Women senators took the lead in grilling the nation's highest-ranking military commanders
Sikhs have been disproportionately targeted in hate crtimes since 9/11 terrorist attacks, largely because of their distinctive turbans and beards
Notion of good vs evil fosters debate whether concept helps or prevents Americans from understanding why attacks happen
Scholars trying to understand why, in final years of life, founding father cut up Gospels from bible, leaving out Resurrection, other miracles
Survey by Pew Research Center is based on more than 38,000 face-to-face interviews
Marking its 20th anniversary, this commemoration may be one of last large gatherings of Holocaust survivors
Capture of suspect number 2, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, prompted celebrations by residents after police were given the stand-down order
Attack punctured sense of safety but woman who was at scene of explosion says she'll attend marathon next year because she refuses to give in to fear
US clergy have been getting increasingly involved in gun control debate since 20 small children were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School
Leaders of Muslim, Jewish and other non-Catholic faiths are welcoming election of Pope Francis
Pope Francis is expected to continue the doctrinal conservatism of the last two papacies
Africa now is home to 16 percent of World's Catholics
As cardinals begin their conclave to select a new pontiff one issue for the next pope will be the ongoing controversy over clerical sex abuse
At a church in central Italy, something the former Pope did several years ago foreshadowed what may end up being seen as a radical decision
Vatican papal tailors have been outfitting popes since 1920s and have already made three sets of vestments for new pope
Close political and economic ties between Tehran, Caracas could be in question now with death of President Chavez
Many parishioners maintain hope that Catholic church will someday allow women in the priesthood
Leadership change comes at a time of daunting challenges for Roman Catholic church
Resignation comes as Evangelical Protestant churches are on rise in developing world and the Church is dealing with corruption scandal
Threat of broader sanctions, penalties from China unlikely to deter communist nation that starves its people, snubs world community
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