Religion News

The Sacramento Youth Symphony is performing twice Sunday at Congregation B'nai Israel in Land Park in concerts featuring Egyptian composer Riad Abdel-Gawad.

Mark Meeks, longtime minister of St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church in Sacramento, recently had a vision. God told him, he said, to create a "mosaic" church that welcomes people of all religious and social backgrounds and focuses on helping those in need in the community.

The Sri Narayan Hindu Temple, a spiritual jewel attended by Indian immigrants across faiths, no longer has its sacred core.

The Bayside churches in Placer and Sacramento counties are coming through in a big way for charities.

Gov. Jerry Brown, campaigning at a Sacramento church Thursday, called on California's religious leaders to engage in a "campaign of civic activism" to pass his ballot initiative to raise taxes.

It began with a dream, says the Rev. Michael Moran, senior minister of worship at the Spiritual Life Center of Sacramento, which draws on the teachings of many faiths.

At age 90, in the twilight of his more than 65 years as a priest, including serving as bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sacramento from 1980 to 1994, Bishop Francis Quinn remains a man of faith and hope, dedicated to serving others.

Each year, millions of Jews celebrate Passover, which commemorates the flight of the Jews from slavery in Egypt. Around the same time each year, millions of Christians observe Good Friday, which recalls the story of Jesus' crucifixion by the Romans.