Nov 13th, 2008 · Leaders of the religious right have tied their fortunes to the Republican Party for a generation. Now, with the Democrats in power, some conservative Christians are gearing up to fight the suddenly resurrected culture wars.
Nov 11th, 2008 · Observant Mormons symbolically baptize dead people to give them the chance to accept Christ in the afterlife. Holocaust survivors complain that they are sometimes using names of people who died in Nazi concentration camps.
Oct 28th, 2008 · In northern Iraq, thousands of Christian families remain displaced from their homes in the city of Mosul. Many are living with relatives or taking refuge in churches and monasteries in an area north of the city that's known as the Nineveh Plain.
Oct 19th, 2008 · Indonesia has gotten bad press for bombings by al-Qaida-linked militants and attacks on Christian churches. But the country is more tolerant than these acts suggest, and that tolerance seems to be growing. One sign: A preacher who waited 16 years has finally opened a Christian megachurch in Jakarta.
Oct 19th, 2008 · Violence has forced thousands of Iraqi Christians to flee their homes in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. The displaced are crowded into churches and homes in villages north of the city, and they're crying out for help.
Oct 13th, 2008 · Thousands of pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square for the canonization of four new saints Sunday. That includes the first Indian woman, Sister Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception. Her sainthood is seen as a moral boost to Christians in India who have been victims of violence by Hindus. Pope Benedict said her short life was marked by, "extreme physical and spiritual suffering." In her own writing, she said, "I consider a day in which I have not suffered as a day lost to me."
Oct 6th, 2008 · The security forces, organized through local churches, are manning checkpoints in Iraq and working with police. The mystery of where their funding comes from seems to center on a media-shy and reclusive political figure.
Sep 29th, 2008 · A conservative Christian group called Alliance Defense Fund is pushing for church pastors to be able to endorse political candidates — while keeping their tax-exempt status. Though this violates IRS rules, more than 30 churches have already endorsed candidates for president.