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This isn’t your typical Catholic church.

There’s no incense. No gothic-style building. The congregation doesn’t believe the pope is infallible. And, the priest, the Rev. Tom Altepeter, is married.

In 1997 Cal Pierce said he heard God call him to Spokane.

That’s when he and his wife, Michelle, left their home in Redding, Calif. and came here to open Healing Rooms Ministries.