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The Catholic Diocese of San Jose has purchased a five-bedroom, $2.3 million home in Silicon Valley for its retiring bishop despite the 640,000-member diocese's mission of charity and serving the poor. -
Photographer Eslah Attar documented her first Eid away from her family in Ohio as a way to celebrate her new community, in Washington, D.C. -
KPBS Midday EditionA priest raped a 7-year-old girl while he was visiting her in the hospital after she'd had her tonsils removed. Another priest forced a 9-year-old boy into having oral sex, then rinsed out the boy's mouth with holy water. One boy was forced to say confession to the priest who sexually abused him. -
"Churches are taking over the leadership role which was supposed to be in the hands of the political powers," says a Catholic youth group member in the Brazilian town of Central do Maranhão. -
![Evangelical minister Rob Schenck says change is a part of spirituality: "Any time we stop changing, we stagnate spiritually, emotionally [and] intellectually."](https://cdn.kpbs.org/dims4/default/8b3fcdb/2147483647/strip/true/crop/581x324+0+56/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2018%2F07%2F11%2Frobert-schenck-author-photo-002--96d00433bb3e42b185323754b7fa5de0b4af7e88.jpg)
After decades working to block access to clinics, the Rev. Rob Schenck says he had a change of heart and sees abortion as an issue that should be resolved by "an individual and his or her conscience." -
With President Trump set to name the next justice to the high court soon, it's worth noting it was once dominated by Protestant Christians. Now, it is now more Jewish, Catholic and conservative. -
In a new book, historian Marc Dollinger argues that the conventional wisdom of Jewish and African-American harmony during the civil rights era is flawed. And that the real story has lessons for today. -
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted to put off hearing arguments for and against the construction of a Hindu temple near Escondido after neighbors complained too few people are aware of the proposed project and haven't had a chance to form an opinion on the matter. -
Twenty-three years after a brazen theft, the mystery still divides a tiny sect known as the Samaritans. Here's the story of the international hunt to bring the manuscripts home. -
A new generation of American Muslims has moved from defending itself, as Muslim communities did in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, to defining itself.
![Evangelical minister Rob Schenck says change is a part of spirituality: "Any time we stop changing, we stagnate spiritually, emotionally [and] intellectually."](https://cdn.kpbs.org/dims4/default/ab92243/2147483647/strip/true/crop/581x324+0+56/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2018%2F07%2F11%2Frobert-schenck-author-photo-002--96d00433bb3e42b185323754b7fa5de0b4af7e88.jpg)
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