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Inspired by Opening a Page in a Book, Man Drills for Water in Maasai Village
A Harley-riding Wisconsin senior has been given the National Franciscan Peace Award for 2009, an honor previously given to Martin Luther King, Jr., Mother...
Mission for LA Priest: Saving Flock from Foreclosure
A Roman Catholic parish in California has one of the highest foreclosure rates in the nation -- one in nine homes is in...
Muslims in America: A New Day Under Obama
Because the notion of Muslims as scary "others" was so pervasive in some areas of America, I had hoped the election of Barack Obama...
Theologians Converge on Brazil to Envision a Sustainable World
Theologians from around the world are converging on Belém, near the mouth of the Amazon River in northeast Brazil, to develop a theology for...
HIV Diagnosis Inspires Life of Service
Anti-retroviral therapy re-energizes a Tanzanian woman living with HIV to give back to others who face the same challenges. She is a different woman...
Doctors Join Together To Change Ethiopian’s Life
A new US citizen from Ethiopia, Marie Gebrewold, received life-changing surgery on her jaw at no cost thanks to Operation Smile and its volunteer...
Sewing Portable Beds for Down and Out Families
A finalist in this year's Australian of the Year awards, Jean Madden, a young mother, is helping her country's 100,000 homeless brace for another...
EARTH ALERT ’08: Top Ten Good News for the Earth
Happy Earth Day! Here are the top ten good news stories for the environment... Since the first Earth Day in 1970, air quality has...
Peace is Delicious for Traditional Foes Who Now Grow Coffee Together
In Uganda, one man went to his neighbors and his friends and brought together three groups of people - Christian, Muslim and Jewish -...
Polish Priest Wins Templeton Prize for Uniting Science and Religion
Michael Heller, a Polish Roman Catholic priest and cosmologist whose intellectual and religious life has been grounded in the insights of both science and...
Vatican, Muslim Clerics Lay Groundwork For Landmark Talks
For a second day, Muslim and Catholic leaders sat down at the Vatican in Rome yesterday for talks to pave the way for what...
500 Trees to Mark Half-Millennium of Luther’s Reformation
Churches worldwide are encouraged to adopt one of 500 trees being planted in a special "Luther Garden" in Wittenberg in eastern Germany to mark...
$1 Million Award for Activist Who Aided Refugees
"A Roman Catholic activist who has helped provide education to thousands of African refugees displaced by ethnic bloodshed has been awarded a $1 million...
Pope Leads Eco-Friendly Rally for Half Million Youth (Video)
The Catholic church held a massive "eco-friendly" youth festival in Italy pronouncing it to be "Save Creation Day." Biodegradable cutlery and trash bags were...
Ton of Pharmaceuticals Kept Out of Michigan Rivers (Earth Day Follow-Up)
Pharmaceuticals in the water supply likely are responsible for crises of sexual mutation in fish found in the Potomac River and deformed frogs in...
Jerusalem Church Leaders Call for End to Hamas Embargo
Leaders of churches in Jerusalem in an Easter message have urged Christians around the world to work to end an international financial boycott of...
Historic Northern Ireland Deal Reached
Building on peace efforts over the last 10 years, Northern Ireland's arch foes have finally agreed to a power-sharing executive governing body for the...
Templeton Prize Goes to Philosopher Who Says Barriers Between Science and Spirituality Fragment Us
Professor Charles Taylor, a Canadian philosopher who for nearly half a century has argued that problems such as violence and bigotry can only be...
Poland Honors Woman who Saved 2,500 Jewish Children from Holocaust
Irena Sendler was honored in Poland for her part in a secret organization that rescued thousands of Jews from certain death by smuggling them...
Pope and Politicians Praise Homeless Champion Abbe Pierre
Abbé Pierre, the French Roman Catholic priest whose radio appeal in 1954 for the homeless and destitute stirred the conscience of his nation has...