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The Rev. Robert Wright Lee IV is a relative of Gen. Robert E. Lee.

Robert E. Lee’s descendant is an N.C. pastor

The Rev. Robert Wright Lee IV is a relative of Gen. Robert E. Lee.

September 9, 2017, 6:00am Churches & Religion

Every time the Rev. Robert Wright Lee IV hands his credit card to a department store cashier, he braces for the question: Are you related to Gen. Robert E. Lee? Read story

Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos talks to Pope Francis during the pontiff’s welcoming ceremony at El Dorado airport in Bogota, Colombia, on Wednesday. Pope Francis has arrived in Colombia for a five-day visit.

Pope urges forgiveness in Colombia after decades of conflict

Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos talks to Pope Francis during the pontiff’s welcoming ceremony at El Dorado airport in Bogota, Colombia, on Wednesday. Pope Francis has arrived in Colombia for a five-day visit.

September 7, 2017, 9:53am Churches & Religion

Pope Francis opens the first full day in his Colombia visit on Thursday with messages to political leaders and citizens alike encouraging all to rally behind a peace process seeking an end for Latin America’s longest-running conflict and to address the inequalities that fueled it. Read story

Trumps go to St. John’s Church to mark national day of prayer

September 3, 2017, 2:42pm Churches & Religion

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump attended services Sunday morning at St. John’s Church in downtown Washington, marking what the president proclaimed as a national day of prayer in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey’s devastation. Read story

Irish psychotherapist Vincent Doyle kisses Pope Francis’ hand in 2014 during a general audience in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican. Doyle, who was fathered by a priest, started the online resource Coping International for children of priests and their mothers.

Policy aims to end stigma for the children of priests

Irish psychotherapist Vincent Doyle kisses Pope Francis’ hand in 2014 during a general audience in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican. Doyle, who was fathered by a priest, started the online resource Coping International for children of priests and their mothers.

September 2, 2017, 6:05am Churches & Religion

Bishops in Ireland have created detailed guidelines to address an issue the Roman Catholic Church has tried to keep under wraps for centuries: the plight of children born to Catholic priests and the women who bear them. Read story

Pope Francis attends an audience June 3 in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican. Pope Francis says that when he was 42 he had sessions weekly with a psychoanalyst who was female and Jewish to “clarify some things.” It wasn’t specified what the future pontiff wanted to explore.

Pope: Seeking clarity, I saw psychoanalyst weekly years ago

Pope Francis attends an audience June 3 in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican. Pope Francis says that when he was 42 he had sessions weekly with a psychoanalyst who was female and Jewish to “clarify some things.” It wasn’t specified what the future pontiff wanted to explore.

September 1, 2017, 12:40pm Churches & Religion

Pope Francis says that when he was 42 he had sessions weekly with a psychoanalyst who was female and Jewish to “clarify some things.” Read story

Chinese bishop Joseph Li Shan, center, arrives Dec. 24, 2015, for a Christmas Eve mass at the Southern Cathedral, an officially sanctioned Catholic church in Beijing. The Vatican’s efforts to heal a decades-long rift with China appear to have stalled, with each side still unwilling to accept controversial bishops appointed by the other. In recent months, Beijing has appeared to take a harder line toward believers, and has ordered the country’s estimated 12 million Catholics to shun foreign influence and to “Sinosize” their Church.

Efforts to mend China-Vatican rift seem stalled over bishops

Chinese bishop Joseph Li Shan, center, arrives Dec. 24, 2015, for a Christmas Eve mass at the Southern Cathedral, an officially sanctioned Catholic church in Beijing. The Vatican’s efforts to heal a decades-long rift with China appear to have stalled, with each side still unwilling to accept controversial bishops appointed by the other. In recent months, Beijing has appeared to take a harder line toward believers, and has ordered the country’s estimated 12 million Catholics to shun foreign influence and to “Sinosize” their Church.

September 1, 2017, 12:35pm Churches & Religion

The Vatican’s efforts to heal a decades-long rift with China appear to have stalled, with each side still unwilling to accept controversial bishops appointed by the other. Read story

Muslim pilgrims gather Thursday to pray on and around the Jabal Al Rahma holy mountain, or the mountain of forgiveness, at Arafat for the annual hajj pilgrimage outside the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

Muslims around world celebrate Eid as hajj enters final days

Muslim pilgrims gather Thursday to pray on and around the Jabal Al Rahma holy mountain, or the mountain of forgiveness, at Arafat for the annual hajj pilgrimage outside the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

September 1, 2017, 10:38am Churches & Religion

Muslims around the world are celebrating the Eid al-Adha holiday on Friday as some 2 million Muslim pilgrims carry out the final rites of the annual hajj in Saudi Arabia. Read story

More than 1.7 million Muslims gather for start of hajj

August 30, 2017, 9:55am Churches & Religion

In Saudi Arabia, more than 1.7 million pilgrims are marking the start of the hajj pilgrimage on Wednesday by circling the cube-shaped Kaaba in Mecca — Islam’s holiest site — and performing a series of rites that trace the footsteps of the Prophet Muhammad. Read story

Lakewood Church pastor Joel Osteen at Dodger Stadium during his “A Night of Hope” in Los Angeles. Osteen said in a statement to ABC News on Aug. 28, 2017, that his Lakewood Church would open as a shelter for Hurricane Harvey victims if needed.

Joel Osteen’s Houston megachurch opens doors as shelter

Lakewood Church pastor Joel Osteen at Dodger Stadium during his “A Night of Hope” in Los Angeles. Osteen said in a statement to ABC News on Aug. 28, 2017, that his Lakewood Church would open as a shelter for Hurricane Harvey victims if needed.

August 29, 2017, 9:55am Churches & Religion

The Houston megachurch led by televangelist Joel Osteen says it’s opened its doors to people seeking shelter as Harvey swamps the city. Read story

President Ronald Reagan and first lady Nancy Reagan stand with the Butler family on the front porch of the Butlers’ College Park, Md., home in 1982, five years after William Aitcheson, then a Ku Klux Klan “wizard,” burned a cross in the family’s lawn.

From KKK ‘wizard’ to Roman Catholic priest

President Ronald Reagan and first lady Nancy Reagan stand with the Butler family on the front porch of the Butlers’ College Park, Md., home in 1982, five years after William Aitcheson, then a Ku Klux Klan “wizard,” burned a cross in the family’s lawn.

August 26, 2017, 6:05am Churches & Religion

Forty years ago, he was a Ku Klux Klan “wizard,” burning crosses on black families’ lawns. Now, after decades as a Roman Catholic priest, he’s coming forward about his past. Read story