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Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Michael Curry walks with the pastoral staff during Mass at the Washington National Cathedral on Sunday in Washington.

U.S. Episcopal Church installs 1st black leader

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Michael Curry walks with the pastoral staff during Mass at the Washington National Cathedral on Sunday in Washington.

November 1, 2015, 8:10pm Churches & Religion

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, installed Sunday as the first black leader of the U.S. Episcopal Church, urged Episcopalians to evangelize by crossing divides of race, education and wealth. Read story

Detail of the face on the Shroud of Turin.

DNA from ‘all over Earth’ is found on Shroud of Turin

Detail of the face on the Shroud of Turin.

October 31, 2015, 5:55am Churches & Religion

A group of Italian researchers have uncovered new information about the Shroud of Turin that adds even more mystery to what some Christians believe is the burial garment of Jesus Christ. Read story

Orthodox Jewish rabbi Dovid Lepkivker looks through cans of tuna in a grocery store in Helena, Mont. Lepkivker and fellow rabbi Eli Chaikin are on a mission to reach as many Montana Jews as they can to teach them how to keep kosher.

‘Roving rabbis’ go on kosher mission

Orthodox Jewish rabbi Dovid Lepkivker looks through cans of tuna in a grocery store in Helena, Mont. Lepkivker and fellow rabbi Eli Chaikin are on a mission to reach as many Montana Jews as they can to teach them how to keep kosher.

October 31, 2015, 5:45am Churches & Religion

Two young Orthodox rabbis have traded their studies in Brooklyn for the back roads of Montana, where they are teaching the far-flung faithful how to keep kosher in Big Sky Country. Read story

Guests pray over Clark County Sheriff Chuck Atkins and some of his deputies during the prayer breakfast, which recognized community leaders and first responders.

Prayer breakfast speakers reflect on homeless

Guests pray over Clark County Sheriff Chuck Atkins and some of his deputies during the prayer breakfast, which recognized community leaders and first responders.

October 30, 2015, 5:07pm Churches & Religion

Speakers at the Clark County Prayer Breakfast recognized that as they were being served breakfast in the expansive ballroom of the Hilton Vancouver Washington, others were blocks away living in tents, dealing with a blustery Friday morning. Read story

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson speaks during a campaign stop Thursday in Lakewood, Colo.

Carson tells AP: Seventh-day Adventism is right for him

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson speaks during a campaign stop Thursday in Lakewood, Colo.

October 29, 2015, 1:15pm Churches & Religion

BROOMFIELD, Colo. -- As his surge in heavily evangelical Iowa puts a spotlight on his faith, Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson is opening up about his membership in the Seventh-day Adventist Church. He embraces it as right for him while also framing his beliefs in broad terms that aim to… Read story

Bremerton High assistant football coach Joe Kennedy wipes his eyes as he talks to the media after a football game earlier this month in Bremerton  (Lindsey Wasson /The Seattle Times via AP)

Praying coach on leave, deepening religion-in-school debate

Bremerton High assistant football coach Joe Kennedy wipes his eyes as he talks to the media after a football game earlier this month in Bremerton  (Lindsey Wasson /The Seattle Times via AP)

October 29, 2015, 9:56am Churches & Religion

SEATTLE -- The coach of a Washington high school football team who prayed at games despite orders from the school district to stop was placed on paid administrative leave the same day a group of self-described Satanists said it planned to attend a Thursday game to protest the practice. Read story

PeaceHealth, Providence work on shared facility in Vancouver

October 27, 2015, 4:34pm Business

PeaceHealth and Providence Health & Services announced Tuesday a letter of intent to collaborate on health and wellness services, beginning with a new joint facility in Vancouver. Read story

Questions unanswered in plan for Jerusalem site

October 25, 2015, 7:37pm Churches & Religion

JERUSALEM -- John Kerry's latest Mideast mission has aimed for the modest goal of easing tensions around Jerusalem's most sensitive holy site -- the focal point of more than a month of deadly unrest. Read story

Pope ends synod with strong call for mercy

October 25, 2015, 7:24pm Churches & Religion

Declaring that “today is a time of mercy,” Pope Francis on Sunday closed a historic meeting of bishops that approved an important new direction in welcoming divorced and civilly remarried Catholics into the church. Read story

Archbishop of Seattle J. Peter Sartain, center, helps shovel dirt at a blessing and groundbreaking ceremony Saturday on the future site of Seton Catholic College Preparatory High School in Vancouver. The new building is scheduled to open for next school year in September.

Seton Catholic is set at its new site

Archbishop of Seattle J. Peter Sartain, center, helps shovel dirt at a blessing and groundbreaking ceremony Saturday on the future site of Seton Catholic College Preparatory High School in Vancouver. The new building is scheduled to open for next school year in September.

October 24, 2015, 7:00pm Churches & Religion

After a lot of work, a lot of waiting and a lot of prayer, school leaders said, Vancouver's Seton Catholic College Preparatory High School began building its new home on Saturday. Read story