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February 3, 2018, 6:05am Churches & Religion

Americans seem to love sharing myths about Fred Rogers, the friendly neighbor known the world over as Mister Rogers. Consider the one about how he wore cardigans to cover up his tattoos (false). Or the one about how he was an ordained Presbyterian minister. That one is true — he… Read story

On left, Alisha Bryans’ jail photo in 2001 and Bryans today on right. She lives drug-free and serves on the Elijah Family Homes board in addition to volunteering with her church to lead Bible studies at the Benton County jail.

Former addict makes life changes

On left, Alisha Bryans’ jail photo in 2001 and Bryans today on right. She lives drug-free and serves on the Elijah Family Homes board in addition to volunteering with her church to lead Bible studies at the Benton County jail.

February 3, 2018, 6:05am Churches & Religion

Hopeless by anyone’s standards: Three felonies, hooked on meth, countless hours of jail time and enough mug shots to wallpaper one of her kid’s bedroom door. Read story

The Coachella Valley Church in San Jose, Calif., which offers marijuana as a “sacrament,” is among a number of similar churches nationwide. The churches are vexing local officials, who contend they’re simply marijuana dispensaries in disguise, operating outside of the regulations that govern other providers.

Pot churches proliferate as states ease access

The Coachella Valley Church in San Jose, Calif., which offers marijuana as a “sacrament,” is among a number of similar churches nationwide. The churches are vexing local officials, who contend they’re simply marijuana dispensaries in disguise, operating outside of the regulations that govern other providers.

January 27, 2018, 5:16am Churches & Religion

Services at the Coachella Valley Church begin and end with the Lord’s Prayer. Read story

Wanda Wilson of Vancouver sits on a raised, wheelchair-accessible garden bed at the Minnie Stromgren Memorial Garden at Vancouver Heights United Methodist Church. Wilson spearheaded the launch of the community garden project in 2009, and the space now has 34 plots. If gardeners produce more food then they can use, they donate extra produce to Share or to the families at the church’s child care program.

Land on Vancouver church’s lot becomes garden for many to use

Wanda Wilson of Vancouver sits on a raised, wheelchair-accessible garden bed at the Minnie Stromgren Memorial Garden at Vancouver Heights United Methodist Church. Wilson spearheaded the launch of the community garden project in 2009, and the space now has 34 plots. If gardeners produce more food then they can use, they donate extra produce to Share or to the families at the church’s child care program.

January 24, 2018, 6:00am Churches & Religion

At the Vancouver Heights United Methodist Church’s block-wide space, a large parcel of valuable land was vacant. It was previously used to grow corn for a corn feed event, but the ground was now bare. Wanda Wilson wondered whether it could be a community garden. The answer was yes. Read story

Pope Francis touches his forehead as he talks with journalists during his flight from Lima, Peru, to Rome on Sunday.

Pope apologizes to abuse victims, but defends Chilean bishop

Pope Francis touches his forehead as he talks with journalists during his flight from Lima, Peru, to Rome on Sunday.

January 22, 2018, 9:37am Churches & Religion

Pope Francis apologized for insisting that victims of pedophile priests show “proof” to be believed, saying he realized it was a “slap in the face” to victims that he never intended. Read story

Father Pablo Zabala presides Jan. 6 over a burial service for miner Juan Peralta at the Delta 1 cemetery, in Peru’s Madre de Dios region. The Spanish priest, 70, tends to some of the rainforest’s most hapless souls, such as Juan Peralta, who was shot dead in a dispute with an indigenous tribe.

Priest tends to miners, sex workers in Peru’s Amazon

Father Pablo Zabala presides Jan. 6 over a burial service for miner Juan Peralta at the Delta 1 cemetery, in Peru’s Madre de Dios region. The Spanish priest, 70, tends to some of the rainforest’s most hapless souls, such as Juan Peralta, who was shot dead in a dispute with an indigenous tribe.

January 21, 2018, 5:03am Churches & Religion

Below an umbrella of trees deep in the Peruvian Amazon, drunken miners carry on their shoulders the casket of a man whose search for gold ended with a bullet in his stomach. Read story

Kristen Bell stars in the comedy “The Good Place.” MUST CREDIT: Colleen Hayes/NBC.

Dark side of playing God clear on TV

Kristen Bell stars in the comedy “The Good Place.” MUST CREDIT: Colleen Hayes/NBC.

January 20, 2018, 6:03am Churches & Religion

Theologians and other thinkers have described God in several ways over the centuries. God is a stern father. He’s a mechanistic prime mover. He’s a watchmaker. And, most recently, in the NBC sitcom “The Good Place,” God is a television showrunner. Read story

Security looks on as Pope Francis rides on a pope-mobile past the crowd as he arrives to celebrate Mass on Lobito Beach in Iquique, Chile, on Thursday. Pope Francis urged the people to continue to be welcoming toward migrants in this Chilean coastal city which has experienced a boom of immigrants from several countries.

Pope urges Chile to welcome migrants, holds airborne wedding

Security looks on as Pope Francis rides on a pope-mobile past the crowd as he arrives to celebrate Mass on Lobito Beach in Iquique, Chile, on Thursday. Pope Francis urged the people to continue to be welcoming toward migrants in this Chilean coastal city which has experienced a boom of immigrants from several countries.

January 18, 2018, 9:47am Churches & Religion

Pope Francis wrapped up his Chile visit Thursday by performing a first-of-its-kind airborne papal wedding ceremony and then celebrating a Mass on land in which he urged the South American nation to continue welcoming migrants and caring for the least fortunate among them. Read story

People in traditional dress arrive for a Mass celebrated by Pope Francis at O’Higgins Park in Santiago, Chile, on Tuesday.

Pope begs forgiveness for ‘irreparable’ harm from sex abuse

People in traditional dress arrive for a Mass celebrated by Pope Francis at O’Higgins Park in Santiago, Chile, on Tuesday.

January 16, 2018, 11:58am Churches & Religion

Pope Francis begged for forgiveness Tuesday for the “irreparable damage” done to children who were raped and molested by priests, opening his visit to Chile by diving head-first into a scandal that has greatly hurt the Catholic Church’s credibility here and cast a cloud over his visit. Read story

President Russell M. Nelson speaks at a church broadcast announcing his new leadership as the faith’s president in the wake of the death of President Thomas S. Monson on Tuesday in Salt Lake City.

Mormon church appoints 93-year-old ex-surgeon as president

President Russell M. Nelson speaks at a church broadcast announcing his new leadership as the faith’s president in the wake of the death of President Thomas S. Monson on Tuesday in Salt Lake City.

January 16, 2018, 9:19am Churches & Religion

The Mormon church appointed a 93-year-old former heart surgeon Tuesday as its new president, following a longstanding succession plan that aims to keep the faith on course with a minimum of upheaval. Read story