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New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn

'Yes' to worship

Religious Liberty | Pastors win a round as the New York City Council approves resolution on houses of worship renting from public schools

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., right, confers with the committee's ranking Republican, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Inching forward

Politics |  Senate committee approves immigration bill but House remains skeptical

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby at his enthronement ceremony at Canterbury Cathedral.

Motherland mores

Religion |  U.K. same-sex marriage vote coincides with a national decline in Christianity

Honor your parent one and your parent two

Honor your parent one and your parent two

Parenting |  Do you recall the news about a proposed law in France that would ban the terms “mother” and “father” and replace them with “parents” on official…

The wreckage of homes litters a playground next to a neighborhood destroyed Monday when a tornado moved through Moore, Okla.

Midday Roundup: Search and rescue efforts end, cleanup begins in Oklahoma

Newsworthy |  The cleanup begins. Oklahoma officials say they do not expect to find any more bodies or survivors buried in the rubble left by Monday’s deadly EF5 tornado,

Zachary Quinto (left) as Spock and Chris Pine as Kirk

Sci-fi cotton candy

Movies |  Star Trek into Darkness offers a fun summer diversion but in the end will leave you unsatisfied

South Korean Christians pray in 2009 during a service denouncing North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's dictatorship and alleged human rights violations.

Globe Trot: Little concern over latest religious freedom report

International |  The State Department on Tuesday released its 2012 International Religious Freedom Report. In particular, the report highlights “undue and inappropriate…

The Church of Scotland logo, above the entrance to the church offices in Edinburgh, Scotland.

LGBT clergy win tentative Church of Scotland approval

Religion |  The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland approved a motion yesterday to uphold traditional teaching on sexuality while allowing more liberal…

Tea Party Patriots co-founders Mark Meckler, right, and Jenny Beth Martin.

Signs and Wonders: Tea Party protests IRS in court

Newsworthy |  Sue the IRS. On Monday, a coalition of conservative groups announced it would file a class action lawsuit against the IRS for what the groups call “illegal…

Seeking true satisfaction

Faith & Inspiration |  I was at the Temple University Kornberg School of Dentistry on a recent morning, a beehive of industry and intelligence plopped in the middle of a blighted…

Arkansas state Sen. Jason Rapert

Court terminates Arizona’s 20-week abortion ban

Abortion |  Arizona’s ban on abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy, absent a medical emergency, violates a woman’s constitutionally protected right to kill her unborn…

Jimmy Hodges helps Chad Heltcel and his wife Cassidi salvage the wreckage of their family home.

Storm troopers

Disaster relief |  Local churches and other Christian organizations help lead efforts to respond to Oklahoma’s deadly twisters

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