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Mennonite Church USA plans to divest in protest of Israeli policies

July 8, 2017, 6:00am Churches & Religion

The Mennonite Church USA voted Thursday to sell its holdings in companies that profit from the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories, the latest American Christian group to do so. Read story

Adam and Eve eat the forbidden fruit.

Lessons from the first romance

Adam and Eve eat the forbidden fruit.

July 8, 2017, 6:00am Churches & Religion

What do we really know about Adam and Eve? There’s betrayal! And nudity! And sex! And a snake! Read story

Customers walk to a Hobby Lobby store in Oklahoma City. Federal prosecutors say Hobby Lobby Stores has agreed to pay a $3 million federal fine and forfeit thousands of ancient Iraqi artifacts smuggled from the Middle East that the government alleges were intentionally mislabled. Prosecutors filed a civil complaint in New York on Wednesday in which Oklahoma City-based Hobby Lobby consented to the fine and forfeiture of thousands of tablets and bricks written in cuneiform, one of the earliest systems of writing, as well as other artifacts that prosecutors say were shipped without proper documentation.

Hobby Lobby fined $3M for smuggling Iraq religious artifacts

Customers walk to a Hobby Lobby store in Oklahoma City. Federal prosecutors say Hobby Lobby Stores has agreed to pay a $3 million federal fine and forfeit thousands of ancient Iraqi artifacts smuggled from the Middle East that the government alleges were intentionally mislabled. Prosecutors filed a civil complaint in New York on Wednesday in which Oklahoma City-based Hobby Lobby consented to the fine and forfeiture of thousands of tablets and bricks written in cuneiform, one of the earliest systems of writing, as well as other artifacts that prosecutors say were shipped without proper documentation.

July 6, 2017, 10:15am Churches & Religion

Hobby Lobby Stores has agreed to pay a $3 million federal fine and forfeit thousands of ancient Iraqi religious artifacts smuggled from the Middle East that the government alleges were intentionally mislabeled for import, federal prosecutors said. Read story

Pope Francis greets children from the Vatican’s Bambino Gesu Pediatric Hospital. During the audience in the Vatican’s Paul VI hall, Francis exhorted hospital caregivers not to fall prey to corruption, which he called the “greatest cancer” that can strike a hospital.

‘Pope’s hospital’ put children at risk as it chased profits

Pope Francis greets children from the Vatican’s Bambino Gesu Pediatric Hospital. During the audience in the Vatican’s Paul VI hall, Francis exhorted hospital caregivers not to fall prey to corruption, which he called the “greatest cancer” that can strike a hospital.

July 3, 2017, 1:06pm Churches & Religion

Doctors and nurses at the Vatican’s showcase pediatric hospital were angry: Corners were being cut. Safety protocols were being ignored. And sick children were suffering. Read story

Sister Marita Rother is the sister of Father Stanley Rother, who will be beatified in September on the path to sainthood.

Her brother died a martyr; she may be sister to saint

Sister Marita Rother is the sister of Father Stanley Rother, who will be beatified in September on the path to sainthood.

July 1, 2017, 6:00am Churches & Religion

Marita Rother remembers how her big brother made fudge when her parents went shopping. Somehow, the 11-year-old Stanley Rother always managed to finish making the candy before their parents returned home — and the four siblings usually ate all of it. Read story

The Mormon church announced Wednesday that women who work at church headquarters in Salt Lake City can wear pants instead of only skirts or dresses.

Mormon church: Female workers can wear pants

The Mormon church announced Wednesday that women who work at church headquarters in Salt Lake City can wear pants instead of only skirts or dresses.

July 1, 2017, 5:57am Churches & Religion

Women who work at Mormon headquarters in Salt Lake City will be allowed to wear pantsuits and dress slacks instead of only skirts or dresses, the church announced Wednesday in a move that one Mormon women’s group called a step in the right direction. Read story

A crane holds a cross over the roof of First Congregational United Church of Christ in Hazel Dell while workers in a construction basket secure it into place.

Cross returns atop steeple at church destroyed by firevideo icon

A crane holds a cross over the roof of First Congregational United Church of Christ in Hazel Dell while workers in a construction basket secure it into place.

June 30, 2017, 8:35pm Churches & Religion

More than a year ago, members of the First Congregational United Church of Christ watched as their place of worship was destroyed by fire. Read story

The new Ten Commandments monument outside the state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., is blocked off Wednesday morning, June 28, 2017, after someone crashed into it with a vehicle, less than 24 hours after the privately funded monument was placed on the Capitol grounds. Authorities arrested a male suspect.

Man destroys new Ten Commandments statue at Arkansas Capitol

The new Ten Commandments monument outside the state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., is blocked off Wednesday morning, June 28, 2017, after someone crashed into it with a vehicle, less than 24 hours after the privately funded monument was placed on the Capitol grounds. Authorities arrested a male suspect.

June 28, 2017, 10:52am Churches & Religion

Capitol police arrested a man after Arkansas' new Ten Commandments monument was smashed to pieces when someone rammed a vehicle into it early Wednesday, less than 24 hours after the 6-foot (1.8 meter) granite statue was placed on state Capitol grounds. Read story

Microphone cut after Mormon girl reveals she’s gay at church

June 24, 2017, 2:45pm Churches & Religion

A video of a young Mormon girl revealing to her congregation that she is lesbian and still loved by God — before her microphone is turned off by local church leaders — is sparking a new round of discussions about how the religion handles LGBT issues. Read story

The congregation attends a Sunday service at the United Church, which is held in a school classroom tent, in Bidi Bidi refugee settlement in northern Uganda.

In largest refugee camp, churches offer hope

The congregation attends a Sunday service at the United Church, which is held in a school classroom tent, in Bidi Bidi refugee settlement in northern Uganda.

June 24, 2017, 6:05am Churches & Religion

Scores of thousands fled the violence of South Sudan’s civil war with little but their faith. Now, in the world’s largest refugee settlement, they are improvising churches. Read story