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Candles with the pictures of Pope Francis are the laid under the statue of late Pope John Paul II outside Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, where the Pontiff is hospitalized since Friday, Feb. 14.

When the pope is sick, Italians always gossip about who comes next — even before ‘Conclave’

Candles with the pictures of Pope Francis are the laid under the statue of late Pope John Paul II outside Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, where the Pontiff is hospitalized since Friday, Feb. 14.

February 23, 2025, 6:00am Churches & Religion

The pope looms so large in everyday Italian life that there are lots of expressions that make light of even a dark event like his death. Read story

Amid shortage, church gives eggs to those in need

February 22, 2025, 6:04am Churches & Religion

“It’s an eggs-ellent day,” Pastor John Ptak said as an orderly line formed and a light drizzle fell outside the White Knoll, S.C., campus of Radius Church on Thursday morning. Read story

Volunteers Neimate Mustafa and John Simon Mbiliwele, who provide community health education, visit a homestead in January 2022 in Maridi, South Sudan.

Faith-based aid groups grapple with fund pause

Volunteers Neimate Mustafa and John Simon Mbiliwele, who provide community health education, visit a homestead in January 2022 in Maridi, South Sudan.

February 22, 2025, 6:01am Churches & Religion

In a warehouse in Haiti, nearly four metric tons of seeds cannot be distributed. Soon the planting season will be gone and with it, the best chance for those seeds to produce emergency food. Read story

People pray during a community gathering to discuss plans for Ramadan for members of the Masjid Al-Taqwa whose place of worship was gutted in the Eaton fire. They met at a school in Pasadena, California, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025.

Their mosque burned down in LA-area wildfire. They’re still determined to gather for Ramadan

People pray during a community gathering to discuss plans for Ramadan for members of the Masjid Al-Taqwa whose place of worship was gutted in the Eaton fire. They met at a school in Pasadena, California, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025.

February 21, 2025, 1:45pm Churches & Religion

All that remains of Masjid Al-Taqwa is a sign that bears its name. Read story

A cameraman scans a marble statue of late Pope John Paul II outside the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome where Pope Francis is being treated for pneumonia, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025.

Pope marks a week in hospital with pneumonia as the obvious question is asked: Might he resign?

A cameraman scans a marble statue of late Pope John Paul II outside the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome where Pope Francis is being treated for pneumonia, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025.

February 21, 2025, 7:46am Churches & Religion

Pope Francis marked the one-week point Friday in his hospital stay, getting up and out of bed to eat breakfast as the 88-year-old pontiff continued fighting pneumonia and a complex respiratory infection, the Vatican said. Read story

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Vancouver woman sues New Heights Church over alleged sexual abuse by former pastor

The Clark County Courthouse (The Columbian files)

February 20, 2025, 2:50pm Churches & Religion

A Vancouver woman is suing New Heights Church of Southwest Washington, alleging she was sexually abused and exploited by a pastor in the late 1990s and early 2000s and that the church failed to protect her. Read story

Nuns pray for Pope Francis in front of the statue of Pope John Paul II at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, in Rome, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, where the Pontiff is hospitalized since Friday, Feb.

Pope out of bed, eating and working at hospital as cardinals look ahead and cheer him on

Nuns pray for Pope Francis in front of the statue of Pope John Paul II at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, in Rome, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, where the Pontiff is hospitalized since Friday, Feb.

February 20, 2025, 9:43am Churches & Religion

Pope Francis continued his recovery from pneumonia on Thursday, eating breakfast out of bed and working with his aides at the hospital as some of his cardinals cheered him on and insisted that Catholic Church was very much alive and well even in his absence. Read story

Candles with the pictures of Pope Francis are seen under the statue of late Pope John Paul II, outside Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, where the Pontiff is hospitalized since Friday, Feb. 14.

Italian Premier Meloni visits Pope Francis in hospital and says he’s in good spirits

Candles with the pictures of Pope Francis are seen under the statue of late Pope John Paul II, outside Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, where the Pontiff is hospitalized since Friday, Feb. 14.

February 19, 2025, 8:46am Churches & Religion

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni visited Pope Francis in the hospital Wednesday and reported he was “alert and responsive” and full of good humor, despite his diagnosis of pneumonia and a complicated bronchial infection that has sidelined the 88-year-old pontiff for six days. Read story

U.S. Catholic bishops sue Trump administration for halt in funding for refugee settlement

February 18, 2025, 4:29pm Churches & Religion

Catholic bishops sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over its abrupt halt to funding of refugee resettlement, calling the action unlawful and harmful to newly arrived refugees and to the nation’s largest private resettlement program. Read story

A statue of Pope John Paul II is seen in front of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, in Rome, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025, where Pope Francis has been hospitalized to undergo some necessary diagnostic tests and to continue his ongoing treatment for bronchitis.

Vatican cancels more Holy Year events as pope remains hospitalized with respiratory infection

A statue of Pope John Paul II is seen in front of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, in Rome, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025, where Pope Francis has been hospitalized to undergo some necessary diagnostic tests and to continue his ongoing treatment for bronchitis.

February 18, 2025, 8:22am Churches & Religion

The Vatican on Tuesday canceled papal audiences through the weekend and delegated others to cover for Pope Francis as the 88-year-old pope remained hospitalized with a multi-pronged respiratory infection. Read story