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September 19, 2014, 5:00pm Churches & Religion

A weekly list of religion-related classes and events Read story

Churches host free medical, dental clinic

September 16, 2014, 5:00pm Churches & Religion

Three local churches are hosting a free one-day medical and dental clinic for uninsured and underinsured people. Read story

Edmund Courtney looks over the new 32-foot sculpture honoring St. John Paul II while visiting Maryhill Cemetery in Niles, Ill.

Massive sculpture to honor sainthood of Pope John Paul II

Edmund Courtney looks over the new 32-foot sculpture honoring St. John Paul II while visiting Maryhill Cemetery in Niles, Ill.

September 12, 2014, 5:00pm Churches & Religion

CHICAGO -- Catholic Cemeteries has dedicated a new 32-foot sculpture at Maryhill Cemetery in the western suburbs honoring Pope John Paul II, in light of his 2014 declaration as a saint. Read story

Courtesy of Wu Zongsu
Y.T. Wu and Wu Zongsu in Shanghai, China. The younger Wu, who now lives in San Francisco, is trying to rehabilitate his father's image.

Chinese church founder’s son on a mission

Courtesy of Wu Zongsu
Y.T. Wu and Wu Zongsu in Shanghai, China. The younger Wu, who now lives in San Francisco, is trying to rehabilitate his father's image.

September 12, 2014, 5:00pm Churches & Religion

BEIJING -- Six decades after Y.T. Wu founded an organization used by the Communist Party to control churches in China, his son is suing the government to get Wu's diaries back in hopes of rehabilitating his image among the many Chinese Christians who despise him. Read story

Share adds pastor, employment expert to board of directors

September 9, 2014, 5:00pm Churches & Religion

Meadow Homes -- Share has welcomed two well-credentialed new members to its board of directors: Tim Foley and the Rev. James Stender. Read story

Liz and Raif Zacca of Vancouver get condiments for their sausages at the Vancouver Sausage Fest on Sunday. The two attend St.

Families enjoy final edition of popular Vancouver Sausage Fest

Liz and Raif Zacca of Vancouver get condiments for their sausages at the Vancouver Sausage Fest on Sunday. The two attend St.

September 7, 2014, 5:00pm Churches & Religion

The sausages sizzled, the carnival rides whirled and local acts performed for the last time at Vancouver Sausage Fest on Sunday. Read story

Churches urge justices to act on gay marriage

September 6, 2014, 5:00pm Churches & Religion

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Five religious organizations are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to settle once and for all the question of whether states can outlaw gay marriage. Read story

Religion calendar

September 5, 2014, 5:00pm Churches & Religion

A weekly list of religion-related classes and events Read story

Homeless woman Jeanne Strickler, left, hugs her friends outside a laundromat before doing their laundry for free during a Laundry Love event on Aug. 13 in Huntington Beach, Calif. Laundry Love is a growing faith-driven movement that helps people change their lives by letting them change into clean clothes.

Lightening the needy’s load

Homeless woman Jeanne Strickler, left, hugs her friends outside a laundromat before doing their laundry for free during a Laundry Love event on Aug. 13 in Huntington Beach, Calif. Laundry Love is a growing faith-driven movement that helps people change their lives by letting them change into clean clothes.

September 5, 2014, 5:00pm Churches & Religion

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. -- Over the long months that Victoria Mitchell lived in her car with her infant daughter, there was one bright spot in her life: doing laundry. Read story

Micah Hudgins-Lopez, 13, shows off an outfit she made as part of the Maker's Place of the Oasis Project, which is run by the Bible Center Church in Homewood, Pa.

Makers build community, pride with Oasis Project

Micah Hudgins-Lopez, 13, shows off an outfit she made as part of the Maker's Place of the Oasis Project, which is run by the Bible Center Church in Homewood, Pa.

August 29, 2014, 5:00pm Churches & Religion

PITTSBURGH -- The triplex of row houses in the city was notorious for its active crack scene before the Rev. John Wallace's church bought it in 2005 and renovated it. Read story