Religion

Parishioner Louise Andrews arrived at her historic St. Patrick church in Hillyard on a Tuesday afternoon in May to the typical neighborhood cacophony.

WALLACE, Idaho – In a rural mountain town of Wallace, a devout, African-born clergyman with deep Christian roots of origin waits for his phone to ring.

The imposing wood doors that shroud the altar at St. Gregorios Malankara Orthodox Church swung open to reveal the man everyone was there to see.

Something special was in the works for the Sunday morning service at Westminster United Church of Christ.

In 2012 the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Palouse was looking for a new pastor. After the yearlong search, the committee found a candidate who stood out to them from the beginning.

The award-winning Christian singer-songwriter Skye Peterson performs at Faith Bible Church in Spokane on May 15 with a full band.

MOSCOW, Idaho – Colin Meyer, 58, will be ordained a permanent deacon in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Boise in just five weeks. By his side on the altar and in the pews will be the people who matter most in his life to witness and celebrate the culmination of his powerful personal and spiritual journey of transformation and renewal.

President Donald Trump drew criticism from Christians in the Northwest and across the country Monday after he posted an image that appeared to depict himself as Jesus Christ and attacked Pope Leo XIV, apparently in response to the leader of the world’s Catholics holding a prayer vigil for peace amid war in the Middle East.

Seattle’s Center for Global Muslim Life is releasing the first of its kind Pacific Northwest prayer rug, a project aimed at reimagining traditional Muslim prayer rugs as “living artifacts” of Indigenous lands. This project, according to the center’s website, is “meant to reflect the stories, identities, and ancestral ties of Muslim communities” in parts of Washington state, Oregon and British Columbia.

The Browne’s Addition Neighborhood council meeting had nearly come to a close when someone asked to talk about what everyone wanted to talk about: the new church.

An image of a holocaust survivor reaching out for freedom and a fused glass sculpture of the Anne Frank tree won first place in the high school and middle school divisions of the Jessica Stein Memorial Art Contest this year.

In the state of Idaho, Catholic priests are a precious commodity especially when the number of converts is steadily rising but the supply of priests in the pipeline ready to meet this growing demand is lagging.

Anthony Di Mauro’s journey to Catholicism unfolded gradually.

Methow Valley United Methodist Church unveiled a solar array and battery storage system in November that will power its facility during outages and provide clean air during wildfires. The church is also set to install an electric vehicle charger later this spring, allowing community members with EVs to evacuate the Methow Valley, even when the power grid is down.

Maranatha Church, Jasmine Ministries and Creole Resources have served Spokane’s Haitian population for years – most recently by creating job and housing opportunities made scarce to them due to social and legal barriers created by the Trump administration.

Holden Village, a Lutheran retreat center deep in Chelan County’s North Cascades, might be closed for more than a year after winter landslides shut down access to the remote location.