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Rabbi Shmulik Greenberg holds a torch to light a menorah Monday evening at a Hanukkah celebration for the community in Esther Short Park in Vancouver. Rabbi Greenberg asked the children to join him in singing a song and holding the torch.

Hanukkah celebration reminds of hope in dark times

Rabbi Shmulik Greenberg holds a torch to light a menorah Monday evening at a Hanukkah celebration for the community in Esther Short Park in Vancouver. Rabbi Greenberg asked the children to join him in singing a song and holding the torch.

December 26, 2016, 9:12pm Churches & Religion

Hundreds of people braved a cold, rainy, blustery Monday night in Esther Short Park in Vancouver to celebrate community and more than two millennia of tradition. Read story

Queen Elizabeth II ill, misses Christmas service

December 25, 2016, 6:18pm Churches & Religion

A heavy cold kept Queen Elizabeth II from attending the traditional Christmas morning church service near her Sandringham estate in rural Norfolk, England. Read story

Christian pilgrims wearing red Santa hats wait in line to enter the Church of the Nativity, built atop the site where Christians believe Jesus Christ was born, on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, in the West Bank City of Bethlehem.

Thousands of faithful celebrate Christmas in Bethlehem

Christian pilgrims wearing red Santa hats wait in line to enter the Church of the Nativity, built atop the site where Christians believe Jesus Christ was born, on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, in the West Bank City of Bethlehem.

December 24, 2016, 11:31am Churches & Religion

Thousands of pilgrims and tourists from around the world together with local Christians gathered in the biblical town of Bethlehem to celebrate Christmas eve in the traditional birthplace of Jesus, with spirits lifted by a slowdown in recent violence and cool, clear weather. Read story

People walk near the Salt Lake Temple on the way to the opening session for the semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 2 in Salt Lake City. A former member of the church has launched a Mormon WikiLeaks website.

Former church member opens ‘Mormon WikiLeaks’

People walk near the Salt Lake Temple on the way to the opening session for the semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 2 in Salt Lake City. A former member of the church has launched a Mormon WikiLeaks website.

December 24, 2016, 6:05am Churches & Religion

A former Mormon launched a website Monday offering a secure portal for people who want to leak internal documents or videos about the Utah-based church. Read story

Spanish Catholics can request priests with app

December 24, 2016, 5:19am Churches & Religion

Maybe you’re wandering around one of Spain’s leafy plazas when you get that guilty itch. Perhaps you were being covetous, or taking the Lord’s name in vain; maybe you just forgot to call your mother again. Or maybe you’ve been busy retweeting fake news (which Pope Francis himself recently condemned).… Read story

Costco employees, community members and Hillcrest Church of the Nazarene attendees gathered Friday to sing and record Christmas carols for Teddy Patrick, who recently had a heart attack and underwent open-heart surgery. Patrick is beloved in his job as greeter at the Andresen Road Costco, where he often sings to customers. At top, Patrick greets customers at Costco in April 2010.

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Costco employees, community members and Hillcrest Church of the Nazarene attendees gathered Friday to sing and record Christmas carols for Teddy Patrick, who recently had a heart attack and underwent open-heart surgery. Patrick is beloved in his job as greeter at the Andresen Road Costco, where he often sings to customers. At top, Patrick greets customers at Costco in April 2010.

December 23, 2016, 7:21pm Churches & Religion

Most people know Teddy Patrick as the Costco employee with a bright smile and sweet voice who serenades shoppers as they leave the Vancouver warehouse store. Read story

Family updates holiday traditions

December 17, 2016, 5:58am Churches & Religion

Fa la la la la, we decked our house out! In October. Because December is for Christmas, and the closest we get to tinsel is the wax-catching foil under our Menorah. Read story

Master brewer Jiri Kratochvil tastes a beer at a brewery located inside a 12th century complex of the Zeliv monastery in Zeliv, Czech Republic.

Czechs back in beer business

Master brewer Jiri Kratochvil tastes a beer at a brewery located inside a 12th century complex of the Zeliv monastery in Zeliv, Czech Republic.

December 17, 2016, 5:11am Churches & Religion

Inside the 12th century Zeliv monastery, overlooked by crucifixes on stone walls, is modern machinery that a visitor might not expect to find: a brand new beer production line. Read story

Pope Francis, right, celebrates a Mass to mark the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, in St. Peter&#039;s Basilica, at the Vatican on Monday.

Pope marks 80th birthday Saturday with Mass and meetings

Pope Francis, right, celebrates a Mass to mark the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, in St. Peter&#039;s Basilica, at the Vatican on Monday.

December 13, 2016, 1:08pm Churches & Religion

Pope Francis is marking his 80th birthday on Saturday with a morning Mass with his cardinals and an otherwise “normal” day of back-to-back meetings and audiences. Read story

Sandy Hook memorial rally in downtown Vancouver Wednesday

December 13, 2016, 6:03am Churches & Religion

Wednesday is the four-year anniversary of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. The Clark County branch of a national grass roots group, Moms Demand Action, will hold a rally that evening in Esther Short Park. Read story