"We do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values." -- President Barack Obama, at a...
"What's great about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest. ... A Coke is a Coke and no amount of money can get you a better...
Faculty and students of Baylor University in Waco wanted to be represented on the search committee for a new president. But they'll only be part of an advisory committee. Below you'll find a story by Ken Camp of The...
Catholic News Service reports that President Barack Obama called Archbishop Timothy Dolan of Milwaukee to congratulate him on his appointment as head of the New York Archdiocese. Dolan described the call as "extraordinarily gracious," but said that when it first...
In these brief excerpts from an interview with Dan Gilgoff of U.S. News & World Report, televangelist and religious right icon Pat Robertson says that while he's disappointed in President Barack Obama, it's goofy to wish, as Rush Limbaugh did,...
"As St. Augustine once said, 'Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.' " -- President Barack Obama, at the National Prayer Breakfast...
Barack Obama has given the first televised interview of his presidency. It wasn't with CBS, or NBC, or Larry King. It was with Al-Arabiya, one of the major Arabic-language news channels in the Middle East. Here's the story from The...
By now, everyone knows that Barack Obama and Chief Justice John Roberts had some trouble getting through the oath of office at Tuesday's inauguration. So last night, without announcing it ahead of time, they gave it a second shot....
Every fetus is precious, because you never know who will grow up to be president. That's the message of this anti-abortion ad from CatholicVote.org, a conservative organization. (Thanks to Dan Gilgoff of U.S. News & World Report for spotting it.)...
A sampling of comments from our readers: "I am sitting today in New York City in disbelief. After the past eight years of twisted lies and cynical abuse by the Bush administration. After the long hard fought campaigns of...
Didn't see President Bush interviewed last night on ABC-TV's Nightline, but from what I've read, there were quite a few faith-based questions. On the matter of creation and evolution, the president said: I think you can have both. I think...
He's the Rev. David Lowrie, he's from Canyon in West Texas, and he's argued in the past that theologically conservative churches deserve more attention from the BGCT. Here's an early version of the story from Sam Hodges, who's covering the...
James Dobson, the founder of Focus on the Family, made a big to-do out of announcing earlier this year that he'd sit out the election if John McCain were the Republican presidential nominee. Dobson has had a change of heart....
Bishop Gregory V. Palmer, president of the United Methodist Council of Bishops, has called on Barack Obama and John McCain to focus their campaigns on the issues that matter to Americans and "to stop the insults. They don't improve our...
An atheists' group has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the National Day of Prayer. Here's the story from the Associated press. The suit is by the Freedom From Religion Foundation, based in Madison, Wisc. It contends that the day of...
"God's will? Pretty simple. Give a full days work for a full days wage. Feed and house your family. Be nice to your neighbor. Pay your taxes. (Oops!) Vote! Leave the rest to God and don't sweat the small stuff."...
"Winning votes, I'm not so sure, but friends, yes." --The Rev. Ronald Terry, pastor of New Friendship Baptist Church in Macon, Ga., on John McCain's appearance before the NAACP's annual convention in Cincinnati. The Associated Press reported that McCain received...
According to the Associated Press, a letter from Thomas S. Monson, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is to be read from the pulpit in Mormon churches today, urging church members to support the California ballot...
The two get together today in Rome. It will be their third meeting in just over a year -- and the sixth time in his presidency that Bush has met with a pope. The president's admiration for Pope Benedict XVI...
Our Religion pages this weekend feature a story about Jean Sturman, the first female president of Dallas' Tiferet Israel Congregation. Special Contributor Harriet P. Gross reports that winning acceptance, especially in times of challenge, wasn't always easy for the 78-year-old...
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