Religion

The survivors have accused the Archdiocese of St. Louis of enabling and covering up the sexual abuse of minors by its clergy members for decades.

"The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church" was released last month and has become a New York Times bestselling book.

Project Sanctuary is a series of free, monthly sessions facilitated by trauma-informed practitioners offered to people who have experienced rejection by organized religion.

The Vincentians were founded nearly 400 years ago by St. Vincent de Paul. The Catholic community first arrived in St. Louis in 1818.

Co-creators Jim Ousley and Tyler B. Ruff sprinkled a lot of St. Louis throughout their graphic novel.

Some St. Louis Catholics are dismayed by an Archdiocese of St. Louis plan to fundamentally reorganize its parishes. The plan would consolidate 178 parishes into 88 groups that church leaders are calling pastorates.

The National Women’s Law Center and Americans United for Separation of Church and State filed suit Thursday in St. Louis Circuit Court on behalf of 13 faith leaders in Missouri. The lawsuit claims Missouri’s so-called trigger ban and other laws restricting abortion access violate residents’ religious freedom.

SLU medical students each year conduct a memorial service to honor those who donated themselves to the school’s gift body program, which uses cadavers for research and instruction. This year, 372 people donated their bodies to the school so students learning to be doctors, physical therapists, physician assistants and other health professionals can study them.

What is mindfulness? Zen priest Daigaku Rumme, of the Confluence Zen Center in Maplewood, has a few ideas.

With a shortage of priests and low Mass attendance, closures and consolidations are likely. Church leaders are hoping to get input from the faithful.