Photo Slideshow: National Day of Prayer
The National Day of Prayer, established by Congress in 1952, was marked across the country Thursday (May 2), including an observance at the Cannon House Office Building in Washington.
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Religion & Ethics Newsweekly Video: Baseball and Religion
New York University president John Sexton, former law school dean and distinguished legal scholar, has written a most unusual book: “Baseball as a Road to God.”
CBS News Video: Religion & spirituality in a changing society
This program looks at the shifts in attitude towards religion and spirituality and what this means for religious institutions.
Religion & Ethics Newsweekly Video: Churches and Domestic Violence
Father Charles Dahm has come to a parish on Chicago’s north side to deliver the kind of homily the parishioners have probably never heard before—one which will make some of them uncomfortable.
Parliament of the World’s Religions survives financial crunch
(RNS) With the help of pagans, Jains and people of a range of other faiths, the Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions has raised more than $144,000 in two weeks in a desperate bid to overcome a financial crisis.
At makeshift National Mall graveyard, clergy demand gun control
WASHINGTON (RNS) Clergy from California to Connecticut created a makeshift graveyard on the National Mall on Thursday as they exhorted Congress to strengthen gun control.
Al Jazeera Video: Bangladesh PM rules out blasphemy law
Sheikh Hasina, the prime minister of Bangladesh, has ruled out introducing the death penalty for blasphemy.
N.C. minorities remain worried after religion bill is pulled
WILMINGTON, N.C. (RNS) A resolution aiming to give North Carolina the freedom to defy the Constitution and establish its own religion won’t get a vote in the N.C. General Assembly, but religious minorities say it’s a dangerous sign for a majority-Christian state with a growing minority population.
Photo Gallery: Easter prayer breakfast at the White House
A who’s who of Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox leaders joined President Obama in the East Room of the White House Friday (April 5) for the Easter Prayer Breakfast.
Photo Gallery: The most religious U.S. metropolitan areas
A 2012 Gallup survey lists the most religious of 189 U.S. metropolitan areas.
