s Pantry is a resource and community center for people with HIV/AIDS; it recently returned to the remodeled, reopened Vancouver United Church of Christ after an arson fire in 2016.

December 26, 2018, 6:06am Churches & Religion

Vicki Smith gets early tips about great grocery bargains and giveaways from supermarket managers she knows, and unsolicited donations from agencies like the Bonneville Power Administration, where she used to be fleet manager. Chuck’s Produce recently donated supplies for 100 Christmas dinners. Bonneville called to offer boxes and boxes of… Read story

Pope Francis waves as he arrives to deliver the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for ‘to the city and to the world’) Christmas’ day blessing from the main balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Tuesday.

Pope’s Christmas wish: World fraternity despite differences

Pope Francis waves as he arrives to deliver the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for ‘to the city and to the world’) Christmas’ day blessing from the main balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Tuesday.

December 25, 2018, 9:36am Churches & Religion

Pope Francis offered a Christmas wish for fraternity among people of different nations, cultures, faiths, races or ideas, describing the world’s differences as a richness, not a danger, and championing the rights of religious minorities. Read story

An angel from Elsie Kennedy’s handmade 1962 Nativity set.

Vancouver woman’s Christmas Nativity survived historic storm

An angel from Elsie Kennedy’s handmade 1962 Nativity set.

December 24, 2018, 4:14pm Churches & Religion

Many people love their Nativity scenes, but Elsie Kennedy’s handmade, 18-piece collection comes with a possibly miraculous Christmas tale. She called The Columbian last week to tell us all about it, and we paid a visit to her small apartment at The Lofts at Glenwood Place. Read story

Mikaela Pleasant is lifted up on a chair during the celebration of her bat mitzvah at the Hyatt House in King of Prussia, Pa., in November. Pleasant is a member of the congregation Temple Beth’El in West Oak Lane in Philadelphia.

African-American synagogue in Philadelphia stands out

Mikaela Pleasant is lifted up on a chair during the celebration of her bat mitzvah at the Hyatt House in King of Prussia, Pa., in November. Pleasant is a member of the congregation Temple Beth’El in West Oak Lane in Philadelphia.

December 22, 2018, 6:00am Churches & Religion

Mikaela Pleasant, clad in a white sequin dress and a purple tallit, poked her head around the large blue Torah she carried as she walked carefully up the aisles of Congregation Temple Beth’El. Rabbis and young children trailed behind her, greeting every member in attendance as if they were old… Read story

Pope accepts resignation of LA bishop accused of misconduct

December 19, 2018, 12:23pm Churches & Religion

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of a Los Angeles auxiliary bishop, Monsignor Alexander Salazar, following an allegation of misconduct with a minor in the 1990s, officials said Wednesday. Read story

Jesuits promise no abusive priests will retire at Gonzaga

December 19, 2018, 10:35am Churches & Religion

Jesuit leaders in the West promise they will never again send a priest who has been credibly accused of sexually abusing a minor to live on the campus of Gonzaga University. Read story

Jay “Bird” Koder returns to Crossroads Community Church with a concert on Friday.

Guitarist Jay ‘Bird’ Koder’s Christmas concert returns to Crossroads

Jay “Bird” Koder returns to Crossroads Community Church with a concert on Friday.

December 19, 2018, 6:03am Churches & Religion

Local guitar ace Jay “Bird” Koder continues an annual Clark County tradition Friday at Crossroads Community Church with a big, rockin’ Christmas concert that raises money for some rockin’ good causes. He’ll be joined by a full electric band and the church’s Love NOW Children’s Choir. Read story

This Oct. 22, 2018 photo shows the Cardinal Bea House on the campus of Gonzaga University in Spokane, Wash. Cardinal Bea House played host to at least 20 Jesuit priests accused of sexual abuse.

Gonzaga president responds to report on abusive Jesuits priests near campus

This Oct. 22, 2018 photo shows the Cardinal Bea House on the campus of Gonzaga University in Spokane, Wash. Cardinal Bea House played host to at least 20 Jesuit priests accused of sexual abuse.

December 18, 2018, 10:58am Churches & Religion

Gonzaga University’s president responded late Monday to an investigative report detailing how Jesuit priests accused of sexually abusing children were sent to live in a retirement home on the school’s campus near downtown Spokane. Read story

This Oct. 22, 2018 photo shows the marker for where the remains of Rev. James Poole are interned at Mount St. Michael in Spokane, Wash. Over the course of his life, Poole was accused of sexually abusing at least 20 women.

Jesuits sent abusive priests to retire on Gonzaga’s campus

This Oct. 22, 2018 photo shows the marker for where the remains of Rev. James Poole are interned at Mount St. Michael in Spokane, Wash. Over the course of his life, Poole was accused of sexually abusing at least 20 women.

December 17, 2018, 9:22am Churches & Religion

On the surface, Father James Poole seemed like the cool priest in Nome, Alaska. He founded a Catholic mission radio station that broadcast his Jesuit sermons alongside contemporary pop hits. A 1978 story in People magazine called Poole “Western Alaska’s Hippest DJ . Comin’ at Ya with Rock’n’Roll ‘n’ Religion.” Read story

Music director Jana Hart conducts the Vancouver USA Singers during a holiday concert on Dec. 9. The whole group will be back on Dec.