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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

Juana Luz Tobar Ortega holds a photo of her family at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in Greensboro, N.C. Ortega, who is scheduled for deportation, is taking sanctuary in the Greensboro church.

Greensboro church opens doors as sanctuary

Juana Luz Tobar Ortega holds a photo of her family at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in Greensboro, N.C. Ortega, who is scheduled for deportation, is taking sanctuary in the Greensboro church.

June 17, 2017, 6:34am Churches & Religion

Juana Luz Tobar Ortega, 49, has been living in the cinder block room that used to be the nursery for St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in Greensboro for two weeks. Read story

Secretary of 2 popes sheds light on lives

June 17, 2017, 5:36am Churches & Religion

St. Pope John Paul II discussed stepping down as pope with his aides but was advised against it in the interest of the Catholic Church, his former secretary said in a book recently published in the pope’s native Poland. Read story

Science, religion target pop culture

June 10, 2017, 6:05am Churches & Religion

There is no end to the truly regrettable moments in “Bill Nye Saves the World,” Netflix’s attempt to rebottle the ’90s-era lightning of a dapper science guy for a new generation. But one stands out. Rachel Bloom, decked out in avante garde ’80s pop gear, sings a cringeworthy song about… Read story

Bishop Sally Dyck commissions the Rev. M Barclay on Sunday. Courtesy of Rev. Britt Cox.

Transgender deacon chosen

Bishop Sally Dyck commissions the Rev. M Barclay on Sunday. Courtesy of Rev. Britt Cox.

June 10, 2017, 5:04am Churches & Religion

The bishop spoke the traditional words as she placed her hands on the new deacon named M with just a slight difference from the way those words have always been spoken before. Read story

In this June 1, 2017, photo, Drew Williams, a member of the Eugene Islamic Center, poses for a portrait outside the building in Eugene, Ore., as locksmith Jim King upgrades the locks on the front doors. Williams said members of the mosque have been rattled by an incident in which a man showed up and allegedly threatened to kill worshippers, but that the community has shown concern and support.

Anti-Shariah rallies planned across U.S. worry Muslim leaders

In this June 1, 2017, photo, Drew Williams, a member of the Eugene Islamic Center, poses for a portrait outside the building in Eugene, Ore., as locksmith Jim King upgrades the locks on the front doors. Williams said members of the mosque have been rattled by an incident in which a man showed up and allegedly threatened to kill worshippers, but that the community has shown concern and support.

June 9, 2017, 1:13pm Churches & Religion

Inside a mosque in the college town of Eugene, a half-dozen men prostrated themselves on a carpet while another man led the midday prayers. Over his melodic recitation came a tapping sound as a locksmith installed higher-grade locks on the front door. Read story

Holy Fire said to be from Jesus’ tomb is seen at St. George Orthodox Christian Cathedral in Wichita, Kan. This is the first year that the fire is confirmed to have traveled from Jerusalem to the United States.

Holy Fire burns in U.S. for first time

Holy Fire said to be from Jesus’ tomb is seen at St. George Orthodox Christian Cathedral in Wichita, Kan. This is the first year that the fire is confirmed to have traveled from Jerusalem to the United States.

June 4, 2017, 6:05am Churches & Religion

A fire is burning in the “unsleeping lamp” at St. George Orthodox Christian Cathedral in Wichita, a fire that Orthodox Christians believe is tied to a miracle and the resurrection of Christ. Read story

Sistine Chapel Choir to make rare visit to U.S. in September

June 3, 2017, 6:05am Churches & Religion

The “Pope’s Choir” is coming to the U.S. for the first time in three decades. Read story

Harold Katz practices his torah portion on May 18, 2017 at the Lubavitch Chabad Synagogue in Wilmette where he will be bar- mitzvahed. Katz is a Holocaust survivor living in Chicago who will have his bar mitzvah for the first time at the age of 89.

Holocaust survivor has long-delayed bar mitzvah

Harold Katz practices his torah portion on May 18, 2017 at the Lubavitch Chabad Synagogue in Wilmette where he will be bar- mitzvahed. Katz is a Holocaust survivor living in Chicago who will have his bar mitzvah for the first time at the age of 89.

June 3, 2017, 6:00am Churches & Religion

Harold Katz didn’t require a crash course in Hebrew before his bar mitzvah next week in Wilmette, Ill. He started preparing 76 years ago, and his skills never got rusty. Read story

FILE - In this Friday, May 26, 2017 file photo, relatives of Coptic Christians who were killed during a bus attack, surround their coffins, during their funeral service, at Abu Garnous Cathedral in Minya, Egypt. The Libya connection in the Manchester concert bombing and FridayǃÙs attack on Christians in Egypt has shone a light on the threat posed by militant Islamic groups that have taken advantage of lawlessness in the troubled North African nation to put down roots, recruit fighters and export jihadists to cause death and carnage elsewhere.

Egypt reacts with resolve to latest attack

FILE - In this Friday, May 26, 2017 file photo, relatives of Coptic Christians who were killed during a bus attack, surround their coffins, during their funeral service, at Abu Garnous Cathedral in Minya, Egypt. The Libya connection in the Manchester concert bombing and FridayǃÙs attack on Christians in Egypt has shone a light on the threat posed by militant Islamic groups that have taken advantage of lawlessness in the troubled North African nation to put down roots, recruit fighters and export jihadists to cause death and carnage elsewhere.

May 28, 2017, 5:16pm Churches & Religion

Egypt’s response to the latest deadly attack against its sizable Christian minority — a wave of airstrikes against Islamic militant installations in eastern Libya — may be a sign of both despair and resolve. Read story