November 28, 2020, 6:00am Churches & Religion
Pakistan’s Christian transgender people, often mocked, abused and bullied, say they have found peace and solace in a church of their own. Read story
November 27, 2020, 8:36am Churches & Religion
The Vatican’s Santa Marta hotel was built to sequester cardinals during papal elections. It’s now sequestering soon-to-be cardinals in town for this weekend’s ceremony to get their red hats: A… Read story
November 24, 2020, 6:00am Churches & Religion
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Roman Catholic Church announced the cancellation Monday of what’s considered the world’s largest Catholic pilgrimage, for the Virgin of Guadalupe, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read story
November 23, 2020, 7:44am Churches & Religion
ROME — Pope Francis is supporting demands for racial justice in the wake of the U.S. police killing of George Floyd and is blasting COVID-19 skeptics and the media that spread their conspiracies in a new book penned during the Vatican’s coronavirus lockdown. Read story
November 21, 2020, 4:18pm Churches & Religion
Ashley Green sat at a round plastic table with her 7-year-old daughter, Jordiyn, inside Vancouver’s Living Hope Church enjoying some Thanksgiving meal staples -- ham, turkey, mashed potatoes, the works -- on Saturday morning. Read story
November 21, 2020, 1:05pm Churches & Religion
As coronavirus cases surge globally, the COVID-19 deaths of two senior Serbian Orthodox Church clerics — one who died weeks after presiding over the funeral of the other — are raising questions about whether some religious institutions are doing enough to slow the spread of the virus. Read story
November 21, 2020, 6:07am Churches & Religion
Restrictions put in place by Oregon and Washington’s governors to slow the spread of COVID-19 will impact every aspect of life, habits and traditions. Read story
November 18, 2020, 2:45pm Churches & Religion
ROME — Pope Francis’ famous quip “Who am I to judge?” could go a long way toward explaining his initial attitude toward Theodore McCarrick, the defrocked and disgraced American cardinal who was the subject of a two-year Vatican investigation that was released last week. Read story
November 17, 2020, 10:30am Churches & Religion
U.S. Catholic bishops are holding their annual fall assembly virtually this week with the Vatican’s recent report on the rise and fall of disgraced ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick one of their main topics for discussion. Read story
November 14, 2020, 6:05am Churches & Religion
ESTHER SHORT — Faith leaders in Clark County and beyond called for peace ahead of the Nov. 3 election at a small gathering on Nov. 2 at Esther Short Park. “There were approximately 14 people from different faith communities — Muslim, Jewish, Catholic, Baháʼí, Lutheran, United Methodist, Quaker, Unitarian, United… Read story