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Muqaddas Ejaz speaks with her guests at a gathering of American Muslims in South Jersey on July 7 that celebrated her election to the Camden County Democratic Committee.

Muslim leader in New Jersey doing good, building bridges

Muqaddas Ejaz speaks with her guests at a gathering of American Muslims in South Jersey on July 7 that celebrated her election to the Camden County Democratic Committee.

August 14, 2021, 6:02am Churches & Religion

A word common to Arabic, Persian, and Urdu — three of the languages Muqqadas Ejaz uses in addition to English — aptly describes her mission. The word is muhsen, and it means “doing good.” Read story

Pope Francis speaks on a cellphone given to him by his aide Piergiorgio Zanetti, at the end of his weekly general audience Wednesday in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican.

Pope Francis pauses for call

Pope Francis speaks on a cellphone given to him by his aide Piergiorgio Zanetti, at the end of his weekly general audience Wednesday in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican.

August 14, 2021, 6:00am Churches & Religion

Maybe heaven can wait, but a phone call for the pope could not. Read story

Eli Irizarry, foreground, and others sing as the Chicago Gay Men's Chorus rehearses at Lake View Presbyterian Church in Chicago. The group was rehearsing before a weekend performance at Northalsted Market Days festival.

Singing the praises of choirs

Eli Irizarry, foreground, and others sing as the Chicago Gay Men's Chorus rehearses at Lake View Presbyterian Church in Chicago. The group was rehearsing before a weekend performance at Northalsted Market Days festival.

August 14, 2021, 6:00am Churches & Religion

CHICAGO – Masks especially created for singing. Wristbands signaling comfort with hugs, or closeness. Rethinking the meaning of worship, or fellowship. Read story

This image provided by Facebook in August 2021 shows a simulation of the social media company's prayer request feature. The tool has been embraced by some religious leaders as a cutting-edge way to engage the faithful online. Others are eyeing it warily as they weigh its usefulness against the privacy and security concerns they have with Facebook.

Some praise, some doubts as Facebook rolls out a prayer tool

This image provided by Facebook in August 2021 shows a simulation of the social media company's prayer request feature. The tool has been embraced by some religious leaders as a cutting-edge way to engage the faithful online. Others are eyeing it warily as they weigh its usefulness against the privacy and security concerns they have with Facebook.

August 8, 2021, 1:36pm Business

Facebook already asks for your thoughts. Now it wants your prayers. Read story

Students write on a chalkboard in the 1910s at the Red Deer Indian Industrial School in Alberta. In Canada, where more than 150,000 Indigenous children attended residential schools over more than a century, a National Truth and Reconciliation Commission identified 3,201 deaths amid poor conditions.

Native schools prompt reckoning: U.S. churches ran more than 150 facilities for children

Students write on a chalkboard in the 1910s at the Red Deer Indian Industrial School in Alberta. In Canada, where more than 150,000 Indigenous children attended residential schools over more than a century, a National Truth and Reconciliation Commission identified 3,201 deaths amid poor conditions.

July 31, 2021, 6:05am Churches & Religion

The discoveries of hundreds of unmarked graves at former residential schools for Indigenous children in Canada have prompted renewed calls for a reckoning over the traumatic legacy of similar schools in the United States — and in particular by the churches that operated many of them. Read story

Julie McCormick, the director of the Pittsburgh Fellows program, takes a plate from the table on May 3 at her home in Sewickley, Penn. Every Monday, McCormick hosts a dinner for the fellows.

Faith-based program offers grads jobs

Julie McCormick, the director of the Pittsburgh Fellows program, takes a plate from the table on May 3 at her home in Sewickley, Penn. Every Monday, McCormick hosts a dinner for the fellows.

July 31, 2021, 6:00am Churches & Religion

Ryan Brownfield grew up in a small town and elected to go to Waynesburg University in Greene County — just two blocks away from his family’s home. When he graduated in 2020 with a business degree, he was slightly apprehensive about traveling 50 miles north to work in the big… Read story

FILE - In this Friday, Sept. 25, 2020 file photo, Cardinal Angelo Becciu talks to journalists during press conference in Rome. A trial is slated to begin on Tuesday, July 27, 2021 within the Vatican City's imposing walls of 10 defendants, including once-powerful cardinal Becciu, in a case based on a sprawling probe into the allegedly criminal management of the Holy See's portfolio of assets, including donations by countless Catholics from the pews.

Cardinal, 9 others on trial at Vatican in money scandals

FILE - In this Friday, Sept. 25, 2020 file photo, Cardinal Angelo Becciu talks to journalists during press conference in Rome. A trial is slated to begin on Tuesday, July 27, 2021 within the Vatican City's imposing walls of 10 defendants, including once-powerful cardinal Becciu, in a case based on a sprawling probe into the allegedly criminal management of the Holy See's portfolio of assets, including donations by countless Catholics from the pews.

July 27, 2021, 8:21am Churches & Religion

A trial opened in Vatican City on Tuesday for 10 defendants, including a once-powerful cardinal, in a case based on a sprawling investigation of the allegedly criminal management of the Holy See’s portfolio of assets, including donations by countless Catholics. Read story

FILE - In this Sunday, March 21, 2021 filer, a nun stands in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. Vatican prosecutors have alleged a jaw-dropping series of scandals in launching the biggest criminal trial in the Vatican's modern history, which opens Tuesday in a modified courtroom in the Vatican Museums. The once-powerful cardinal and nine other people are accused of bleeding the Holy See of tens of millions of dollars in donations through bad investments, deals with shady money managers and apparent favors to friends and family.

Vatican trial opens into financial scandal rocking papacy

FILE - In this Sunday, March 21, 2021 filer, a nun stands in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. Vatican prosecutors have alleged a jaw-dropping series of scandals in launching the biggest criminal trial in the Vatican's modern history, which opens Tuesday in a modified courtroom in the Vatican Museums. The once-powerful cardinal and nine other people are accused of bleeding the Holy See of tens of millions of dollars in donations through bad investments, deals with shady money managers and apparent favors to friends and family.

July 26, 2021, 9:06am Churches & Religion

A cardinal who allegedly induced an underling to lie to prosecutors. Brokers and lawyers who pulled a fast one over the Vatican No. 2 to get him to approve a disastrous real estate deal. A self-styled intelligence analyst who bought Prada and Louis Vuitton items with the Vatican money that… Read story

Bible-themed Noah’s Ark park seeks expansion

July 24, 2021, 6:00am Churches & Religion

A Bible-themed attraction in Kentucky that features a 510-foot-long wooden Noah’s ark is planning to begin fundraising for an expansion. Read story

She brought family Bible back to life

July 24, 2021, 6:00am Churches & Religion

MINNEAPOLIS – The Bible was stained and worn, with missing pages and detached covers and an exposed spine. Read story