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Refugees get no news from home

A dozen refugees from Myanmar attend Raleigh's Christ Covenant Church, and many are desperate to learn more about the devastating cyclone that struck the country nearly a week ago.

Updated: May. 9, 2008 2:42 AM | Full story

Luther Bible donated to college

The Bible Elfriede Wilde's grandfather gave her was nearly destroyed half a dozen times. That it survived is a story much like those the Bible itself tells -- a story of faith lost and found.

Updated: May. 9, 2008 1:51 AM | Full story

Council to honor three

The N.C. Council of Churches will present its 2008 Distinguished Service Award to three leaders who have worked to include minority groups in church and society. The awards will be presented at a luncheon on Tuesday, at Greensboro College.

Updated: May. 9, 2008 1:56 AM | Full story

Evangelicals: faith, politics don't mix

Many on religious right don't agree.

Updated: May. 8, 2008 2:41 AM | Full story

Bias suit faces fight to be heard

Church suit may never be heard because of a First Amendment exemption that protects the church from government interference in matters of hiring or firing.

Updated: May. 5, 2008 5:23 AM | Full story

Revolutionary War minister rediscovered by residents

As colonists rose up to seek independence from the British king, James O'Kelley turned to God, ministering to troops throughout the Revolutionary War.

Updated: May. 5, 2008 5:35 AM | Full story

Turks teach gentler Islam in Pakistan

Praying in Pakistan has not been easy for Mesut Kacmaz, a Muslim teacher from Turkey.

Updated: May. 4, 2008 2:25 AM | Full story

Our civil religion

A scholar says voters judge candidates by common beliefs in American ideals.

Updated: May. 2, 2008 7:03 AM | Full story

Black in America: two men, two visions

For many black voters, the break between Sen. Barack Obama and his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., presents a conflict between a new vision of race in America and civil rights-era disaffection toward the government.

Updated: May. 2, 2008 5:08 AM | Full story

Acts of Faith

Photojournalists document how people live their beliefs.

Updated: May. 2, 2008 6:03 AM | Full story

Plenty to pray about today

Today is the 57th annual National Day of Prayer, a mostly evangelical Christian event marked by indoor and outdoor gatherings at public and private sites.

Updated: May. 1, 2008 6:48 AM | Full story

Italians view mystic saint's body

The exhumed and cosmetically enhanced corpse of Padre Pio, a mystic monk and one of the world's most revered saints, went on display Thursday.

Updated: Apr. 25, 2008 6:35 AM | Full story

Clergy urged to speak on environment

Faith & Ethics:The Rev. Sally Bingham is the godmother of the environmental movement in the religious community.

Updated: Apr. 25, 2008 6:48 AM | Full story

Acts of Faith

Photojournalists document how people live their beliefs.

Updated: Apr. 25, 2008 6:40 AM | Full story

Professor's civility message spreads

Faith & Ethics:There are 40,000 "Choose Civility" magnets around suburban Howard County, Md., and more on the way. Some adorn cars; others sit on office desks as reminders.

Updated: Apr. 25, 2008 1:53 AM | Full story

Methodists will play for a cause

Faith & Ethics:Methodists and other people of faith will golf, bike and run this weekend to raise money for homeless agencies in Wake and Franklin counties as part of the fifth annual Race of Grace event.

Updated: Apr. 25, 2008 1:53 AM | Full story

Sect's children placed; tests go on

After being kept in a west Texas coliseum for two weeks, the first of more than 400 children taken from a polygamist compound boarded buses Tuesday bound for group homes and other faraway foster care facilities.

Updated: Apr. 23, 2008 3:03 AM | Full story

Buy a pie and help some children

Faith & Ethics:Strawberry season is upon us, which means baskets of ripe succulent fruit are out there on the farms, waiting to be picked.

Updated: Apr. 23, 2008 6:44 AM | Full story

Pope praises U.S. Catholics' diversity

Tens of thousands of American Catholics cheered for Pope Benedict XVI at a Yankee Stadium Mass on Sunday, as the pontiff ended his U.S. trip praising this nation's freedom and urging the American church to overcome adversity.

Updated: Apr. 21, 2008 6:30 AM | Full story

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