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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
December 15, 2018, 6:05am Churches & Religion
The “Messiah” is a “monster.” Read story