In West Virginia, two pastors crisscross an isolated pocket of Appalachia on Sundays to lead worship at five churches.
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On the road again: Circuit preachers responding to shrinking churches
Mainline denominations in precipitous decline turn to a onetime fixture of America’s frontier.
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Israel’s election highlights secular-religious divide
For many, a vote for the opposition was driven by a desire to keep rabbis out of their schools, businesses and love lives.
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Fugitive priest sentenced to 30 years in sex abuse case
Arthur Perrault, 81, who fled to Morocco decades ago, was found guilty this year of sexually abusing an altar boy in New Mexico.
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Virginia pastors lead Bible study at Confederate monuments
They have led weekly seminars that reinterpret the statues as idols meant to prop up the false religion of white supremacy.
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Pope Francis to visit Thailand, Japan in November
The trip is expected to highlight his call for complete nuclear disarmament and honor the small Catholic communities in each country.
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Portland cathedral celebrates its 150th anniversary
The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception was dedicated on Sept. 8, 1869, and is still the tallest structure in the city.
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Pope denounces exploitation of Madagascar’s unique resources
The pontiff laments illegal logging and a government structure that forces its citizens into felling trees, poaching wildlife and illegally exporting flora and fauna.
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Pope Francis and Texas bishops trying to save a man on death row
The bishops’ intervention comes a year after the pontiff revised Catholic teaching to hold that capital punishment is always inadmissible.
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Catholic diocese to mark 150th anniversary of Portland cathedral this weekend
The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception was dedicated on Sept. 8, 1869.