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Bearing candles and signs with messages like “if you’re not livid, you’re not listening” and “when one can’t breathe, none of us can breathe,” hundreds of people gathered outside of St. John the Evangelist Church Tuesday night for a solemn vigil in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. “We…

Nine bishops from across the Episcopal Church’s New England dioceses slammed President Donald Trump on Tuesday for posing with a Bible in front of a church in Washington, D.C., calling the move “disgraceful and morally repugnant.” “His tactic was obvious,” the bishops who helm the church’s…

Sometimes praying, sometimes chanting slogans and sometimes even stung by pepper spray and tear gas, clergy and other faith leaders were among those who protested the killing of George Floyd by a police officer on Memorial Day (May 25) in Minneapolis. Religious feeling also crossed the barricades…

With the COVID-19 pandemic threatening the Cape, Tameeka Reid, of Yarmouth, stayed mostly at home, donning a mask to run to the grocery store for essential items. But the death of George Floyd while in custody of Minneapolis police officers had her joining protesters Saturday on Hyannis Village…

On Sunday, St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, in conjunction with other Christian denominations from the Island community, held a Pentecost Day Car Parade to commemorate the Pentecost season in the Christian faith. Pentecost comes 50 days after Easter Sunday, and serves as the beginning of the longest…

While most people look for ways to get rid of rocks in their garden, one church is actually looking for rocks to place in its garden. St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Dartmouth is currently getting its Peace Garden ready for the season and could use the public’s help to make it extra special this…

Today is the first Sunday in months that houses of worship are permitted to open, as long as they follow guidelines and restrictions set forth by the state. But many houses of worship are choosing to hold off on convening in person to ensure the safety of their congregants. One of these is the…

When I described “Falmouth Cares” in a column just after we initiated the show in late March, I called it “a virtual meeting of the minds and sharing of experiences designed to help those impacted by COVID-19 understand and access help that’s available.” I am so very grateful that it has been that…

Hospital and nursing home chaplains are working round the clock, often in circumstances they never imagined, as the death toll from COVID-19 rises in Massachusetts and beyond. WBUR asked four members of the clergy who counsel patients in COVID-19 units to capture part of this experience. Katie…

The below is quoted from a video interview between Roger Colton of the Belmont Journal and the Rev. Paul Minor--a senior chaplain for the Massachusetts National Guard and co-rector of All Saints' Church in Belmont. [07:18] The Rev. Paul Minor: The call comes and people respond. One…