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Obama, the pope and the ecumenical patriarch
Although we may never know exactly what was said Friday behind closed doors between Obama and Pope Benedict XVI, we know exactly what went on when the president met with the head of the Orthodox world in April.
Anglicans end meeting with blow-out service
Details on the late-night Texas installation in of Anglicanism's newest archbishop, Robert Duncan
Anglicans in Texas
Observations after the first day of covering the constitutional convention of the new Anglican province
The latest on Dr. Tiller and excommunication
It turns out George Tiller was not excommunicated after all.
DUIN: Alveda King takes on LeRoy Carhart
Alveda King, niece of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King, criticizes comparisons of the death of a noted late-term abortion doctor with her uncle's assassination.
George Tiller redux
Early react to Sunday's killing of the nation's most notorious abortion doctor.
Kmiec vs. George - Catholics debate abortion
Two Catholic lawyers went head to head Thursday night on whether the Obama Administration has any common ground with the pro-life movement came down on opposing sides on the goals of the new American president. In an invitation-only forum at the National Press Club attended by more than 200 people, Doug W. Kmiec, a professor of constitutional law at Pepperdine University law school, held fast to his assertion that the Obama administration is serious about reducing abortions.
The reporter and the Irish priest abuse tragedy
Although it's commendable that the Irish government finally came out with a huge study on sex abuse among Irish priests, investigative reporter Joe Rigert was on this scandal before anyone else was.
Hawaii to observe 'Islam Day'
We learn that Hawaii now has an Islam Day and that one of the country's top religion-covering newspapers has pretty much eviscerated the beat.
Arrests at Notre Dame
Here is the schedule of events surrounding President Obama's Notre Dame visit on May 17:
Joshua and the religious hiring question
Joshua Dubois, the head of the White House's Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships Office, ducks the specifics on how the White House is going to handle the religious hiring issue.
King Abdullah and the Lutherans
Religious leaders meet with Jordan's King Abdullah and criticize evangelical Christians and "Christian Zionists" in the Holy Land
Notre Dame redux
The latest on the nearly three dozen bishops and others who've spoken out against President Obama's invitation to speak May 17 at the University of Notre Dame.
Obama at Georgetown: The mystery of the missing sign
Why was an ancient monogram symbolizing the name of Christ covered during the president's Georgetown speech?
Obama administration completes faith adviser list
The remaining 10 members of President Obama's 25-person White House Advisory Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships were named today.
