Religion

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7 in 10 U.S. adults consider themselves spiritual

Although Americans have grown less likely to identify with an organized religion in recent decades, Pew Research has found many say they are spiritual in some way.
Jason DeRose
Burien church proposes hosting homeless tent encampment as city's camping ban takes effect

Oasis Home Church in Burien wants to open its parking lot as a space for people to temporarily live in their tents. Under a new city ordinance, it would be the only spot in Burien where people could do that legally. But now Burien’s city manager says the church doesn’t have the right paperwork to open the camp.
Casey Martin
National

Churches confess and repent for sins against Native and Indigenous people

Many Christian denominations in recent years have repudiated a doctrine that was used to justify the subjugation of Native and Indigenous people. That's now playing out in local congregations.
Jason DeRose
National

Vatican gathering tackles topics from women in ministry to LGBTQ+ Catholics

Roman Catholic leaders from around the world are gathering at the Vatican for a synod, or meeting, to address issues facing the church, including whether to allow women to become deacons.
Jason DeRose
Arts & Life

'We Are Not Strangers' depicts the little told story of allyship between Seattle's Sephardic and Japanese communities

In his new graphic novel "We Are Not Strangers," author and illustrator Josh Tuininga explores the relationship between a Sephardic Jewish man and his Japanese American neighbor as they navigate the tension in Seattle on the precipice of World War II.
Mike Davis

Sarah Leibovitz
National

She chased 'ego death' — first in religion, then in parenthood

Jia Tolentino has a nuanced perspective on her religious upbringing and her subsequent rejection of that belief system. And then what it meant to become a parent.
Rachel Martin
Week in Review: Seattle Police Department, I-5, and Joe Kennedy

Bill Radke discusses the week’s news with independent health journalist Joanne Silberner, Insider’s Katherine Long, and Seattle Channel’s Brian Callanan.
Bill Radke

Kevin Kniestedt
Sports

Bremerton's praying coach Joe Kennedy resigns after brief return
Dyer Oxley
National

Former cardinal McCarrick found not competent to stand trial for sex abuse

Theodore McCarrick is the most prominent Catholic leader in the U.S. to face sex abuse charges.
Jason DeRose
National

Why this chaplain sees her atheism as a gift

Vanessa Zoltan describes herself as a Jewish atheist whose outlook on the world and her spiritual life is defined by the Holocaust.
Rachel Martin

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