A Zoroastrian family of Iranian Americans celebrates the Prophet Zoroaster's message of "good thoughts, good words, good deeds."

In most of the world, the poor and sick are ignored. In Lourdes, they are number one, and people say they are drawn there because they believe it is a place of great faith.

Watch Sister Eileen Campbell of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas and Bishop Minerva Carcaño of the Desert Southwest Conference of the United Methodist Church talk about their support of immigration reform.

Religion reporter David Gibson assesses relations between the US Catholic Church and the new Obama Administration and talks about the political role that New York’s new archbishop, Timothy Dolan, may play.

Milwaukee Archbishop Timothy Dolan is known for upholding church doctrine with warmth and wit. Will he embrace the chance for a broad public role in New York?

"My lifelong belief is that love and death interwoven are the heartstrings of religion. The greatest of all truths is that love never dies. The opposite of love is not death. It is fear."

Milwaukee Archbishop Timothy Dolan will succeed Cardinal Edward Egan to become the next Roman Catholic Archbishop of New York. National Catholic Reporter correspondent John Allen talks about what Dolan brings to the position and the challenges he will face.

National Catholic Reporter Vatican correspondent John Allen offers perspective on Pope Benedict XVI's papacy, his planned visit to the Holy Land, Catholic-Jewish relations, and recent questions about the direction of the Vatican.

Sholem Aleichem is a writer best known for the stories that inspired the musical “Fiddler on the Roof.” He wrote in Yiddish, the everyday language of Eastern European Jews, and he wrote about everyday Jewish life in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Earlier this month, President Barack Obama established a Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships to advise him on several social issues. Watch some members of the council discuss their roles.

On February 17, a group of Christian leaders from across the political and ideological spectrum made public their recommendations on how to reduce domestic poverty. Watch some of them talk about this effort.

The lectern in Lagos holds both Quran and Bible, and the worshippers say they are both Christian and Muslim.

It allows a birth parent to choose the people who will adopt the child and to stay in contact with them and the child.

What do religious leaders most hope for in the first 100 days of the Obama administration?

Watch Brookings Institution senior fellow William Galston talk about the vices and virtues of market societies and what Jewish tradition has to say about the economy and our human inclinations.

Watch William McGurn, a vice president at News Corporation, talk about Wall Street, wealth, Catholic teaching, and the market economy.

As the world marks Charles Darwin's 200th birthday and the 150th anniversary of his book On the Origin of Species, Texas has become the latest battleground state in the evolution curriculum controversy.

"My life has been transformed. I don't know why God has blessed me and graced me the way God has. In my own mind, I don't deserve it."

A new faith advisory council of more than two dozen religious leaders will advise President Obama on policy issues.

Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly managing editor Kim Lawton discusses the appointees to President Barack Obama’s new advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.