“How do we save our community?” asks Bishop Rainey Cheeks of Inner Light Ministries in Washington, DC. “We can have all the other theological debates later on, but right now we are in trouble.” More →

November 20, 2009

On Friday September 25, an estimated 3,500 Muslims from around the country gathered on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol to “pray for the soul of America.”  The event, organized by the Dar-ul-Islam mosque in Elizabeth, NJ, was intentionally non-political.  … More →

September 28, 2009

People of many faiths and religious backgrounds joined Muslims on September 3 at Sixth & I Historic Synagogue in Washington, DC  for a prayer service and Ramadan dinner to celebrate interfaith service projects. Watch scenes from the service and listen … More →

September 10, 2009

  BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: In Washington, speculation is running high about where Obama and his family will attend church after they move into the White House. Earlier this year, Obama cut ties with his longtime Chicago congregation, Trinity United Church … More →

December 13, 2008

To mark Veterans Day weekend, Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly senior associate producer Patti Jette Hanley took pictures at Arlington National Cemetery and at St. James Episcopal Church on Capitol Hill in Washington, where on All Souls Day members of the parish read the names of Americans who died this year in Iraq, commemorating their sacrifice. More →

November 9, 2007

BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: Finally, as people of faith learn more about each other’s religions and wrestle with inter-religious differences, a visit to a Hindu temple where worshippers are accustomed to seeing many forms of one god. Deryl Davis reports. DERYL … More →

October 18, 2002

Pope John Paul II “did not want a monument that was just dedicated to himself, but rather an institution that really focused in on our teaching role within the Church,” says Rev. G. Michael Bugarin, director of the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center in Washington, D.C. More →

March 23, 2001

  BOB ABERNETHY: Fifty years ago this month, an ex-paratroop chaplain helped found a small, nondenominational church is Washington, DC. It’s never had more than 130 members, but many church historians say it’s become one of the most admired places … More →

October 31, 1997