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Pope Francis skips Palm Sunday homily at start of busy Holy Week that will test his health

March 25, 2024, 7:59am Churches & Religion

Pope Francis decided at the last minute to skip his homily during Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square, avoiding a strenuous speech at the start of a busy Holy… Read story

Buddhists use karmic healing on anti-Asian hate

March 23, 2024, 6:03am Churches & Religion

For one afternoon, on Antioch’s main street and tranquil riverbank, the fragrance of burning incense was paired with the sound of Buddhist and Tao chants. Their cumulative calming energy was… Read story

FILE - Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump speaks at an annual leadership meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023, in Las Vegas.

US Jews upset with Trump’s latest rhetoric say he doesn’t get to tell them how to be Jewish

FILE - Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump speaks at an annual leadership meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023, in Las Vegas.

March 21, 2024, 11:00am Churches & Religion

Since the start of his political career, Donald Trump has played on stereotypes about Jews and politics. Read story

Dancers Anna Chapin, left, 13, and Keira Wachter, right, 12, rehearse their moves while the Reprise Choir practices &ldquo;She Was Dancing,&rdquo; a song in the upcoming &ldquo;Voice of Washington&rdquo; program.

Celebrating Washington in song: Reprise Choir’s ‘The Voice of Washington’ highlights Evergreen state creatorsvideo icon

Dancers Anna Chapin, left, 13, and Keira Wachter, right, 12, rehearse their moves while the Reprise Choir practices &ldquo;She Was Dancing,&rdquo; a song in the upcoming &ldquo;Voice of Washington&rdquo; program.

March 21, 2024, 6:03am Churches & Religion

If the Washington musicians that spring quickest to mind are Jimi Hendrix, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Heart or Bing Crosby, here’s your ticket to a whole new set of Evergreen State sounds. Read story

From left, Adam Mortada and his older brother Hussein Mortada stand outside Dearborn High School on Wednesday, March 13, 2024 in Dearborn Mich. In Dearborn, where nearly half the 110,000 residents are of Arab descent – public school teachers and staff strive to make things easier for students observing Ramadan. Hussein is a senior at Dearborn High School and says everyone in his family is fasting during Ramadan.

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

From left, Adam Mortada and his older brother Hussein Mortada stand outside Dearborn High School on Wednesday, March 13, 2024 in Dearborn Mich. In Dearborn, where nearly half the 110,000 residents are of Arab descent – public school teachers and staff strive to make things easier for students observing Ramadan. Hussein is a senior at Dearborn High School and says everyone in his family is fasting 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 the holy month of Ramadan when dawn-to-sundown fasting is a duty of Islam. Read story

Randa Baker, Right, who was displaced by the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, prepares the Iftar meal with her mother on the first day of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan at a makeshift tent camp in the Muwasi area, southern Gaza, March 11, 2024. The holy month, typically a time of communal joy and reflection, is overshadowed by the grim reality of a conflict that has claimed over 30,000 Palestinian lives and left vast swaths of Gaza in shambles.

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

Randa Baker, Right, who was displaced by the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, prepares the Iftar meal with her mother on the first day of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan at a makeshift tent camp in the Muwasi area, southern Gaza, March 11, 2024. The holy month, typically a time of communal joy and reflection, is overshadowed by the grim reality of a conflict that has claimed over 30,000 Palestinian lives and left vast swaths of Gaza in shambles.

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 day of fasting in the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. 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