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Sam Young speaks during a press conference Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018, in Salt Lake City. Young, a Mormon man who led a campaign criticizing the church’s practice of allowing closed-door, one-on-one interviews of youth by lay leaders has been kicked out of the faith. Young read a verdict letter for the first time Sunday that had been delivered to him following an earlier disciplinary hearing with local church leaders in Houston. Young, a 65-year-old lifelong Mormon, becomes the third high-profile member of the faith who led protests about church policy to be excommunicated in recent years.

Mormon fighting to end youth interviews ousted from faith

Sam Young speaks during a press conference Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018, in Salt Lake City. Young, a Mormon man who led a campaign criticizing the church’s practice of allowing closed-door, one-on-one interviews of youth by lay leaders has been kicked out of the faith. Young read a verdict letter for the first time Sunday that had been delivered to him following an earlier disciplinary hearing with local church leaders in Houston. Young, a 65-year-old lifelong Mormon, becomes the third high-profile member of the faith who led protests about church policy to be excommunicated in recent years.

September 16, 2018, 2:40pm Churches & Religion

A Mormon man who led a campaign criticizing the church’s practice of allowing closed-door, one-on-one interviews of youth by lay leaders that sometimes included sexual questions has been kicked out of the faith following a disciplinary hearing. Read story

Living Hope Church was co-founded by former pastor John Bishop.

John Bishop Part 1: The making of a man of God

Living Hope Church was co-founded by former pastor John Bishop.

September 16, 2018, 6:00am Churches & Religion

More than 14,000 worshippers filled Portland’s Rose Garden arena on Easter Sunday 2007. Traffic backed up on Interstate 5. About 700 people were baptized in four above-ground swimming pools. T-shirts were launched from air cannons, and a blimp flew overhead dropping more swag. Read story

Vancouver Vineyard Church meets in park for services in August

September 12, 2018, 6:02am Churches & Religion

Vancouver Vineyard Church took some time this summer to break from its normal setup to host Prayer in the Park events in August. The congregation met at Quarnberg Park behind the church for four straight Sundays. In the church’s latest newsletter, pastor Marshal Prewitt wrote that one concern church officials… Read story

FILE - In this Aug. 22, 2018 file photo, Pope Francis is caught in pensive mood during his weekly general audience at the Vatican. Francis’ papacy has been thrown into crisis by accusations that he covered-up sexual misconduct by ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick.

Vatican preparing cover-up ‘clarifications’

FILE - In this Aug. 22, 2018 file photo, Pope Francis is caught in pensive mood during his weekly general audience at the Vatican. Francis’ papacy has been thrown into crisis by accusations that he covered-up sexual misconduct by ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick.

September 10, 2018, 5:36pm Churches & Religion

The Vatican is preparing the “necessary clarifications” about accusations that top Vatican officials including Pope Francis covered up the sexual misconduct of a now-disgraced American ex-cardinal, Francis’ top advisers said Monday. Read story

In this Friday, Sept. 7, 2018 photo, Chris Damian poses in Minneapolis. Damian believes having more nuanced conversations about hard topics like sex abuse by priests and allegations of cover-ups by church leaders can bring about change. Damian, 27, has organized a group of Catholic young adults to respond to the church crisis.

Catholic faithful demand change after sex abuse scandals

In this Friday, Sept. 7, 2018 photo, Chris Damian poses in Minneapolis. Damian believes having more nuanced conversations about hard topics like sex abuse by priests and allegations of cover-ups by church leaders can bring about change. Damian, 27, has organized a group of Catholic young adults to respond to the church crisis.

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

The day after a grand jury report revealed that Roman Catholic clergy in Pennsylvania molested more than 1,000 children over decades, Adrienne Alexander went to Mass at a Chicago church and waited for the priest to say something about the situation. Read story

Pope Benedict XVI speaks in Cologne, Germany, in August 2005.

Benedict looms in opposition to Pope Francis

Pope Benedict XVI speaks in Cologne, Germany, in August 2005.

September 8, 2018, 6:05am Churches & Religion

Ever since Pope Benedict XVI became the first pontiff in six centuries to abdicate the papacy, transitioning to a life of near seclusion in a Vatican City monastery, there have been questions about how the notion of two living popes would impact the Roman Catholic Church. Read story

Tzivie Greenberg, right, director of The Gan Garrett Jewish Preschool, serves up apples and honey to children celebrating Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, a couple of days early. It will be year 5779, according to the Jewish calendar.

Symbolism before Rosh Hashanah puts children ‘in the moment’

Tzivie Greenberg, right, director of The Gan Garrett Jewish Preschool, serves up apples and honey to children celebrating Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, a couple of days early. It will be year 5779, according to the Jewish calendar.

September 7, 2018, 7:41pm Churches & Religion

With the Jewish New Year approaching, children at The Gan Garrett Jewish Preschool celebrated the upcoming holiday Friday by snacking on some sweet treats. Read story

A survey released Wednesday found nine out of 10 Americans fall in the highly religious or somewhat religious groups.

Pew: Religious Americans have a lot in common

A survey released Wednesday found nine out of 10 Americans fall in the highly religious or somewhat religious groups.

September 1, 2018, 6:00am Churches & Religion

Americans worship differently according to the faith groups to which they belong, but a new report grouping people by their beliefs on a wide spectrum of topics rather than their religion affiliations offers a fresh take on what the country’s faithful have in common. Read story

Catholics in Australia won’t make priests report confessions

August 31, 2018, 9:45am Churches & Religion

The Catholic Church in Australia on Friday rejected a recommendation by a government inquiry that priests be required to report evidence of child sex abuse disclosed in the confessional. Read story

Pope Francis salutes as he arrives for his weekly general audience, at the Vatican on Wednesday.

Archbishop of Pope bombshell claims to be ‘at peace’

Pope Francis salutes as he arrives for his weekly general audience, at the Vatican on Wednesday.

August 29, 2018, 9:57am Churches & Religion

Pope Francis lamented Wednesday how Irish church authorities failed to respond to the crimes of sexual abuse, speaking during his first public appearance at the Vatican after bombshell accusations that he himself covered up for an American cardinal’s misdeeds. Read story