October 22, 2013, 5:00pm Churches & Religion
Ahmed Biladi, 18, knows about being stereotyped. When he flew from his home in Jeddah City, Saudi Arabia, to the U.S. to attend Clark College, he was "held up for interrogation at the airport. I have two passports stamped together," he said. "I travel a lot." Read story
October 19, 2013, 5:00pm Churches & Religion
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is not an overtly religious man. He and his family rarely attend church, and he almost never elaborates in public about his own relationship to his Christian faith. Read story
October 18, 2013, 5:00pm Churches & Religion
A weekly list of religion-related classes and events. Read story
October 18, 2013, 5:00pm Churches & Religion
MINNEAPOLIS -- MaryAnne Korsch is still in her first month of classes at United Theological Seminary, but she hardly could be described as a tenderfoot. The retired school principal intends to become a chaplain at a hospital or hospice. Read story
October 15, 2013, 5:00pm Churches & Religion
Washougal -- The Calling Church, 2213 E St., held a coat drive in September for the children at its neighborhood school, Hathaway Elementary. The drive resulted in 20 new and gently used coats' being donated to the school, just in time for colder weather. Kathy Huff and Stephanie and Gary… Read story
October 15, 2013, 5:00pm Churches & Religion
North Image -- St. Andrew Lutheran Church members celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America on Sept. 8. Church volunteers picked up litter in Orchards Park, pulled weeds from the rose garden, washed picnic tables and signs and swept asphalt paths. They also cleaned up the… Read story
October 14, 2013, 5:00pm Churches & Religion
Cramped worship and parking space, and little progress toward a long-planned temple, have prompted some members of Vancouver's Sikh community to pool their funds and open a facility of their own. Read story
October 4, 2013, 5:00pm Churches & Religion
ASSISI, Italy -- Pope Francis broke bread with the poor and embraced the disabled on a pilgrimage to his namesake's hometown Friday, urging the faithful to follow the example of the 13th-century St. Francis, who renounced a wealthy, dissolute lifestyle to embrace a life of poverty and service to the… Read story
September 30, 2013, 5:00pm Churches & Religion
NEW YORK -- A new survey of U.S. Jews has confirmed some of the community's worst fears: One in five American Jews say they have no religion, and their ranks appear to be growing. Read story
September 30, 2013, 5:00pm Churches & Religion
LONDON -- The pope who tried to modernize the Roman Catholic Church and the one who directed its moral force against godless communism will be officially declared saints next April, the Vatican announced Monday. Read story
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