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FILE - The Washington National Cathedral is seen at dawn in Washington on Friday, Nov. 5, 2021. Amid the surge of coronavirus cases across the U.S., this and many other churches have cancelled in-person Christmas services, disappointing pastors and churchgoers who consider them an annual highlight.

Many U.S. churches canceling in-person Christmas services

FILE - The Washington National Cathedral is seen at dawn in Washington on Friday, Nov. 5, 2021. Amid the surge of coronavirus cases across the U.S., this and many other churches have cancelled in-person Christmas services, disappointing pastors and churchgoers who consider them an annual highlight.

December 24, 2021, 11:07am Churches & Religion

Amid the surge of coronavirus cases across the U.S., numerous churches have canceled in-person Christmas services, disappointing pastors and churchgoers who consider them an annual highlight. Read story

FILE - Pope Francis talks with Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson during his weekly general audience, in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020. Pope Francis on Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021 removed the head of the Vatican office that handles the high-priority issues of migration, environment and COVID-19 and put a trusted cardinal and one of the Holy See's most influential nuns at the helm instead, albeit temporarily.

Pope shakes up office that handles migration, COVID

FILE - Pope Francis talks with Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson during his weekly general audience, in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020. Pope Francis on Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021 removed the head of the Vatican office that handles the high-priority issues of migration, environment and COVID-19 and put a trusted cardinal and one of the Holy See's most influential nuns at the helm instead, albeit temporarily.

December 23, 2021, 8:17am Churches & Religion

Pope Francis on Thursday removed the head of the Vatican office that handles migration, the environment and COVID-19 issues, and put a trusted cardinal and one of the Holy See’s most influential nuns at the helm temporarily. Read story

A caravan drives to the airport after departing from the Christian Aid Ministries headquarters at Titanyen, north of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Dec. 16, 2021. Twelve remaining members of a U.S.-based missionary group who were kidnapped two months ago have been freed, according to the group and to Haitian police.

Church agency: Captive missionaries made daring escape

A caravan drives to the airport after departing from the Christian Aid Ministries headquarters at Titanyen, north of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Dec. 16, 2021. Twelve remaining members of a U.S.-based missionary group who were kidnapped two months ago have been freed, according to the group and to Haitian police.

December 20, 2021, 12:50pm Churches & Religion

Captive missionaries in Haiti found freedom last week by making a daring overnight escape, eluding their kidnappers and walking for miles over difficult, moonlit terrain with an infant and other children in tow, according to the agency they work for, officials said Monday. Read story

Nathalie Charles, seen outside the Princeton University Chapel in Princeton, N.J., on Wednesday, left her Baptist church at the age of 15 because as a queer woman of Haitian descent, she felt unwelcome in her congregation, with its conservative views on immigration, gender and sexuality.

Faith affiliation? 29% say ‘none’

Nathalie Charles, seen outside the Princeton University Chapel in Princeton, N.J., on Wednesday, left her Baptist church at the age of 15 because as a queer woman of Haitian descent, she felt unwelcome in her congregation, with its conservative views on immigration, gender and sexuality.

December 17, 2021, 6:05am Churches & Religion

Nathalie Charles, even in her mid-teens, felt unwelcome in her Baptist congregation, with its conservative views on immigration, gender and sexuality. So she left. Read story

Romin Iqbal of the Council on American-Islamic Relations speaks during a news conference at CAIR-Columbus headquarters in Dublin, Ohio on July 26, 2018. An Ohio chapter of the nation's largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization has fired Romin Iqbal for ethical and professional breaches that it says include a yearslong secret association with a group that has promoted anti-Muslim views.

Muslim org fires leader for working with anti-Muslim group

Romin Iqbal of the Council on American-Islamic Relations speaks during a news conference at CAIR-Columbus headquarters in Dublin, Ohio on July 26, 2018. An Ohio chapter of the nation's largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization has fired Romin Iqbal for ethical and professional breaches that it says include a yearslong secret association with a group that has promoted anti-Muslim views.

December 15, 2021, 12:35pm Churches & Religion

An Ohio chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization has fired its leader for ethical and professional breaches that it says include a yearslong secret association with an anti-Muslim group. Read story

FILE - Faithful gather to listen to Pope Francis' Angelus noon prayer in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. The Vatican's big fraud and embezzlement trial, which opened to great fanfare in July, suffered another delay Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021 as the tribunal postponed any further decisions until prosecutors finish redoing their investigation for four of the original 10 defendants.

Vatican fraud trial sees more delay amid procedural errors

FILE - Faithful gather to listen to Pope Francis' Angelus noon prayer in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. The Vatican's big fraud and embezzlement trial, which opened to great fanfare in July, suffered another delay Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021 as the tribunal postponed any further decisions until prosecutors finish redoing their investigation for four of the original 10 defendants.

December 14, 2021, 12:28pm Churches & Religion

The Vatican’s big fraud and embezzlement trial, which opened to great fanfare in July, suffered another delay Tuesday as the tribunal postponed any further decisions until prosecutors finish redoing their investigation of four of the original 10 defendants. Read story

The Rev. Gina Stewart, left, senior pastor of Christ Missionary Baptist Church, comforts Hatshepsut Bandele during a church service Dec. 5 in Memphis, Tenn.

Women achieve top roles in Black churches

The Rev. Gina Stewart, left, senior pastor of Christ Missionary Baptist Church, comforts Hatshepsut Bandele during a church service Dec. 5 in Memphis, Tenn.

December 11, 2021, 6:05am Churches & Religion

When an opening for bishop arose in the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church in 2010, Teresa Jefferson-Snorton looked around to see if any women were offering to be candidates. Read story

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Deputies respond for mental health crisis at Meadow Glade Seventh-Day Adventist Church

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December 9, 2021, 7:30pm Churches & Religion

Several Battle Ground schools were placed on lockdown Thursday afternoon after Clark County deputies responded to call of a person at Meadow Glade Seventh Day Adventist Church who was experiencing a mental health crisis, according to the sheriff’s office. Read story

This image released by HBO shows Pastor Craig Duke, of Newburgh, Ind., appearing in drag in a scene from the HBO series "We're Here." Duke's pastoral duties have been terminated - the result of a bitter rift surfacing in his Indiana church after he sought to demonstrate solidarity by appearing in drag alongside prominent drag queens in the reality show.

Joining drag queens on TV show costs Indiana pastor his job

This image released by HBO shows Pastor Craig Duke, of Newburgh, Ind., appearing in drag in a scene from the HBO series "We're Here." Duke's pastoral duties have been terminated - the result of a bitter rift surfacing in his Indiana church after he sought to demonstrate solidarity by appearing in drag alongside prominent drag queens in the reality show.

December 8, 2021, 8:05am Churches & Religion

The Rev. Craig Duke has been a Methodist minister for three decades, building a reputation as a staunch advocate of LGBTQ inclusion. His pastoral duties have now been terminated — the result of a bitter rift surfacing in his Indiana church after he sought to demonstrate solidarity by appearing in… Read story

Gravestone conservator Joe Ferrannini at the Har Nebo Cemetery in Philadelphia's Oxford Circle neighborhood. He is repairing and resetting monuments there as a pilot program the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia hopes will provide a model for conservation at other Jewish burial grounds in and around the city.

Project conserving Jewish cemeteries

Gravestone conservator Joe Ferrannini at the Har Nebo Cemetery in Philadelphia's Oxford Circle neighborhood. He is repairing and resetting monuments there as a pilot program the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia hopes will provide a model for conservation at other Jewish burial grounds in and around the city.

December 4, 2021, 6:00am Churches & Religion

On an otherwise quiet morning at Har Nebo, the venerable Jewish cemetery in Northeast Philadelphia, the clinking of Joe Ferrannini’s hammer and chisel was the sound of history being made to last. Read story