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Faith and Religion

Special project: Faith, Race, Place

by Chris Hedlin January 31, 2022February 1, 2022

Confronting Pittsburgh’s religious past to understand and heal present divides.

A black and white photo of the front arched entrance of St. Mary's Help of Christians church in McKees Rocks with a wedding party spilling out onto the front steps

Faith, Race, Place

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

by First-person essay by Agnes Howard January 31, 2022January 29, 2022

The “Immigrant mother gives her sons for American industry” mural by artist Maxo Vanka, as seen inside St. Nicholas Catholic Church in Millvale. (Photo by Ryan Loew/PublicSource)

Faith, Race, Place

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

by Chris Hedlin January 31, 2022February 23, 2022

Rabbi Sharyn Henry of Rodef Shalom Congregation walks the Torah around the main sanctuary during a recent Shabbat service. (Photo by Ryan Loew/PublicSource)

Faith, Race, Place

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

by Chris Hedlin January 31, 2022February 2, 2022

Aparna Rayaprol, pictured with her spouse Vinod Pavarala in front of the Sri Venkateswara Temple, a multi-tiered ornate white building, in Penn Hills in 1992.

Faith, Race, Place

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

by Chris Hedlin January 31, 2022February 14, 2022

Sarahjameela Martin, president of the Muslim Women’s Association of Pittsburgh, sits inside the Few of a Kind Store in Bloomfield. Proceeds from the store, which sells books and other items, are used to support the association. (Photo by Ryan Loew/PublicSource)

Faith, Race, Place

Who were Pittsburgh’s earliest Muslims? Who built the city’s first mosque?

by Chris Hedlin January 31, 2022February 17, 2022

Eric Lidji, photographed leaving on a library table with a large mural of Pittsburgh behind him, is director of the Rauh Jewish Archives at the Heinz History Center. (Photo by Ryan Loew/PublicSource)

Faith, Race, Place

How did Jewish life in Pittsburgh end up centered in Squirrel Hill?

by Chris Hedlin January 31, 2022January 31, 2022

Eva Hui sits in front of a shrine from Nepal at the Three Rivers Tibetan Cultural Center.

Faith, Race, Place

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

by Chris Hedlin January 31, 2022January 31, 2022

Pastor Dale Snyder speaking into a microphone as others on the stage listen at the Bethel AME outdoor worship event.

Faith, Race, Place

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

by Chris Hedlin January 31, 2022April 6, 2022

Rev. Paul Abernathy, priest at St. Moses the Black Orthodox Church in the Hill District and CEO of the Neighborhood Resilience Project, stands in front of a red wall with religious images behind him. (Photo by Ryan Loew/PublicSource)

Faith, Race, Place

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

by Chris Hedlin January 31, 2022January 31, 2022