President Obama, in advance of his trip to Rome, met with seven reporters from Catholic media and "The Washington Post" on Thursday to talk about the pope, the church and his administration's plans on some contentious issues.
Each Sunday afternoon in May, Gov. Mark Sanford and his wife hosted five other couples at the executive mansion for a spiritual "boot camp." Topics discussed during the hour-and-a-half-long sessions included forgiveness and "not loving your wife as Christ loved the church."
Inspiration Networks' CEO David Cerullo is building a $4 million home in a gated, lakefront community in western South Carolina at the same time that the ministry has cut jobs and reset thermostats to save money in its new headquarters.
Mandaean-Americans, Iraqis and Iranians who follow the teachings of John the Baptist, fear their ancient beliefs may fade in the U.S. unless they can agree on a cultural course that keeps traditions intact while dealing with the pressures of American society.
Laura Leonard, who blogs for Christianity Today, reviews Margaret Atwood's short stories, "Moral Disorder" for the Faith & Reason Book Club. It's a book that forces her to consider "what makes me different, and as I understand more deeply how another person might arrive at different conclusions, I must question how I myself arrived at this place."
Karl Malden's Oscar-nominated role in "On the Waterfront" was modeled on Rev. John Corridan -- the real corruption-battling, labor priest-on-the-piers who died exactly 25 years before Malden died Wednesday. Compare quotes from the film to Corridan's actual sermon.
Americans looking to combine love of God with love of country this July 4th can quote the new American Patriot's Bible, which says God has influenced America though godly Founding Fathers, presidents and soldiers.
Sayyid Syeed remembers an interfaith event several years ago when a Jewish leader went to embrace him, saw someone snapping a photo, then suddenly pulled back.
Seventy leading paleontologists toured the Creation Museum in Northern Kentucky last week, on break from a conference in Cincinnati, and it was a culture-clash for the ages. Indeed, the scientists steeped in evolution and the museum founders who follow the Biblical version of creation even disagree on the "age" of life on earth.
England's leading raging atheist, zoologist Richard Dawkins, author of books such as The God Delusion, is sticking a fork in the faithful -- again. He's subsidizing a summer camp for atheist teens. Skip the lariats and s'mores; Go straight to the rational thinking hour.
Brigham Young University has lifted its ban on campus access to YouTube and will hold students at the Mormon university morally responsible for how they use the video-sharing website.
The new senior minister of New York City's famed Riverside Church, has resigned after just two months, after a nasty fight with his new flock landed the church in court.
Pope Benedict XVI signed his latest encyclical Monday, a text on ways to make globalization more attentive to meeting the needs of the poor amid the worldwide financial crisis.
Liberal-leaning religious groups are launching radio ads in five states this week in which local pastors urge senators to back efforts to overhaul the nation's health care system.
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