Cathy Lynn Grossman
'Are you my mother?' Sometimes, there's no easy answer
In a classic 1960 children's book, a baby bird toddles up to one critter after another asking, "Are you my mother?"
...GOP ticket signals religious shift
By naming devout, conservative Catholic Paul Ryan to be his running mate, former governor Mitt Romney, once a Mormon bishop, did more than ensure that the U.S....
Catholics pray for Paul Ryan's, Joe Biden's change of heart
c. 2012 USA Today (RNS) Some Wisconsin Catholics are praying both Catholic vice presidential candidates will have a religious epiphany. They want GOP Rep....
Evangelist Billy Graham in hospital with bronchitis
c. 2012 USA Today ASHEVILLE, N.C. (RNS) Evangelist Billy Graham, 93, was admitted to a North Carolina hospital after he developed a fever Saturday (Aug....
Sikhs remembered for piety, kindness
People gathered early that fateful Sunday at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin to meditate on God and to serve others—key requirements of their religion....
Experts dispute claim that college erodes faith
Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum's claim that U.S.
colleges drive young Christians out of church is facing scrutiny from
Protestant and Catholic experts.
Obama's contraception compromise falls flat with bishops, GOP
c. 2012 USA Today
WASHINGTON (RNS) President Obama's effort to accommodate the Catholic
Church by altering his administration's rule on birth control coverage has not
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Americans intrigued but wary still of Mormon beliefs
c. 2012 USA Today
(RNS) When Mormons call themselves "a peculiar people," they mean it in the biblical sense -- set aside by God, chosen.
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For many, 'Losing My Religion' isn't a song: It's life
c. 2012 USA Today
(RNS) When Ben Helton signed up for an online dating service, under "religion" he called himself "spiritually apathetic."
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Many Americans see God's hand in economy
c. 2011 USA Today
(RNS) The way you see God tells a lot about how you see the U.S.
economy, according to a new national survey.
Nation marks 9/11 anniversary with prayer, reflection
WASHINGTON (RNS) Believers across the nation heard from faith leaders
this weekend as millions of Americans wrestled with the spiritual
challenges and lessons of 9/11.
Churches challenged on use of public schools
Every Sunday morning, P.S. 144 elementary school in Queens, like
dozens of schools in New York City and thousands more nationwide, is
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