August 4, 2018, 6:02am Churches & Religion
Sophie Steiert opens a bag of kosher gummy bears and offers them to 20 other German teenagers seated around her in their high school classroom. Read story
August 2, 2018, 9:55am Churches & Religion
Pope Francis has decreed that the death penalty is “inadmissible” under all circumstances and that the Catholic Church must work to abolish it, changing official church teaching to reflect his view that all life is sacred and there is no justification for state-sponsored executions. Read story
July 31, 2018, 6:03am Churches & Religion
Vancouver-based adoption agency All God's Children International is opening a home for young women in Colombia who grew up in institutions. Read story
July 30, 2018, 9:51am Churches & Religion
Attorney General Jeff Sessions says the Justice Department is committed to protecting the religious rights of Americans. Read story
July 28, 2018, 6:05am Churches & Religion
At the Witches’ Market in Bolivia’s capital city, llama fetuses hang above stalls as offerings to the mother earth spirit known as Pachamama. Tourists and residents line up to buy medicinal plants to heal their bodies and ward off curses, while “yatiris,” or indigenous healers, offer to read their fortunes… Read story
July 28, 2018, 6:05am Churches & Religion
An appeals court has ruled that Pennsylvania’s religious freedom law needs to be considered more fully in a case about a township’s efforts to make an Amish woman stop using outhouses and hook into its sewer system. Read story
July 23, 2018, 9:56pm Churches & Religion
Retired Seattle Archbishop Raymond G. Hunthausen, whose outspoken support for nuclear disarmament, gay rights and an expanded role for women in the church made him one of the most controversial U.S. bishops, has died at 96. Read story
July 21, 2018, 6:02am Churches & Religion
The shots rang out. In the midst of calm, terror took its place. But where would one run in the heart of chaos? Read story
July 19, 2018, 9:02am Churches & Religion
Federal investigators say the shooting and three arsons at places of worship for Jehovah’s Witnesses in western Washington state are connected. Read story
July 18, 2018, 9:23pm Churches & Religion
A 26-volunteer team from a local mission group spent the past week rebuilding two homes in Puerto Rico in the devastating wake of Hurricane Maria. Read story
