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Visitors take a selfie as a replica Noah&#039;s Ark stands in the distance at the Ark Encounter theme park during a media preview day Tuesday in Williamstown, Ky. The long-awaited theme park based opened Thursday.

Noah’s ark of biblical proportions opens

Visitors take a selfie as a replica Noah&#039;s Ark stands in the distance at the Ark Encounter theme park during a media preview day Tuesday in Williamstown, Ky. The long-awaited theme park based opened Thursday.

July 9, 2016, 6:00am Churches & Religion

A 510-foot-long, $100 million Noah’s ark attraction built by Christians who say the biblical story really happened opened this week in Kentucky. Read story

Insurance firm offers reward in church arson

July 8, 2016, 7:48pm Churches & Religion

An Iowa insurance company is offering up to $15,000 in reward money for any information that leads to a conviction in connection to the arson at Liberty Bible Church of the Nazarene, one of the company’s policyholders. Read story

Mississippi governor appeals block on religious beliefs law

July 8, 2016, 10:47am Churches & Religion

Mississippi’s governor has asked a judge to let a state law take effect that would let some businesses and government employees cite religious beliefs to deny or delay services to same-sex couples. Read story

Police say shots fired at Islamic center in Central Texas

July 7, 2016, 11:07am Churches & Religion

Police say gunfire shattered a window and punctured the entrance to an Islamic center in a Central Texas city. Read story

Italian communications expert Francesca Chaouqui talks to journalists on Thursday after a Vatican court convicted her and a Vatican monsignor for having conspired to pass documents to two Italian journalist. The court also declared it had no jurisdiction to prosecute two journalists for having published the confidential information and asserted the Vatican guarantees the freedom of the press.

Vatican convicts 2 in leaks scandal; journalists cleared

Italian communications expert Francesca Chaouqui talks to journalists on Thursday after a Vatican court convicted her and a Vatican monsignor for having conspired to pass documents to two Italian journalist. The court also declared it had no jurisdiction to prosecute two journalists for having published the confidential information and asserted the Vatican guarantees the freedom of the press.

July 7, 2016, 11:05am Churches & Religion

A Vatican court declared Thursday it had no jurisdiction to prosecute two journalists for having published confidential information after an eight-month trial that drew scorn from media rights groups around the world. Read story

Gov. Jay Inslee, right, speaks Wednesday during a prayer service at the Muslim Association of Puget Sound Redmond Mosque in Redmond that marked the end of Ramadan and the start of Eid-al-Fitr. Seated are association president Mahmood Khadir, left, and Redmond Mayor John Marchione. (Ted S.

Inslee Speaks at Redmond Mosque

Gov. Jay Inslee, right, speaks Wednesday during a prayer service at the Muslim Association of Puget Sound Redmond Mosque in Redmond that marked the end of Ramadan and the start of Eid-al-Fitr. Seated are association president Mahmood Khadir, left, and Redmond Mayor John Marchione. (Ted S.

July 6, 2016, 5:50pm Churches & Religion

Gov. Jay Inslee, right, spoke on Wednesday to more than 1,500 at the Muslim Association of Puget Sound mosque in Redmond at a prayer service to mark the end of Ramadan and the first day of Eid-al-Fitr. At an event also attended by Redmond Mayor John Marchione, center, Inslee praised… Read story

The faithful from the Eastern Orthodox churches gather for the annual Holy Fire ceremony inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on April 30. The domed chapel in the center of the rotunda is called the Holy Edicule and is built above the site where the faithful believe Jesus was buried in a tomb cut from the rock.

Workers will repair the ‘Holy Stone’ with bolts

The faithful from the Eastern Orthodox churches gather for the annual Holy Fire ceremony inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on April 30. The domed chapel in the center of the rotunda is called the Holy Edicule and is built above the site where the faithful believe Jesus was buried in a tomb cut from the rock.

July 2, 2016, 6:00am Churches & Religion

Work has begun to save the holiest shrine in Christendom. It won’t be a simple patch-and-paint job. Read story

Evidence mounting ‘Jesus’s Wife’ text is fake

June 25, 2016, 5:59am Churches & Religion

“Jesus said to them, My wife … .” Read story

In his farewell address, George Washington said, &quot;Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in the exclusion of religious principles.&quot; (iStock)

Analysis: Religion helps build community, prevents mess

In his farewell address, George Washington said, &quot;Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in the exclusion of religious principles.&quot; (iStock)

June 25, 2016, 5:27am Churches & Religion

A number of years ago I was invited to speak at a conference at Harvard University. At the conclusion of my presentation an attendee asked: “What do you people think you bring to our society?” Read story

A village girl, in a cape mostly of dried banana leaves and covered in mud, attends Mass in an annual ritual to venerate her village&#039;s patron saint, John the Baptist, Friday, June 24, 2016 at Bibiclat, Aliaga township, Nueva Ecija province in northern Philippines. The &quot;Taong Putik&quot; or &quot;mud people&quot; festival in Bibiclat village dates back to the Japanese occupation of the Philippines in the 1940s.

Mud-splattered Filipinos pray to saint for blessing and woes

A village girl, in a cape mostly of dried banana leaves and covered in mud, attends Mass in an annual ritual to venerate her village&#039;s patron saint, John the Baptist, Friday, June 24, 2016 at Bibiclat, Aliaga township, Nueva Ecija province in northern Philippines. The &quot;Taong Putik&quot; or &quot;mud people&quot; festival in Bibiclat village dates back to the Japanese occupation of the Philippines in the 1940s.

June 24, 2016, 5:55pm Churches & Religion

BIBICLAT, Philippines -- Hundreds of Filipino villagers donning capes of banana leaves covered themselves in mud Friday in a ritual to thank their patron saint, John the Baptist, who they believe saved residents from killings by Japanese invaders in World War II. Read story