After nearly two decades, and stretches of futility, the Detroit Pistons have won the Central Division again.

Sean Rowe, a 49-year-old bishop from western Pennsylvania, has become the youngest person ever elected as leader of the Episcopal Church.

Michael Curry, the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, says he has tested positive for COVID-19.

Religious Americans are deeply divided in their views on abortion.

Michael Curry, left, the presiding bishop of the U.S. Episcopal Church and others take part in a candlelight vigil outside the White House in Washington. The name of the gathering — held virtually due to the pandemic — is in part a nod to the Rev. “Prayer is action, in my view,” Wallis said. After Monday's federal holiday, the event continues Tuesday with a multidenominational Zoom prayer service. Williams-Skinner said she hopes it will become a model for further collaboration by people of faith across denominational boundaries.

It’s one of the few times that a mainline Protestant denomination entered the national spotlight amid a volatile election year abounding in political news about evangelicals and Catholics. Rarely garnering national attention are the mainline Protestant denominations that dominated America’s political and civic leadership for much of its history, beginning in colonial times. Through the mid-20th century, most Protestants in the U.S. belonged to mainline churches, but now they are outnumbered by evangelicals. Polls in recent years indicate that about one-quarter of U.S. adults identify as evangelical, and less than 15% as mainline Protestant. The mainline churches have been politically active in a number of less-partisan ways, notably in registering voters and recruiting poll watchers.