Churches & Religion

Richard Bond, a Portland organ builder, inside the 1895 pipe organ he recently worked on at St. Luke's ~ San Lucas Episcopal Church.

Church’s organ gets a new start with a new stop

May 11, 2017, 6:00am Churches & Religion

There have been a few transitions for a Vancouver church organ, including electrical power, since it was built in 1890. Read story

Cairo's St. Mark's Cathedral prepares to host Pope Francis and the head of Egypt's Coptic Church, Pope Tawadros II on April 27.

Christians in the Middle East face many challenges

May 6, 2017, 6:05am Churches & Religion

Pope Francis boosted the spirits of Christians throughout the Middle East last week when he paid a two-day visit to Cairo, the first visit by a pontiff to Egypt in 17 years. But the pope’s visit did not change a harsh reality: Christians throughout the region find themselves under threat… Read story

Francis touts tenderness during TED Talk

April 30, 2017, 6:05am Churches & Religion

Pope Francis’ surprise videotaped TED Talk on Tuesday night had many memorable lines, perhaps none more so than his call for a “revolution of tenderness.” He suggested that the conference’s tech leaders, investors, journalists and academics consider “how wonderful would it be, while we discover faraway planets, to rediscover the… Read story

Liberal left religious organizing, building network for change

April 29, 2017, 6:05am Churches & Religion

When Linda Sarsour got involved in planning a massive Women’s March for the day after President Donald Trump’s inauguration, she needed dozens of speakers to give brief remarks onstage. Sarsour, a Muslim activist, quickly found diverse and willing participants of faith, including a rabbi from California and a nun who… Read story

‘God Pods’ help inmates find straight and narrow

April 29, 2017, 6:05am Churches & Religion

Nina Vickers was in the Yakima County jail in 2004 on a probation violation and other offenses. Read story

Pope brings a message of peace amid crackdown

Pope Francis, left, is flanked by Pope Tawadros II, spiritual leader of Egypt's Orthodox Christians, 2nd from right, at Cairo's St. Mark's Cathedral, Friday, April 28, 2017. Francis is in Egypt for a two-day trip aimed at presenting a united Christian-Muslim front that repudiates violence committed in God's name.

Pope Francis demanded that Egypt’s Muslim leaders teach a rejection of violence in God’s name during a delicate visit Friday to the Arab world’s most populous country, and he strongly backed its uncompromising crackdown on political Islam and militancy. Read story

Wife’s blog posts finds husband a new kidney

Haley and Noah Allen, left, and Wyatt and Amy Bardi got together recently in Charlotte, N.C. The two couples have become close since Wyatt donated a kidney to Noah, a Charlotte attorney who had lived with kidney disease since his teens. His wife, Haley, put out a plea for a living donor. The Bardis, who live in the Raleigh area, saw it on Facebook and volunteered Wyatt as a donor as a way to live out their Christian faith.

Charlotte attorney Noah Allen had always been able to endure, even mask, a lot of pain. But by the fall of 2016, severe muscle cramps were waking him up in the middle of the night, leaving him writhing, crying and dripping with sweat. Read story

Christians celebrate Easter around the world

Pope Francis celebrates the Easter Mass, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican on Sunday.

Christians around the world celebrated Easter on Sunday, as Pope Francis and others expressed concern over embattled communities in the cradle of the faith following church bombings in Egypt and attacks on civilians in Syria’s civil war. Read story