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Catholic Church has ‘major gap’ when accused sex abuser is high-ranking cleric, top U.S. cardinal says

The Catholic archbishop of Boston, one of the country’s most prominent Catholic clerics and Pope Francis’ chief adviser on child sex abuse, said Tuesday that while the church now has a stron...

DATE: Jul 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

What happens when a church dedicated to fighting white supremacy is accused of it

It felt like a typical Sunday at the “diverse, spirit-growing, justice-seeking” church. That is the motto of All Souls Church Unitarian in Washington, one of the most respected and most mult...

DATE: Apr 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

Pennsylvania church plans ceremony with AR-15 rifles, and a school is getting students out of the way

School officials in a rural area in the Pocono Mountains, in northeastern Pennsylvania, reportedly told elementary school parents that their children will be relocated for the day Wednesday ...

DATE: Feb 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

How the National Prayer Breakfast sparked an unusual meeting between Muslims and evangelicals

Texas pastor Bob Roberts has traveled to Washington before for the National Prayer Breakfast, a Christian-organized networking event where evangelicals come to schmooze about topics includin...

DATE: Feb 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

Washington’s new Bible museum talks a lot about Jews. So why are some Jews so skeptical?

Funded and founded by evangelicals, the new Museum of the Bible sticks out for something its leaders clearly wanted to emphasize: Jews. The eight-story, cutting-edge $500 million ...

DATE: Dec 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Religion

Sterile, exquisite, colonizing, scholarly: Experts offer their impressions of the new Bible museum

The Washington Post invited a handful of faith leaders and scholars to visit the brand-new Museum of the Bible, which opened Saturday near the National Mall, and to share their initial obser...

DATE: Nov 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Religion

The many meanings of Rio’s massive Christ statue

The 125-foot, concrete statue on a mountain overlooking Rio couldn’t appear more straightforward: It’s a giant Jesus with His arms outstretched. “Christ the Redeemer” – or “Cristo...

DATE: Aug 14, 2016 | CATEGORY: Religion