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New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg is planning ceremonies for the 9/11 anniversary without the participation of clergy. Jay Sekulow et al. think this is an attack on religion. Jim Wallis et al. are criticizing both sides of this debate and also calling for less criticism of others, or something like that.

Horse trainer Buck Brannaman is the sweet-souled star of Buck. Cindy Meehl's documentary begins as the portrait of a remarkable professional and turns unexpectedly into a Dickens­ian tale about the consequences of a turbulent childhood.

Many aspects of governing exist outside the president's control, via rhetoric or anything else.

(RNS) An amendment to Oklahoma's constitution that bans state judges from considering Islamic law will face its next legal hurdle on Monday...

Warsaw, Poland, September 8 (ENInews)--Local government officials in Hungary are handing state-owned schools over to churches, unable to afford their...

LONDON (RNS) A newspaper ad that showed a winking Jesus giving a thumbs-up sign to a line of cell phones has been given a thumbs-down by...

WASHINGTON (RNS) Three days before the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, religious leaders gathered to remember the victims,...

WASHINGTON (RNS) With a cross on his lapel, it's easy to spot a military chaplain in uniform. But the same might not be true if the chaplain's...

WASHINGTON (RNS) Anti-hunger advocates are racing to save federal programs that feed needy families from being automatically slashed if...

When I saw the National Back to Church Sunday video, I immediately posted it on my Facebook wall with a one-word comment: "Lovely." Then the debate began.

In one of my classes, after discussing a number of difficulties and issues related to the creation stories in Genesis, a student chimed in...

New today from the Century.

It is difficult for Jews to talk about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It's also difficult for Christians to talk about it with Jews.

The biggest news from a recent gathering of Presbyterians in Minnesota in the aftermath of approval by the Pres­byterian Church (U.S.A.) to ordain qualified clergy who are openly gay was the un...

At its previous churchwide assembly in 2009, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America decided to allow ordination of gay clergy, closing a controversial chapter on gay rights even as U.S....

(RNS) At first, Sarah O'Neal thought the older boy's comment was directed at the towel she was carrying to water polo practice. "What are you looking at towel-head?" he said....

WASHINGTON (RNS) A 500-foot crane toppled over next to the Washington National Cathedral on Wednesday (Sept. 7), adding to the earthquake...

WASHINGTON (RNS) The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday (Sept. 6) announced a settlement with Henrico County, Va., over the county's...

It's not news that young people are more liberal on issues like same-sex marriage, but a new poll charts just how deeply that split has...

Interfaith worship services have doubled in the decade since the 9/11 attacks, according to a new study, even though more than seven in ten...