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Churches & Religion

Fasting at school? More Muslim students in the US are getting support during Ramadan

March 18, 2024, 2:04pm Churches & Religion

While Muslim students remain a rarity in many U.S. school districts, they are a major presence in some communities, prompting public schools to be more attentive to their needs during… Read story

A Gaza family uprooted by war and grieving their losses shares a somber Ramadan meal in a tent

March 16, 2024, 1:38pm Churches & Religion

It was a somber scene as Randa Baker and her family sat on the ground in their tent in southern Gaza at sunset Monday for their meal breaking their first… Read story

In a recent lawsuit, Gabrielle Longhi alleges she was sexually abused at Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in Bethesda, Md. The sexual abuse of children by Catholic nuns often has been overlooked in the Catholic clergy abuse crisis, but survivors of nun abuse hope to raise awareness of the issue.

Victims of sex abuse by Catholic nuns speak out

In a recent lawsuit, Gabrielle Longhi alleges she was sexually abused at Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in Bethesda, Md. The sexual abuse of children by Catholic nuns often has been overlooked in the Catholic clergy abuse crisis, but survivors of nun abuse hope to raise awareness of the issue.

March 16, 2024, 6:01am Churches & Religion

On Wednesdays, the support group meets over Zoom. The members talk about their lives, their religious families and their old parochial schools. But mostly, they are there to talk about the sexual abuse they suffered at the hands of Catholic nuns. Read story

Pope Francis visits the parish church of St. Pius V for the &ldquo;24 hours for the Lord&rdquo; Lenten initiative of prayer and reconciliation, in Rome, Friday, March 8, 2024. The event will be celebrated in dioceses around the world on the eve of the fourth Sunday of Lent, from Friday 8 to Saturday 9 March.

Pope acknowledges criticism and health issues but says in his new memoir he has no plans to retire

Pope Francis visits the parish church of St. Pius V for the &ldquo;24 hours for the Lord&rdquo; Lenten initiative of prayer and reconciliation, in Rome, Friday, March 8, 2024. The event will be celebrated in dioceses around the world on the eve of the fourth Sunday of Lent, from Friday 8 to Saturday 9 March.

March 15, 2024, 8:32am Churches & Religion

Pope Francis says he has no plans to resign and isn’t suffering from any health problems that would require doing so, saying in a new memoir he still has “many projects to bring to fruition.” Read story

Christian volunteer Connie Grace from Canada picks lemons on a farm in southern Israel, as part of a post-Oct. 7 solidarity tour, Monday, March 4, 2024. Her trip is part of a wave of religious &ldquo;voluntourism&rdquo; to Israel, organized trips that include some kind of volunteering aspect connected to the ongoing war in Gaza. Israel&rsquo;s Tourism Ministry estimates around a third to half of the approximately 3,000 visitors expected to arrive each day in March are part of faith-based volunteer trips. Prior to Oct. 7, around 15,000 visitors were arriving in Israel per day, according to Tourism Ministry statistics.

Evangelical Christians are fierce Israel supporters. Now they are visiting as war-time volunteers

Christian volunteer Connie Grace from Canada picks lemons on a farm in southern Israel, as part of a post-Oct. 7 solidarity tour, Monday, March 4, 2024. Her trip is part of a wave of religious &ldquo;voluntourism&rdquo; to Israel, organized trips that include some kind of volunteering aspect connected to the ongoing war in Gaza. Israel&rsquo;s Tourism Ministry estimates around a third to half of the approximately 3,000 visitors expected to arrive each day in March are part of faith-based volunteer trips. Prior to Oct. 7, around 15,000 visitors were arriving in Israel per day, according to Tourism Ministry statistics.

March 13, 2024, 2:00pm Churches & Religion

When Shawn Landis, an evangelical Christian from Pennsylvania, heard about the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on southern Israel, he knew he would come to Israel to volunteer as soon as it was safe. Read story

FILE- Rabbi Abraham Cooper, center, of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, speaks in front of civic and faith leaders outside City Hall, Thursday, May 20, 2021, in Los Angeles. A U.S. Congress-mandated group cut short a fact-finding mission to Saudi Arabia over officials in the kingdom ordering a Jewish rabbi to remove his kippah in public, highlighting the religious tensions still present in the wider Middle East.

US-mandated religious freedom group ends Saudi trip early after rabbi ordered to remove his kippah

FILE- Rabbi Abraham Cooper, center, of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, speaks in front of civic and faith leaders outside City Hall, Thursday, May 20, 2021, in Los Angeles. A U.S. Congress-mandated group cut short a fact-finding mission to Saudi Arabia over officials in the kingdom ordering a Jewish rabbi to remove his kippah in public, highlighting the religious tensions still present in the wider Middle East.

March 13, 2024, 8:02am Churches & Religion

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A U.S. Congress-mandated group cut short a fact-finding mission to Saudi Arabia after officials in the kingdom ordered a Jewish rabbi to remove his kippah in public, highlighting the religious tensions still present in the wider Middle East. Read story

Members of the Prince of Peace Catholic Newman Center at University of Washington pray at The Quad on Good Friday in March 2018 in Seattle.

Washington ranked 5th least-religious state

Members of the Prince of Peace Catholic Newman Center at University of Washington pray at The Quad on Good Friday in March 2018 in Seattle.

March 9, 2024, 6:05am Churches & Religion

Americans have grown less religious over the past couple of decades, and attendance at religious services is down across the country. Of course, some parts of the country are a lot less religious than others. New survey data shows Seattle is one of those places. Read story

Church Militant to pay $500K in suit, shut down

March 9, 2024, 5:57am Churches & Religion

A far-right, unofficial Catholic media website has agreed to pay $500,000 to a New Hampshire priest who sued for defamation over a 2019 article that it now disavows. The website also is planning to shut down soon, the priest’s attorney says. Read story

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speaks as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., listens outside the West Wing after meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024.

How Hakeem Jeffries’ Black Baptist upbringing and deep-rooted faith shapes his House leadership

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speaks as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., listens outside the West Wing after meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024.

March 3, 2024, 6:05am Churches & Religion

House Speaker Mike Johnson and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries stood together at the annual National Prayer Breakfast — an opportunity, in the words of one introductory speaker, to “put our political differences aside.” Read story

Homeless grads find support in Dallas program

March 2, 2024, 5:59am Churches & Religion

Amanda Steggall, 45, stood in black regalia in a packed room at Dallas Life, a faith-based shelter for unhoused people. She described the anger she felt when she and her two kids lost their housing and ended up at the shelter. Read story