Jewish history museum wants your vote on top 18 most accomplished Jewish-Americans
Steel girders, plywood guardrails, windblown sawdust and gloomy caverns of concrete are all there is to see at the National Museum of American Jewish History on Independence Mall in Philadelphia.
50 Methodist bishops agree to cut their pay
One of the nation's largest Christian denominations is addressing the nation's financial crisis with what it hopes will be a spiritual teaching moment as well as a cost-saver.
Religion news in brief
The state and the ACLU Foundation of Louisiana have filed an agreement in federal court that will allow a death-row inmate at Angola to practice his Roman Catholic faith.
Voices of faith: How can I help my dad, who is filled with hatred?
Voices of faith: How can I help my dad, who is filled with hatred?
Church camps closing amid declining use, economy
Camp Sumatanga has meant Bible stories and softball games for generations of Methodist families. Young and old alike come to the old church retreat for renewal in its quiet coves and chapels.
A Christian mother comes to terms with her teenage son's coming out
Deon Davis didn't set out to write a book about her gay teenage son. It began as a diary she kept during her struggle to accept him.
Pastor Rick Warren to address American Muslims
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.
Religion News in Brief
The Rev. Peter Morales of Colorado has been elected as the first Latino president of the Unitarian Universalist Association.
Voices of faith: How can we keep thinking good when so much bad is happening?
Voices of Faith: How can we keep thinking good when so much bad is happening?
Skateboard ministry spreads the word
Naysayers told Jonny Nelson that he was being too ambitious when he suggested starting a skateboard-park ministry. After all, he was only 16.
Family tradition ends as Oral Roberts U. revamps
Workers are toiling in the thick summer heat, trying to bring the campus of Oral Roberts University into the current century.
Top US destinations for Mandaean refugees, '02-'09
The top five destinations for Mandaean refugees in the United States from 2002 through June 24, 2009:
Ancient Iraqi sect struggles to keep culture in US
When the bride and groom arrive at the Mandaean Association, the Middle Eastern salad is ready and flower petals are lightly strewn across the floor.
Top US destinations for Mandaean refugees, '02-'09
The top five destinations for Mandaean refugees in the United States from 2002 through June 24, 2009:
Vatican finds enough evidence to continue probe into miracle'
The Vatican found enough evidence of a miracle in the survival of Chase Kear of Colwich, Kan., that it intends to keep studying his survival, with an eye toward declaring it an official miracle, church officials say.
Courts face new challenges in faith healing cases
Most states have child abuse laws allowing some religious exemptions for parents who shun medicine for their sick children, but a few recent cases highlight thorny legal issues for parents following less-recognized faiths.
Pope signs new globalization encyclical
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.
Priest in photo scandal, girlfriend marry in Miami ceremony
Alberto Cutie walked away from a picturesque Spanish monastery in Miami Friday evening as a married man, attempting to leave behind seven weeks of controversy that turned the former Roman Catholic priest into tabloid fodder and an international celebrity.
