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Music director Jana Hart conducts the Vancouver USA Singers during a holiday concert on Dec. 9. The whole group will be back on Dec.
Father Augustus Tolton was the first American diocesan priest of African descent.

Nation’s first black priest on road to sainthood

Father Augustus Tolton was the first American diocesan priest of African descent.

December 15, 2018, 6:00am Churches & Religion

The story of America’s first black priest begins with a miraculous escape from slavery in 1862. Read story

Former Vancouver pastor John Bishop, left, outside the courthouse in San Diego, Calif., in September. Sentencing was delayed, and Bishop is appealing the five-year sentence handed down two months later.

John Bishop appeals his drug sentence

Former Vancouver pastor John Bishop, left, outside the courthouse in San Diego, Calif., in September. Sentencing was delayed, and Bishop is appealing the five-year sentence handed down two months later.

December 14, 2018, 6:00am Churches & Religion

Former Living Hope Church pastor John Bishop is appealing his sentence in his federal drug-smuggling case to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, despite saying to the judge at sentencing: “One hundred percent, your judgment is what God wants.” Read story

Visitors stand bellow a renovated part of a fresco inside the Church of the Nativity, built atop the site where Christians believe Jesus Christ was born, in the West Bank City of Bethlehem. City officials are optimistic that the renovated church will help add to a recent tourism boom and give a boost to the shrinking local Christian population.

Church renovation lifts Christmas spirit in Bethlehem

Visitors stand bellow a renovated part of a fresco inside the Church of the Nativity, built atop the site where Christians believe Jesus Christ was born, in the West Bank City of Bethlehem. City officials are optimistic that the renovated church will help add to a recent tourism boom and give a boost to the shrinking local Christian population.

December 10, 2018, 1:55pm Churches & Religion

A historic renovation of the Church of the Nativity is lifting spirits in the biblical town of Bethlehem ahead of Christmas, offering visitors a look at ancient mosaics and columns that have been restored to their original glory for the first time in 600 years. Read story

Four-year-old Ozzie Eichler lights a menorah with his mother, Julie Eichler, at the Chabad Jewish Center on Sunday, which was the last night of the eight-night Festival of Lights.

Treats, tradition bring Hanukkah to close

Four-year-old Ozzie Eichler lights a menorah with his mother, Julie Eichler, at the Chabad Jewish Center on Sunday, which was the last night of the eight-night Festival of Lights.

December 9, 2018, 10:09pm Churches & Religion

Sunday was the last night of Hanukkah, and the kids in the preschool and Hebrew school programs at Chabad Jewish Center rounded up the festival of lights with songs, dance, arts and crafts, and, as is custom, treats. Read story

Jesuits release 153 names of accused abusers

December 8, 2018, 9:54pm Churches & Religion

Two Roman Catholic Jesuit provinces that cover nearly half the U.S. released the names Friday of more than 150 priests and other ministry leaders who were found to have “credible allegations” of sexual abuse made against them dating to the 1950s. Read story

In this Sunday, April 1, 2018 file photo, nuns are silhouetted in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. The Vatican is facing a dilemma after nearly all the nuns in a tiny French religious order threatened to renounce their vows rather than accept the removal of their superior. The standoff marks an extraordinary battle of wills between the Vatican and the group of 39 nuns who run homes for the aged in rural France.

Battle of wills: Tiny order of French nuns takes on the Vatican

In this Sunday, April 1, 2018 file photo, nuns are silhouetted in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. The Vatican is facing a dilemma after nearly all the nuns in a tiny French religious order threatened to renounce their vows rather than accept the removal of their superior. The standoff marks an extraordinary battle of wills between the Vatican and the group of 39 nuns who run homes for the aged in rural France.

December 8, 2018, 9:35pm Churches & Religion

The Vatican has an unusual dilemma on its hands after nearly all the nuns in a tiny French religious order threatened to renounce their vows rather than accept the Holy See’s decision to remove their superior. Read story

The Ahmadiyya Mosque on Glenwood Avenue in North Philadelphia is the first purpose-built mosque in the city. It was designed by Rich Olaya of Olaya Studio.

Pa. Muslims open first purpose-built mosque

The Ahmadiyya Mosque on Glenwood Avenue in North Philadelphia is the first purpose-built mosque in the city. It was designed by Rich Olaya of Olaya Studio.

December 8, 2018, 6:03am Churches & Religion

Ever since 9/11, American Muslims have struggled with whether they should stay under the radar or assert their identity. Despite the discrimination that has risen to the surface since that terrible day, their ranks in the U.S. have grown substantially, and there are twice as many mosques operating today as… Read story

The menorah was lit at Esther Short Park during the annual menorah lighting ceremony, Tuesday December 12, 2017.

Public menorahs a symbol of hope

The menorah was lit at Esther Short Park during the annual menorah lighting ceremony, Tuesday December 12, 2017.

December 8, 2018, 6:01am Churches & Religion

Outside a volunteer firehouse in northern Baltimore County, dozens of people gather for a ceremony that brings to life an old Jewish proverb: A little bit of light pushes away a lot of darkness. Read story

Pope Francis, flanked by Vatican Prefect of the Pontifical Household, Archbishop Georg Ganswein, delivers his message during a weekly general audience, in the Pope Paul VI hall, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018.

1st papal visit to Arab peninsula set

Pope Francis, flanked by Vatican Prefect of the Pontifical Household, Archbishop Georg Ganswein, delivers his message during a weekly general audience, in the Pope Paul VI hall, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018.

December 6, 2018, 6:02pm Churches & Religion

Pope Francis plans to visit the United Arab Emirates in February to push for Christian-Muslim dialogue and peace in the first-ever papal visit to the Arabian Peninsula. Read story