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Christian Orthodox worshippers leave the chapel basement after attending a service at the Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary in, Lypivka, near Lviv, Ukraine, Sunday, April 28, 2024. This Orthodox Easter season, an extraordinary new church is bringing spiritual comfort to war-weary residents of the Ukrainian village of Lypivka. Two years ago it also provided physical refuge from horrors outside.

Damaged in war, a vibrant church in Ukraine rises as a symbol of the country’s faith and culture

Christian Orthodox worshippers leave the chapel basement after attending a service at the Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary in, Lypivka, near Lviv, Ukraine, Sunday, April 28, 2024. This Orthodox Easter season, an extraordinary new church is bringing spiritual comfort to war-weary residents of the Ukrainian village of Lypivka. Two years ago it also provided physical refuge from horrors outside.

May 3, 2024, 1:18pm Churches & Religion

This Orthodox Easter season, an extraordinary new church is bringing spiritual comfort to war-weary residents of the Ukrainian village of Lypivka. Two years ago, it also provided physical refuge from the horrors outside. Read story

A Pro-Palestinian protester holds up a sign as Jewish students talk to the media following on campus at the University of Texas at Austin, Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in Austin, Texas.

Jewish students grapple with how to respond to pro-Palestinian campus protests

A Pro-Palestinian protester holds up a sign as Jewish students talk to the media following on campus at the University of Texas at Austin, Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in Austin, Texas.

May 3, 2024, 11:28am Churches & Religion

As strident pro-Palestinian protests dominated U.S. colleges in recent weeks, few Jewish students responded with rallies in support of Israel or against perceived displays of antisemitism. Read story

James Payne&rsquo;s artwork is being celebrated this weekend at St. Paul Lutheran Church.

Mosaic art by James ‘Jimmy’ Payne, who struggled with homelessness, celebrated in Vancouver exhibit

James Payne&rsquo;s artwork is being celebrated this weekend at St. Paul Lutheran Church.

May 2, 2024, 6:05am Churches & Religion

James “Jimmy” Payne told his sister multiple times throughout his life that when he died his artwork would become famous. Read story

Rev. Andy Oliver, Pastor of Allendale UMC in St. Petersburg, Florida, left, David Meredith, center, and Jan Lawrence react after an approval vote at the United Methodist Church General Conference Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Charlotte, N.C. United Methodist delegates repealed their church&rsquo;s longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy with no debate on Wednesday, removing a rule forbidding &ldquo;self-avowed practicing homosexuals&rdquo; from being ordained or appointed as ministers.

United Methodists repeal longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy

Rev. Andy Oliver, Pastor of Allendale UMC in St. Petersburg, Florida, left, David Meredith, center, and Jan Lawrence react after an approval vote at the United Methodist Church General Conference Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Charlotte, N.C. United Methodist delegates repealed their church&rsquo;s longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy with no debate on Wednesday, removing a rule forbidding &ldquo;self-avowed practicing homosexuals&rdquo; from being ordained or appointed as ministers.

May 1, 2024, 9:33am Churches & Religion

United Methodist delegates repealed their church’s longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy with no debate on Wednesday, removing a rule forbidding “self-avowed practicing homosexuals” from being ordained or appointed as ministers. Read story

Michigan Bishop David Bard presides at a session of the General Conference of the United Methodist Church on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in Charlotte, N.C.

United Methodists begin to reverse long-standing anti-LGBTQ policies

Michigan Bishop David Bard presides at a session of the General Conference of the United Methodist Church on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in Charlotte, N.C.

April 30, 2024, 3:25pm Churches & Religion

United Methodist delegates began making historic changes in their policies on sexuality on Tuesday — voting without debate to reverse a series of anti-LGBTQ policies. Read story

United Methodists prepare for votes on lifting LGBTQ bans and other issues at General Conference

April 29, 2024, 3:13pm Churches & Religion

United Methodist delegates are heading into the homestretch of their first legislative gathering in five years — one that appears on track to make historic changes in lifting their church’s longstanding bans on same-sex marriage and the ordination of LGBTQ clergy. Read story

FILE - Presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum greets supporters as she arrives to her opening campaign rally at the Zocalo in Mexico City, March 1, 2024. Sheinbaum, a former mayor of Mexico City and the governing party&rsquo;s candidate, has kept a comfortable lead in all polls over her two opponents.

Mexico’s likely next president has a Jewish origin. Is that relevant in a deeply Catholic country?

FILE - Presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum greets supporters as she arrives to her opening campaign rally at the Zocalo in Mexico City, March 1, 2024. Sheinbaum, a former mayor of Mexico City and the governing party&rsquo;s candidate, has kept a comfortable lead in all polls over her two opponents.

April 27, 2024, 5:32pm Churches & Religion

By mid-2024, Claudia Sheinbaum will most likely become Mexico’s first female president. She would also be its first leader with a Jewish background in a country that’s home to nearly 100 million Catholics. Read story

The Rev. K Karen, left, of St. Paul &amp; St. Andrew United Methodist Church in New York, joins other protesters in song and prayer outside the United Methodist Church&rsquo;s special session of the general conference in St. Louis on Feb. 26, 2019. Since 2019, the denomination has lost about one-fourth of its U.S. churches in a breakup focused in large part on whether to accept same-sex marriage and ordination of LGBTQ clergy.

United Methodists gather for conference

The Rev. K Karen, left, of St. Paul &amp; St. Andrew United Methodist Church in New York, joins other protesters in song and prayer outside the United Methodist Church&rsquo;s special session of the general conference in St. Louis on Feb. 26, 2019. Since 2019, the denomination has lost about one-fourth of its U.S. churches in a breakup focused in large part on whether to accept same-sex marriage and ordination of LGBTQ clergy.

April 27, 2024, 6:04am Churches & Religion

Thousands of United Methodists are gathering in Charlotte, N.C., for their big denominational meeting, known as the General Conference. Read story

Australian police arrest 7 alleged teen extremists linked to stabbing of a bishop in a Sydney church

April 24, 2024, 8:15am Churches & Religion

Australian police arrested seven teenagers accused of following a violent extremist ideology in raids across Sydney on Wednesday, as a judge extended a ban on social media platform X sharing video of a knife attack on a bishop that started the criminal investigation. Read story

A Russian Orthodox priest who took part in services for Navalny is suspended by the patriarch

April 24, 2024, 8:13am Churches & Religion

The patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Chuch has suspended a priest who participated in services for the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Read story