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.
Luther Bible donated to college
Faith & Ethics: 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.
Council to honor three
Faith & Ethics: 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.
Evangelicals: faith, politics don't mix
Many on religious right don't agree.
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.
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.
Turks teach gentler Islam in Pakistan
Praying in Pakistan has not been easy for Mesut Kacmaz, a Muslim teacher from Turkey.
Our civil religion
A scholar says voters judge candidates by common beliefs in American ideals.
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.
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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.
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.
Clergy urged to speak on environment
Faith & Ethics:The Rev. Sally Bingham is the godmother of the environmental movement in the religious community.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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