Churches & Religion

Lily Bowler, 4, of Vancouver looks at nativities from around the world Sundayat the Festival of Nativities.

Visions of nativity span the globe

December 8, 2013, 4:00pm Churches & Religion

A child's birth that was reported in a small town on the other side of the world has been inspiring artists for 2,000 years. Read story

Living Hope Church opens doors for homeless spillover in freezing weather

December 5, 2013, 4:00pm Churches & Religion

Midtown Vancouver church ready for 25 additional homeless through Tuesday morning Read story

Curly the Camel returns to Living Nativity

December 5, 2013, 4:00pm Churches & Religion

They say, "Don't work with children or animals," but the Rev. John Bishop does both. Dec. 17 through 20, Bishop and his Living Hope Church will once again host Curly the Camel and Danny the Donkey for their fifth annual Living Nativity production. Read story

Pope Francis meets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Vatican on Monday.

Israel’s Netanyahu, pope exchange gifts, talk policy

December 2, 2013, 4:00pm Churches & Religion

JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a 25-minute audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Monday, the first meeting between the two leaders. Read story

Crystal Cathedral renovation to start

November 29, 2013, 4:00pm Churches & Religion

LOS ANGELES -- The former Crystal Cathedral will close to the public as it undergoes a transformation from a space built as a television studio as much as a sanctuary into the spiritual home for the Orange County Catholic community of more than 1.2 million people. Read story

Pope’s energetic new almoner puts charity near the poor, ill

In this photo taken on Sept.19, 2013 provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Vatican Almoner, Archbishop Konrad Krajewski attends the ceremony for his episcopal ordination, in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican. The existence of the Vatican Almoner dates back centuries: It is mentioned in a papal bull from the 13th-century Pope Innocent III, and Pope Gregory X, who ruled from 1271-1276, organized it into an official Holy See office for papal charity. Up until Krajewski came along, the almoner was typically an aging Vatican diplomat who was serving his final years before being allowed to retire at age 75. Francis changed all that, tapping the 50-year-old Pole to be a more vigorous, hands-on extension of himself. The almoner's duties are two-fold: carrying out acts of charity, and raising the money to fund them.

VATICAN CITY -- When he was archbishop of Buenos Aires, Pope Francis was known to sneak out at night and break bread with the homeless, sitting with them literally on the street and eating with them, as part of his aim to share the plight of the poor and let… Read story

Pope wants closer look at Vatican’s finance reform

Pope Francis is helped by his personal secretary Mons. Alfred Xuereb, right, with his skull cap during a gust of wind while he attends his weekly open-air general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican in May.

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis on Thursday named his top assistant to look into the work of two commissions of inquiry he set up last summer to investigate the finances of the troubled Vatican bank and Holy See administration. Read story