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Churches & Religion

The Rev. Tom Warne provides a drive-up anointing of ashes to Gary Hatzenbeler on Wednesday outside of the Church of the Good Shepherd.

Ashes to Go: Minister hit streets to reach out to faithful

The Rev. Tom Warne provides a drive-up anointing of ashes to Gary Hatzenbeler on Wednesday outside of the Church of the Good Shepherd.

March 5, 2014, 4:00pm Churches & Religion

Jesus met people exactly where they were. He didn't sit in comfort and wait for them to find him. He visited the marketplace. He hit the streets. Read story

Religion calendar

February 28, 2014, 4:00pm Churches & Religion

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

Champion skateboarder to speak on religion

February 26, 2014, 4:00pm Churches & Religion

Dennis Martinez, a world-champion skateboarder in the 1970s, will be in Vancouver this weekend and early next week to visit local skate parks and speak out about his rise to fame, his struggle with drug addiction and how finding Christ changed his life. His skate park visits require paid admission… Read story

Mental health advocate Don Greenwood poses for a portrait at the Clark County Jail in December.

Retired Episcopalian priest finds a calling

Mental health advocate Don Greenwood poses for a portrait at the Clark County Jail in December.

February 22, 2014, 4:00pm Churches & Religion

• No inmates committed suicide at the Clark County Jail in 2013, the first year since 2006 without a suicide. Read story

Karen Short, wife of Australian missionary John Short, holds a photo of her husband inside the Christian Book Room in Hong Kong Wednesday.

Australian missionary reportedly detained by North Korea

Karen Short, wife of Australian missionary John Short, holds a photo of her husband inside the Christian Book Room in Hong Kong Wednesday.

February 18, 2014, 4:00pm Churches & Religion

BEIJING -- A Hong Kong-based missionary from Australia has been detained in North Korea for allegedly distributing religious materials, his family said Wednesday. Read story

Cardinal Roger Mahony officiates during Ash Wednesday services at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles in 2008.

Los Angeles bishop kept altar boy list from police

Cardinal Roger Mahony officiates during Ash Wednesday services at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles in 2008.

February 18, 2014, 4:00pm Churches & Religion

LOS ANGELES -- When Los Angeles police were investigating allegations of child abuse by a Roman Catholic priest in 1988, they asked for a list of altar boys at the last parish where the priest worked. Read story

Genie Milgrom stands in the backyard of her Pinecrest home in front of a very special mosaic that she created. Milgrom, a Cuban woman who was raised Catholic, converted to Judaism after she began researching her maternal lineage.

Florida woman spends two decades tracking her hidden Jewish roots

Genie Milgrom stands in the backyard of her Pinecrest home in front of a very special mosaic that she created. Milgrom, a Cuban woman who was raised Catholic, converted to Judaism after she began researching her maternal lineage.

February 7, 2014, 4:00pm Churches & Religion

MIAMI -- Genie Milgrom's quest for her religious roots began with a mysterious box her maternal grandmother left her when she died. It ends, if one can call it an ending, with a book, a website, speaking engagements around the world and a scholar's depth of knowledge about Jews who… Read story

President Barack Obama closes his eyes as a prayer is offered at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington on Thursday.

Obama: Religious freedom a U.S. diplomatic priority

President Barack Obama closes his eyes as a prayer is offered at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington on Thursday.

February 5, 2014, 4:00pm Churches & Religion

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama told a non-denominational gathering of political leaders Thursday that freedom of religion across the world is important to national security and is a central tenet of U.S. diplomacy. Speaking at the annual National Prayer Breakfast, Obama cast his message as an international call for human… Read story

Archbishop Stanislaw Dziwisz assists a waving Pope John Paul II during a special audience Oct.

Hero or traitor? Pope’s aide in Polish controversy

Archbishop Stanislaw Dziwisz assists a waving Pope John Paul II during a special audience Oct.

February 3, 2014, 4:00pm Churches & Religion

WARSAW, Poland -- Poles are divided between praise and condemnation of John Paul II's secretary for publishing the late pope's personal notes -- against his last will and testament. Read story

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Forks of Elkhorn Baptist Church in Midway, Ky., is building a recreation facility to serve its 2,000 members.

Kentucky church: Come to play, stay to pray

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Forks of Elkhorn Baptist Church in Midway, Ky., is building a recreation facility to serve its 2,000 members.

January 31, 2014, 4:00pm Churches & Religion

FORKS OF ELKHORN, Ky. -- Todd Lester, pastor of Forks of Elkhorn Baptist Church near Midway, Ky., knows people don't always come to church through the front door. Read story