Watch members of an Episcopal parish in Washington, DC talk about their long partnership with Haiti and listen to them share their thoughts about the suffering and destruction.

Bhavana Gupta says her generation will go to a Hindu temple in New Delhi and say, "Let's give the priest 500 rupees to have him do a good prayer service for us." But the younger generation questions this traditional Hindu practice and asks why.

Faith-based groups are raising money, sending supplies, providing emergency medical help, and trying to locate staff, missionaries, and workers. In the US there are special prayer services and vigils for the victims.

"I think King would make a case for the principles and practices of nonviolence even in settling disputes between nations," says Cheryl Sanders, professor of Christian ethics at Howard University School of Divinity and senior pastor at Third Street Church of God in Washington, DC.

The financial crisis is a moral crisis, says religious leader Jim Wallis, and repairing the economy will require a moral reawakening.

Watch more of Bob Abernethy's interview with Jim Wallis about values, the economy, and financial reform.

Engaged Buddhism means "you must confront social suffering," says Thai scholar and activist Sulak Sivaraksa, "and people suffer now because of the environment."

"We as Muslims have done a lot in terms of the message against extremism. Our problem is that we have not been able to develop an effective way to get the message out," says Salam Al-Marayati, executive director of the Muslim Public Affairs Council.

The Redeemed Christian Church of God, founded in Nigeria, is expanding its missionary network in North America.

In South Philadelphia, a funeral director who has buried many young gunshot victims tries to teach neighborhood teenagers the toll of death.

We ask several prominent religious leaders and scholars to tell us what topics they will be watching closely in coming year.

Join our discussion of the most anticipated religion and ethics news stories in the year to come.

Watch more interviews with members of the religious community describing what they will be looking for in the year 2010.

Religion and Ethics Newsweekly's Kim Lawton highlights some of the key religion news stories from the past year in this special annual feature.

Watch a panel of reporters discuss the most significant religion and ethics news of 2009.

This moving service of scripture readings, prayers, hymns, and carols was created after World War I at King's College Cambridge.

Hundreds of young people from Southeast Washington, DC have participated in the faith-based programs at this former crack house.

As global leaders met in Denmark to discuss a deal that would help contain and reverse climate change, young activists came together on the National Mall to build a 60-foot replica of Noah's Ark.

Former Missouri senator John Danforth is establishing a center on religion and politics at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.

The basement of Christ Lutheran Church is one of the few places in Baltimore where homeless single women and their children can find help.