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Dawn Muslim call to prayer broadcast OK’d in Minneapolis

April 14, 2023, 8:15am Churches & Religion

Minneapolis will allow broadcasts of the Muslim call to prayer at all hours, becoming the first major U.S. city to allow the announcement or “adhan” to be heard over speakers five times a day, year-round. Read story

Wooden cross thought to be missing for years finds a new home at Tumwater church

April 10, 2023, 7:41am Churches & Religion

A 150-year-old church in Tumwater’s historic downtown is now home to another piece of history: a hand-carved cross standing 13 feet tall that was missing for years. Read story

Ingela Martinson, center, prepares lunch with her sons Andreas, left, and Nathan, right, during a break from watching the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints general conference broadcast on April 1. They are mourning the death of Göran Martinson, husband and father. Their faith's promise of eternal families sustains them.

Vancouver woman’s faith provides comfort in grief

Ingela Martinson, center, prepares lunch with her sons Andreas, left, and Nathan, right, during a break from watching the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints general conference broadcast on April 1. They are mourning the death of Göran Martinson, husband and father. Their faith's promise of eternal families sustains them.

April 9, 2023, 6:03am Churches & Religion Subscriber Exclusive

Göran Martinson survived for 13 years after he was diagnosed with a rare blood cancer. It was not cancer but COVID-19 that ultimately killed him at age 55. Read story

Ramadan decorations are displayed March 23 at a Party City store in Dearborn, Mich. More businesses are selling Ramadan and Eid items, including DIY kits, lanterns and napkin holders. It's one of the latest signs of big U.S. retailers catering to American Muslim shoppers.

More U.S. retailers court Ramadan buyers

Ramadan decorations are displayed March 23 at a Party City store in Dearborn, Mich. More businesses are selling Ramadan and Eid items, including DIY kits, lanterns and napkin holders. It's one of the latest signs of big U.S. retailers catering to American Muslim shoppers.

April 8, 2023, 6:36am Churches & Religion

With her 3-year-old daughter sitting inside a red Target shopping cart, Aya Khalil looked through the aisles with anticipation. The author was on a mission: See for herself that her children’s book about a boy and his grandmother baking for an Islamic feast was actually carried by her local Target… Read story

A woman penitent who is nailed to a wooden cross participates during a reenactment of Jesus Christ's sufferings as part of Good Friday rituals April 7, 2023 in the village of San Pedro, Cutud, Pampanga province, northern Philippines.

Filipinos nailed to crosses despite church objection

A woman penitent who is nailed to a wooden cross participates during a reenactment of Jesus Christ's sufferings as part of Good Friday rituals April 7, 2023 in the village of San Pedro, Cutud, Pampanga province, northern Philippines.

April 7, 2023, 8:06am Churches & Religion

SAN PEDRO CUTUD, Philippines (AP) — Eight Filipinos were nailed to crosses to reenact Jesus Christ’s suffering in a gory Good Friday tradition that draws thousands of devotees and tourists to the Philippines despite being rejected by the Catholic church. Read story

In this picture made available by Vatican Media Pope Francis kisses the feet of the inmates of Rome's penitentiary of Casal del Marmo, Thursday, April 6, 2023. In a Holy Thursday ritual symbolizing humility, Pope Francis washed and wiped dry the bare feet of a dozen residents of a Rome juvenile prison, assuring them of their dignity and telling them "any of us" can fall into sin.

Pope washes feet in Holy Thursday rite at Rome youth prison

In this picture made available by Vatican Media Pope Francis kisses the feet of the inmates of Rome's penitentiary of Casal del Marmo, Thursday, April 6, 2023. In a Holy Thursday ritual symbolizing humility, Pope Francis washed and wiped dry the bare feet of a dozen residents of a Rome juvenile prison, assuring them of their dignity and telling them "any of us" can fall into sin.

April 7, 2023, 7:44am Churches & Religion

In a Holy Thursday ritual symbolizing humility, Pope Francis washed and dried the feet of a dozen residents of a Rome juvenile prison, assuring them of their dignity and telling them “any of us” can fall into sin. Read story

A nun helps Paris Archbishop Laurent Ulrich carrying a wooden cross in front of the Sacre-Coeur basilica, during the Way of the Cross ceremony as part of Easter celebrations, Friday, April 7, 2023 in Paris.

Pope Francis to miss Way of the Cross event in cold Rome

A nun helps Paris Archbishop Laurent Ulrich carrying a wooden cross in front of the Sacre-Coeur basilica, during the Way of the Cross ceremony as part of Easter celebrations, Friday, April 7, 2023 in Paris.

April 7, 2023, 7:33am Churches & Religion

The Vatican says Pope Francis, who was recently hospitalized for bronchitis, won’t preside over Good Friday’s late-night Way of the Cross event due to extremely cold weather in Rome. Read story

Thai police say Chinese church members to be deported soon

April 5, 2023, 8:26am Churches & Religion

More than 60 self-exiled members of a Chinese Christian church who were detained in Thailand after receiving U.N. refugee status will be deported by next week, probably to a third country, officials said Wednesday. Read story

FILE - The Rev. Manuel Rodriguez sits in the pews of his church, Our Lady of Sorrows, on March 5, 2021, in the Queens borough of New York. A new survey by the Pew Research Center, Tuesday, March 28, 2023, says in-person attendance at religious services in the U.S. declined during the COVID-19 pandemic. But Rodriguez says attendance is now higher at his Catholic church than before the pandemic, even though more than 100 of his parishioners died of COVID.

Religious service attendance down

FILE - The Rev. Manuel Rodriguez sits in the pews of his church, Our Lady of Sorrows, on March 5, 2021, in the Queens borough of New York. A new survey by the Pew Research Center, Tuesday, March 28, 2023, says in-person attendance at religious services in the U.S. declined during the COVID-19 pandemic. But Rodriguez says attendance is now higher at his Catholic church than before the pandemic, even though more than 100 of his parishioners died of COVID.

April 1, 2023, 6:04am Churches & Religion

A “stable share” of Americans has participated in religious services in some way – virtually or in person – during the coronavirus pandemic, though in-person attendance is slightly lower than before the COVID-19 outbreak. Read story

People stand around a structure built over an old temple well that collapsed Thursday as a large crowd of devotees gathered for the Ram Navami Hindu festival in Indore, India, Thursday, March 30, 2023. Up to 35 people fell into the well in the temple complex when the structure collapsed and were covered by falling debris, police Commissioner Makrand Deoskar said. At least eight were killed.

36 bodies found inside well after collapse at Indian temple

People stand around a structure built over an old temple well that collapsed Thursday as a large crowd of devotees gathered for the Ram Navami Hindu festival in Indore, India, Thursday, March 30, 2023. Up to 35 people fell into the well in the temple complex when the structure collapsed and were covered by falling debris, police Commissioner Makrand Deoskar said. At least eight were killed.

March 31, 2023, 8:02am Churches & Religion

Thirty-six bodies have been found inside a well at a Hindu temple in central India after dozens of people attending a festival fell into the muddy water when its cover collapsed, officials said Friday. Read story