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The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America installed its first openly transgender bishop in a service held in San Francisco’s Grace Cathedral on Saturday

A rally was held in support of a New Haven man facing deportation at the church where he found sanctuary.

Multiple faith leaders – including an Episcopal minister whose LGBTQ identity was central to her faith journey – say religious institutions should be more accepting of LGBTQ people.

The Higher Ground Christian Church in Bristol is helping dozens of families with food insecurity.

The Supreme Court is telling California it can’t enforce a ban on indoor church services because of the coronavirus pandemic

City officials in Murdock, Minnesota, say they did not believe they could win if challenged by the Asatru Folk Assembly, a designated hate group, in court. NBC affiliate KARE reports.

Black Lives Matter D.C. condemned vandalism to several downtown churches that took place during Saturday night’s protests, claiming D.C. police officers “physically protected white supremacists, as they threatened lives, damaged historic churches and destroyed and burned property.” Black Lives Matter organizers and one of the churches claim the damage was done by members of the Proud Boys and by...

Two people died and multiple others were “seriously wounded” in a stabbing Sunday night at a church in California, officials said.

Actor Sacha Baron Cohen, who stars in “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” donated $100,000 to the church of a woman who believed she was taking part in a documentary but instead was being featured in the mockumentary comedy film

French anti-terrorism prosecutors are investigating a knife attack at a church in the Mediterranean city of Nice that killed three people and wounded several others at a time when French authorities are on high alert for extremist violence.

Community and state leaders are calling for the public to fill out their census, if they haven’t done so already. Faith-based groups are also working to get the word out including the Rehoboth Church of God in Bloomfield. Church leadership has partnered together with local officials from the United States Census. “We need to ensure that every family, every...

Officials say about 30-percent of households in Connecticut have still not responded to the 2020 Census.

In New Haven, New Flame Restoration Church handed out boxes of groceries to families in need.

Churches around the city coordinate a unified ringing of bells Saturday as people remember those lost to COVID-19.

Throughout Bristol, church bells rang at exactly 4 p.m. Saturday. This marking the 100th day since COVID-19 first effected the city. People stood, respectfully listening and praying. “It’s a time of reflection but also a turning point as the seasons change and as we change phases that something better is coming,” said Bristol Mayor, Ellen Zoppo-Sasso. The bells marked...

Today marks 100 days since Bristol was first affected by coronavirus. So in an effort to bring the community together and provide hope, churches around the city asked people to briefly pause exactly at 4 o’clock for a solomn making of the occasion with the ringing of church bells.

As Connecticut continues reopening, for the first time in months churches are welcoming back parishioners. The Archdiocese of Hartford and the Diocese of Norwich are allowing limited in-person masses as of Monday. While some of the longtime traditions may look different, parishioners said they feel blessed to celebrate mass together once again. “It feels good to be back in the…

Numerous faith leaders are sharply criticizing President Trump’s photo-op outside of a Washington, D.C. church Monday after protesters were forcibly removed from the area, saying he used the Bible as “a prop” to further his political agenda.

A divided Supreme Court on Friday rejected an emergency appeal by a California church that challenged state limits on attendance at worship services that have been imposed to contain the spread of the coronavirus. Over the dissent of the four more conservative justices, Chief Justice John Roberts joined the court’s four liberals in turning away a request from the...

At a press conference on Friday, President Donald Trump announced that he is immediately declaring places of worship as essential and threatened to “override” any governors that prevent them from opening this weekend. He did not not cite any specific authority to enforce the command.