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This Easter holiday was special for La Crescenta’s Presbyterian church because last year they were closed for in person services. Christine Kim reports for NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on April 4, 2021.

One pastor said they’d like to welcome people back, but with so many seniors, they can’t put congregants at risk. Ted Chen reports Feb. 8, 2021.

In the most significant legal victory against California’s COVID-19 health orders, the high court issued rulings late Friday in two cases where churches argued the restrictions violated their religious liberty. The justices said for now California can’t continue with a ban on indoor church services, but it can limit attendance to 25% of a building’s capacity and restrict singing and...

The Supreme Court has lifted California’s ban on indoor religious services. The justices ruled that Governor Gavin Newsoms’s strict orders violate the constitution’s protection of the free exercise of religion. Video broadcast Saturday Feb. 6, 2021 on Today in LA.

A federal appeals court has denied a Southern California church’s request to overturn the state’s coronavirus restrictions barring worship services indoors during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Downtown LA, for the first time since July, celebrated with mass within its sacred walls. John Cádiz Klemack reports for NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Dec. 24, 2020. 

A Walnut church plans to hold a family fair Saturday despite what it says are threats from county health officials to shut the event down over COVID-19 concerns.

A judge Thursday issued a temporary restraining order directing a Sun Valley church to refrain from holding indoor church services, saying there’s an “immediate threat to public health and safety due to the COVID-19 pandemic.”

The pastor of a Ventura County church has vowed to continue holding indoor worship in defiance of coronavirus health orders after a judge issued a temporary restraining order barring the church from doing so.

A church in Ventura County plans to hold indoor services on Sunday despite health orders. Mekahlo Medina reports live for Today in LA on August 9, 2020.

Church leaders and parishioners are anxiously awaiting their turn to reopen. Beverly White reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. Thursday May 22, 2020.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom had the right to ban church assemblies in the interest of public health during the coronavirus outbreak, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

Wails filled a church in Haiti’s capital on Tuesday during funeral services for five people killed in anti-government protests that began more than two months ago. Among those killed was 15-year-old Jasmine Pierre, whose father told The Associated Press that she was hit inside their home by a stray bullet when police began firing at protesters.

Hundreds of law enforcement officers were among the mourners who gathered Monday in downtown Los Angeles to remember a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy who was shot and killed as he waited at the counter of a fast food restaurant.

The dilemma of separating the sides of R. Kelly, who faces 10 counts of aggravated sexual abuse, now confronts millions of people who listen to or perform the singer’s music

Fireworks, concerts, spiritual services and political addresses abounded to mark the transition to 2019 as revelers around the globe bid farewell Monday to a year filled with challenges to many of the world’s most basic institutions, including in the realms of politics, trade, alliances and religion.

Fireworks, concerts, spiritual services and political addresses abounded to mark the transition to 2019 as revelers around the globe bid farewell Monday to a year filled with challenges to many of the world’s most basic institutions, including in the realms of politics, trade, alliances and religion.

Christmas in Los Angeles County Tuesday included Masses and church services celebrating the birth of Jesus and annual events providing meals to the homeless and poor.

For more than a decade, a conservative Catholic diocese in Nebraska was the only church in the U.S. that refused to participate in annual reviews of sexual misconduct that were a key reform enacted in the wake of the 2002 Boston clergy abuse scandal. As a new wave of abuse scandals rock the Roman Catholic church, critics say the Diocese...

Would you drink at church? The Greater Purpose Community Church has held services for five years in Santa Cruz, but a new and interesting concept has gained them new followers.