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Clara Bryson, 5 wears a cheetah costume at a Purim celebration at the Chabad Jewish Center in Vancouver on Thursday.

Clark County’s Jewish community celebrates Purim

Clara Bryson, 5 wears a cheetah costume at a Purim celebration at the Chabad Jewish Center in Vancouver on Thursday.

March 24, 2016, 8:05pm Churches & Religion

Members of Clark County's Jewish community gathered Thursday to celebrate Purim, the holiday that commemorates a time when Jewish people living in the Persian Empire in the fourth century B.C. were miraculously saved from extermination. Read story

Hollywood lines up against Georgia religious exemption bill

March 24, 2016, 10:14am Churches & Religion

Hollywood actors and producers say they will take projects elsewhere if Georgia's governor fails to veto a bill protecting same-sex marriage opponents. Read story

Members of the First United Methodist Church in Vancouver pose in the exact positions Wednesday as the figures in Leonardo da Vinci&#039;s The Last Supper painting during a dress rehearsal for Maundy Thursday.

Church prepares for The Last Supper

Members of the First United Methodist Church in Vancouver pose in the exact positions Wednesday as the figures in Leonardo da Vinci&#039;s The Last Supper painting during a dress rehearsal for Maundy Thursday.

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

Maundy Thursday, otherwise known as Holy Thursday, is the beginning of a busy weekend for Christian churches. Really, the whole week is packed with holy days -- starting with Palm Sunday -- that are marked by traditions. Read story

Imam Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed, seen Feb. 2 on the Old-Port, in Marseille, southern France, is a gay imam from Algeria working with an LGBT association in Marseille to counsel and protect young gay Muslims who make their way to the ancient port city.

Gay imam helps gay Muslims

Imam Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed, seen Feb. 2 on the Old-Port, in Marseille, southern France, is a gay imam from Algeria working with an LGBT association in Marseille to counsel and protect young gay Muslims who make their way to the ancient port city.

March 19, 2016, 6:02am Churches & Religion

MARSEILLE, France -- Growing up in Algeria, Shaira had almost everything a young man could wish for. But he also had a big secret. Read story

Fear of a vengeful God may explain humanity’s global expansion

March 19, 2016, 5:55am Churches & Religion

The fear that a punitive God is watching may have helped drive humanity's global expansion, a team of international researchers argues in a new paper. Read story

Mick Johnson, president of St. Paul Lutheran Church&#039;s council, talks about creating space dividers to give women privacy at the shelter that will open soon. &quot;We&#039;re back to having the place in use day and night,&quot; Johnson said. &quot;It&#039;s more use than the building had when we planned it. Otherwise, it would have been Sunday school on Sunday and meeting rooms and not much else.

St. Paul Lutheran Church to provide shelter to women

Mick Johnson, president of St. Paul Lutheran Church&#039;s council, talks about creating space dividers to give women privacy at the shelter that will open soon. &quot;We&#039;re back to having the place in use day and night,&quot; Johnson said. &quot;It&#039;s more use than the building had when we planned it. Otherwise, it would have been Sunday school on Sunday and meeting rooms and not much else.

March 18, 2016, 5:06pm Churches & Religion

If it all works out, St. Paul Lutheran Church will transform into a 12-bed women's shelter practically overnight at the end of this month. The church in downtown Vancouver hosts 24 men as part of the annual Winter Hospitality Overflow program, which wraps up the morning of March 31. Read story

Jennifer Garner, from left, Martin Henderson and Kelly Collins Lintz appear in a scene from Sony Pictures&#039; &quot;Miracles From Heaven,&quot; which is in theaters this week.

Faith-based films tone down religion, amp up star power

Jennifer Garner, from left, Martin Henderson and Kelly Collins Lintz appear in a scene from Sony Pictures&#039; &quot;Miracles From Heaven,&quot; which is in theaters this week.

March 17, 2016, 5:50am Churches & Religion

For some filmgoers, hearing a movie described as "faith-based" makes it a must-see. But just as many others find the term a turnoff. Read story

Pope John Paul II greets Mother Teresa in St. Peter&#039;s Basilica at the Vatican on June 29, 1997.

Mother Teresa to gain sainthood on Sept. 4

Pope John Paul II greets Mother Teresa in St. Peter&#039;s Basilica at the Vatican on June 29, 1997.

March 15, 2016, 7:25pm Churches & Religion

VATICAN CITY -- Iconic missionary nun Mother Teresa of Calcutta will enter the ranks of Catholic Church saints on Sept. 4, the Vatican said Tuesday, after Pope Francis and cardinals held a consistory meeting on the issue. Read story

Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, met with an audience Wednesday in Wisconsin.

Dalai Lama calls for ‘century of peace’

Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, met with an audience Wednesday in Wisconsin.

March 12, 2016, 5:56am Churches & Religion

MADISON, Wis. -- Dispensing wisdom and radiating warmth, Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, told a rapt audience Wednesday that "this 21st century should be a century of dialogue." Read story

Judge Sri Srinivasan, one of several people being mentioned as a potential replacement for Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court.

Potential nominee for Supreme Court may make history

Judge Sri Srinivasan, one of several people being mentioned as a potential replacement for Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court.

March 12, 2016, 5:55am Churches & Religion

President Barack Obama has narrowed his list of potential Supreme Court nominees to about six names, our colleagues on The Post politics staff have reported. Read story