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Church of the Open Door in Maple Grove, Minn., is planning a 12-unit tiny-house “sacred settlement” for homeless people, similar to what’s pictured here in 2021 with the co-founders of the nonprofit Settled.

Tiny house community planned

Church of the Open Door in Maple Grove, Minn., is planning a 12-unit tiny-house “sacred settlement” for homeless people, similar to what’s pictured here in 2021 with the co-founders of the nonprofit Settled.

February 8, 2025, 5:43am Churches & Religion

A Maple Grove, Minn., church is planning the Twin Cities’ largest “sacred settlement,” a tiny-house community for people who have experienced chronic homelessness. Read story

Rev. Esteban Rodriguez, who leads Centro Cristiano El Pan de Vida, prays for congregants during a church service  in Kissimmee, Fla. Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025.

Latino evangelical churches gear up to face possible immigration enforcement in churches

Rev. Esteban Rodriguez, who leads Centro Cristiano El Pan de Vida, prays for congregants during a church service  in Kissimmee, Fla. Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025.

February 7, 2025, 8:25am Churches & Religion

Bishop Ebli De La Rosa says his motto right now is “to prepare for the worst and pray for the best.” Read story

Vice President JD Vance speaks at the International Religious Freedom Summit at the Washington Hilton, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, in Washington.

A short honeymoon for Catholics in D.C. as Vice President Vance clashes with bishops on migration

Vice President JD Vance speaks at the International Religious Freedom Summit at the Washington Hilton, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, in Washington.

February 6, 2025, 8:29am Churches & Religion

The sense of Catholic unity didn’t last long. Less than a week after Vice President JD Vance shared the inauguration stage with a senior Catholic cardinal, Vance picked a fight with the top American leaders of his church. Read story

President Donald Trump speaks during the National Prayer Breakfast on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, in Washington.

Trump tells prayer breakfast he wants to root out ‘anti-Christian bias’ and urges ‘bring God back’

President Donald Trump speaks during the National Prayer Breakfast on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, in Washington.

February 6, 2025, 8:28am Churches & Religion

President Donald Trump said Thursday that his relationship with religion had “changed” after a pair of failed assassination attempts last year, as he advocated at the National Prayer Breakfast at the Capitol for Americans to “bring God back” into their lives. Read story

The Aga Khan, spiritual head of Ismaili Muslims, listens to a speech during the inauguration of the Aga Khan Academy in Hyderabad, India, Friday, Sept. 20, 2013.

The Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the world’s Ismaili Muslims and philanthropist, has died at 88

The Aga Khan, spiritual head of Ismaili Muslims, listens to a speech during the inauguration of the Aga Khan Academy in Hyderabad, India, Friday, Sept. 20, 2013.

February 4, 2025, 3:21pm Churches & Religion

The Aga Khan, who became the spiritual leader of the world’s millions of Ismaili Muslims at age 20 as a Harvard undergraduate and poured a material empire built on billions of dollars in tithes into building homes, hospitals and schools in developing countries, has died. He was 88. Read story

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Baltimore Field Officer director Matt Elliston listens during a briefing on Monday in Silver Spring, Md. As federal immigration enforcement efforts ramp up, local agencies are trying to reassure Clark County residents they are safe to attend school, church and seek help at hospitals and from law enforcement.

Law enforcement, schools, churches, hospitals in Clark County emphasize that crackdowns are federal government’s purview – not theirs

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Baltimore Field Officer director Matt Elliston listens during a briefing on Monday in Silver Spring, Md. As federal immigration enforcement efforts ramp up, local agencies are trying to reassure Clark County residents they are safe to attend school, church and seek help at hospitals and from law enforcement.

February 1, 2025, 6:14am Churches & Religion

s federal crackdowns on unauthorized immigration ramp up under edicts from President Donald Trump, Clark County agencies — from police departments to schools to hospitals to places of worship — seek to assure local residents that they are not involved in immigration enforcement. Read story

Orange County commissioners rejected an appeal from a Hindu congregation seeking permission to build a a new temple in the west Orange rural settlement of Gotha, Florida. (Gary W.

Florida Hindu temple transports visitors to South India

Orange County commissioners rejected an appeal from a Hindu congregation seeking permission to build a a new temple in the west Orange rural settlement of Gotha, Florida. (Gary W.

February 1, 2025, 6:02am Churches & Religion

Tucked away on a residential street in Southwest Broward County lies a holy structure of architectural grandeur that looks as if it were uprooted straight from India and transplanted to South Florida. Read story

Archbishop Thomas Gerard Wenski, center, blesses some of the approximately 350 riders who took part in the 13th Annual Archbishop Motorcycle Ride, a fundraiser aimed at raising funds for the St. Luke's Center, an organization focused on eradicating addiction Jan. 26 in Doral, Fl.

Catholics, start your engines: It’s archbishop’s annual motorcycle biker mass event

Archbishop Thomas Gerard Wenski, center, blesses some of the approximately 350 riders who took part in the 13th Annual Archbishop Motorcycle Ride, a fundraiser aimed at raising funds for the St. Luke's Center, an organization focused on eradicating addiction Jan. 26 in Doral, Fl.

February 1, 2025, 5:55am Churches & Religion

Nearly 350 riders hailing from all corners of Florida revved their motorcycle engines in the parking lot of a Doral church, as they waited for the signal to start their ride. The chilly temperatures that plagued South Florida for a week warmed up to a nice 70 degrees. Perfect for… Read story

U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, speaks to constituents at a Thursday town hall at Three Creeks Community Library.

Packed house challenges Perez on conservative Bible study, votes on immigration

U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, speaks to constituents at a Thursday town hall at Three Creeks Community Library.

January 31, 2025, 2:41pm Churches & Religion

About 100 people spilled out of U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez’s Thursday night town hall in Salmon Creek, as her recent alignment with House conservatives has ignited criticism of the Skamania Democrat. Read story

FILE - New Zealand’s Mount Taranaki, also known as Mount Egmont, has a warm glow lighting the snow peak, June 12, 2011.

A New Zealand mountain is granted personhood, recognizing it as sacred for Māori

FILE - New Zealand’s Mount Taranaki, also known as Mount Egmont, has a warm glow lighting the snow peak, June 12, 2011.

January 31, 2025, 8:19am Churches & Religion

A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was recognized as a legal person on Thursday after a new law granted it all the rights and responsibilities of a human being. Read story