News

Pope Francis used his weekly audience Wednesday (Dec. 10) to challenge media reports of “clashes between factions” at the recent bishops’ synod on family issues.

The Spokane Buddhist Temple will host a New Year's Eve Joya-E Service, or Bell of the Last Night, on Dec. 31 at 7 p.m.

Gearing up for round two of a blockbuster Synod on the Family, the Vatican has asked bishops around the world to survey their flocks on hot-button issues such as divorce, abortion and the place of LGBT Catholics.

A Die-In is set to take place at 12:05 p.m. today at the Crosby Student Center at Gonzaga University in response to the lack of grand jury indictments in the cases of Ferguson and Staten Island.

Please welcome John Hancock to the team of SpokaneFAVS writers. Hancock is the founder of Friends of Compassion, a group that met regularly throughout Spokane for numerous years, and he plans to write about compassion for SpokaneFAVS.

Those concerned for youth in local schools and area neighborhoods who may be thinking of experimenting with alcohol or drugs are invited to a Youth Drug Prevention Event in January.

On Jan. 31st, 2015 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., the Valley Real Life Church in Greenacres will host the “2015 Sheepdog Seminars for Churches.”