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Seminaries awarded $1.5 million to include science in coursework

Responding to a real or perceived gap between science and faith, 10 U.S. seminaries will receive a combined $1.5 million in grants to include science in their curricula, the American Association for the Advancement of Science announced Wednesday (Oct. 8).

Bookies put their odds on Pope Francis to win the Nobel Peace Prize

Pope Francis is tipped to win this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, according to some of the world’s leading bookmakers.

Synagogue organizes “Standing Together Against Hate” event for Friday

Today Temple Beth Shalom announced in a press release that in response to the recent desecration which took place at synagogue on Yom Kippur, the congregation would like to invite the faith communities of Spokane to a special Shabbat service of Welcome and Solidarity.

Meet Matthew Sewell, our Catholic writer

pokaneFAVS is pleased to welcome Matthew Sewell to its team of writers. Sewell is a lifelong Catholic who went to a Catholic college

Discussing Companionship with Nature

James Hunt, professor of history emeritus at Whitworth University, and co-founder of The Krista Foundation for Global Citizenship, will lead a discussion titled "Companionship with Nature: Young John Muir" at The Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist on Wednesday from 7-9 p.m.

Atheists tweet more often than Muslims, Jews, Christians, study shows

What does a map of the U.S. religious landscape look like in 140 characters? A new study of Twitter finds that self-identified religious users are more likely to tweet to members of their own faith than to members of a different one.

Supreme Court allows gay marriage to expand to 30 states

The Supreme Court refused to get involved in the national debate over same-sex marriage on Monday (Oct. 6), leaving intact lower court rulings that will legalize the practice in 11 additional states.

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