Churches & Religion

Chef Todd Gray sprinkles his version of manna on a seafood kebab at Manna, Gray’s restaurant in the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C. Dixie D.

Biblical food may be the next foodie fad

August 18, 2018, 6:05am Churches & Religion

Last year, as Todd Gray and his wife, Ellen Kassoff, prepared to open their 165-seat, Mediterranean-inspired restaurant at the Museum of the Bible, they faced a culinary conundrum. The name they had settled on for the eatery was Manna, a reference to the food God sent down to the Israelites… Read story

President Russell M. Nelson looks on following a news conference, in Salt Lake City on Jan. 16. The president of the Mormon church is asking people to refrain from using “Mormon” or “LDS” as a substitute for the full name of the religion: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Mormon president: Don’t use ‘Mormon’ or ‘LDS’ as church name

August 16, 2018, 7:22pm Churches & Religion

The faith has the famous Mormon Tabernacle Choir, recently made a documentary about its members called “Meet the Mormons” and uses “Mormon” in its official website addresses. Read story

Prosecutors: Arrests made in Indiana synagogue vandalism

August 16, 2018, 9:35am Churches & Religion

Federal prosecutors say they’ve made arrests in connection to anti-Semitic graffiti that was spray-painted at a suburban Indianapolis synagogue last month. Read story

FILE – In this Oct. 1, 2012, file photo, the Most Rev. Donald Trautman, second from left, retiring bishop of Erie, Pa., prays and lays his hands on the head of Monsignor Lawrence T. Persico, kneeling, the bishop-elect of Erie, Pa., during Persico's rite of ordination at St. Peter Cathedral in Erie, Pa. The Most Rev. Charles J. Chaput, left, archbishop of Philadelphia, served as principal consecrator during the service, and the Most Rev. Lawrence E. Brandt, center, bishop of Greensburg, Pa., served as co-consecrator with Trautman. A grand jury report released Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018, documenting seven decades of child sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests in Pennsylvania says Trautman allowed priests to continue restricted or regular duties despite credible allegations of abuse, was dishonest to the public or other officials about the diocese's knowledge of abuse and reassigned priests with credible accusations to keep them in the ministry. Trautman and his lawyer deny the bishop ever covered up sexual abuse by priests.

Church sex scandal: Abuse victims want a full reckoning

August 16, 2018, 8:36am Churches & Religion

Six Roman Catholic dioceses in Pennsylvania joined the list this week of those around the U.S. that have been forced to face the ugly truth about child-molesting priests in their ranks. Read story

Judy Deaven who says her son was a victim of sexual abuse by a priest as a boy reacts as Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro speaks during a news conference at the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018. A Pennsylvania grand jury says its investigation of clergy sexual abuse identified more than 1,000 child victims. The grand jury report released Tuesday says that number comes from records in six Roman Catholic dioceses.

Bishops accused of brushing off sexual abuse complaints

August 15, 2018, 12:47pm Churches & Religion

A priest raped a 7-year-old girl while visiting her in the hospital after she had her tonsils removed. Another priest forced a 9-year-old boy into having oral sex, then rinsed out the youngster's mouth with holy water. One boy was forced to say confession to the priest who sexually abused… Read story

Ex-archbishop who concealed child sex abuse avoids jail

Former Adelaide Archbishop Philip Wilson leaves Newcastle Local Court on Tuesday in Newcastle, Australia, after a post-sentencing decision allowing him to to serve his 1-year sentence in home detention.

Former Archbishop Philip Wilson, the most senior Catholic official in the world to be convicted of concealing child sexual abuse, has avoided jail after a judge on Tuesday allowed him to serve his 12-month custodial sentence in home detention. Read story

Archbishop defends himself ahead of child sex abuse report

Cardinal Donald Wuerl, archbishop of Washington, left, looks toward the crowd with Pope Francis following a Mass outside the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. Wuerl wrote to priests to defend himself on the eve of the scheduled Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018, release of a grand jury report investigating child sexual abuse in six of Pennsylvania’s Roman Catholic dioceses.

Cardinal Donald Wuerl, the archbishop of Washington, says he expects a grand jury report being released Tuesday on the sexual abuse of children by clergy in six Pennsylvania Roman Catholic dioceses to be critical of his actions as the former longtime bishop of Pittsburgh. Read story

Medical marijuana divides Mormons in Utah

Brian Stoll plays his his 5-month-old daughter, Everly, as his wife, Rachael, looks on while her mother, Michelle Bacca-Llamas, and stepfather, Hector Llamas, laugh from the couch at their home on July 15 in West Jordan, Utah.

Brian Stoll faced a dilemma as his wedding day approached. For more than a year, he had been smoking marijuana to treat severe back pain, but to remain in good standing with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and get married in the temple, he had to stop… Read story