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I’ll admit: ethnic rivalries grade the terrain of Pittsburgh Catholicism in ways hard for me to understand. I suspect I’m not alone. I suspect other descendants of Pittsburgh Catholic immigrants might relate.

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Old-world tensions, new beginnings: What I learned of Pittsburgh’s ethnic parishes from my Slovak Catholic grandmother.

Why are there images of war on the back wall of a Catholic church in Millvale?

Why did Rodef Shalom once have a swimming pool? What class and culture divides shaped early Pittsburgh Judaism?

How did the Sri Venkateswara Temple’s founding help shape South Indian immigrants’ identities?

When did Tibetan Buddhism come to Pittsburgh? How did it start?

How did Pittsburgh’s oldest Black church form? What was its role in the Underground Railroad and fighting slavery?

Why is Pittsburgh called the ‘breadbasket’ of the Orthodox Church in America?

How are Pittsburghers bridging divides between faiths? Where does interfaith understanding start?

Bishop Cynthia Moore-Koikoi leads Western Pennsylvania churches toward a more inclusive future

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