July 25, 2022, 10:30am Churches & Religion
Thousands of Indigenous people converged Monday on the small Alberta prairie community of Maskwacis to hear a long-awaited apology from Pope Francis for generations of abuse and cultural suppression at Catholic residential schools across Canada. Read story
July 24, 2022, 1:00pm Churches & Religion
Pope Francis began a fraught visit to Canada on Sunday to apologize to Indigenous peoples for abuses by missionaries at residential schools, a key step in the Catholic Church’s efforts to reconcile with Native communities and help them heal from generations of trauma. Read story
July 23, 2022, 11:41am Churches & Religion
Pope Francis’ trip to Canada to apologize for the horrors of church-run Indigenous residential schools marks a radical rethink of the Catholic Church’s missionary legacy, spurred on by the first pope from the Americas and the discovery of hundreds of probable graves at the school sites. Read story
July 23, 2022, 6:02am Churches & Religion
This is no passing fancy, or a bandwagon Pastor Gregory Christopher recently jumped onto. For the leader of Shiloh Baptist on Hilltop, one of the city’s preeminent Black churches, it’s a calling that dates back decades — all the way to the Rev. Earnest S. Brazill, the renowned Tacoma religious… Read story
July 23, 2022, 6:02am Churches & Religion
When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the feeling was “complicated” for Aubrey Schlackman, who considers herself “pro-life.” Read story
July 23, 2022, 6:01am Churches & Religion
Volunteers enter St. Joseph Catholic Church as early as 7 a.m. every weekday to prepare 400 meals for students during the summertime. Read story
July 21, 2022, 8:47am Churches & Religion
A top Vatican cardinal endorsed calls for a fossil fuels nonproliferation treaty and said Thursday that all new exploration and production of oil must be phased out to prevent global temperatures from rising to a “precipice.” Read story
July 18, 2022, 6:02am Business
For money managers who invest billions of dollars in accordance with faith-based teachings, the toppling of the half-century-old US ruling that protected abortion rights was a moment of celebration. Read story
July 17, 2022, 2:32pm Churches & Religion
The Rev. Steven Marsh never thought he would see the day his church in Laguna Woods, California — a town of 16,500 populated largely by retirees — would be spending $20,000 a month for security. Read story
July 16, 2022, 6:02am Churches & Religion
A 500-year-old Orthodox icon that was looted from a church in the breakaway north of ethnically divided Cyprus has been returned to the island. Read story
