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Megachurch members worship more often

Study finds those who attend 'megachurches' also more likely to have friends in the pews.

WASHINGTON -- Members of the nation's largest churches go to worship services more often and have more friends in the congregation than those who attend very small churches, according to a new study of American religious beliefs and values. - 10/10/2008

Nepal names girl, 3, new living goddess

Matani Shakya, 3, will retain her status as the "kumari," or living goddess in Nepal, until she reaches puberty.

KATMANDU, Nepal -- Hindu and Buddhist priests chanted sacred hymns and cascaded flowers and grains of rice over a 3-year-old girl who was appointed a living goddess in Nepal on Tuesday. - 10/08/2008

Well-traveled Bible: New version written out -- one verse, one person at time

Mary Young of Bloomfield Hills writes Genesis 5:22 at Grace Christian Church in Sterling Heights as part of the Bible Across America tour.

Hundreds lined up at Grace Christian Church on Wednesday to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the New International Version translation of the Bible, by contributing to what by next summer will be the first Bible ever written out one verse, one person at a time -- 31,173 people recording 31,173 verses of the translation. - 10/02/2008

Metro Detroit Muslims, Jews celebrating

Rabbi Aaron Bergman busied himself preparing for today, the first celebration of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, with his new congregation at Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills. - 09/30/2008

Longer days make for greater sacrifice during Ramadan fast

Mohamed Abbas works intently on some papers and his brother does homework while their mother prepares the first full meal of the day. It is almost 8 p.m. - 09/25/2008

Jewish community, supporters rally in Farmington Hills against Ahmadinejad's U.N. speech

FARMINGTON HILLS -- Several hundred people from the local Jewish community rallied Monday afternoon outside the Holocaust Memorial Center to protest Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's scheduled address today before the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. - 09/23/2008

Peace begins with scissors and markers

Sophia Lamphier, 8, crafts a pinwheel on Sunday, observed as the International Day of Peace.

DETROIT — Sophia Lamphier, age 8, has a wish, one that is in her mind a simple one: that the war in Iraq would soon end. - 09/22/2008

Diving Effort

Hindu faithful re-create godly marriage in push to build temple

Members of the Sri Balaji Temple of Great Lakes carry a representative of the god Venkateswara for the three-hour Hindu ritual of his marriage, performed Sunday for the first time in Michigan at the Ford Community & Performing Arts Center in Dearborn.

DEARBORN -- Every day in a prominent temple in southern India, the marriage of the major Hindu god Venkateswara is re-enacted as it has been for centuries. - 09/15/2008

Pope: End divisions over old Latin Mass

LOURDES, France -- Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday warned of the danger of a growing split among Catholics over the use of the old, traditional form of Latin Mass. - 09/14/2008

Most Holy Trinity holds mass in wake of break-in

DETROIT -- Auxiliary Bishop Daniel Flores told students at Most Holy Trinity Church that a recent break-in and theft at the church was disrespectful to God, but something their prayers could help correct. - 09/11/2008

Temple offers $50K to relocating Jews

Larry Blumberg, chairman of the Blumberg Family Relocation Fund, is looking for a few good Jews to move to Dothan, Ala. Young Jews are leaving small towns like Dothan for bigger cities.

DOTHAN, Ala. -- Larry Blumberg is looking for a few good Jews to move to his corner of the Bible Belt. - 09/11/2008

Mount Clemens

Macomb County churches vow to help homeless

Volunteer outreach minister Richard Earl offers counsel at the soup kitchen in Grace Episcopal Church.

MOUNT CLEMENS -- Richard Earl understands the many obstacles homeless people face as they work to get back on their feet. - 09/10/2008

Decision 2008

Churches to risk their tax-exempt status

CHICAGO -- Declaring that clergy have a constitutional right to endorse political candidates from their pulpits, the socially conservative Alliance Defense Fund is recruiting several dozen pastors to do just that on Sept. 28, in defiance of Internal Revenue Service rules. - 09/10/2008

Neal Rubin

Metal thieves cross the line at Holy Trinity

The window they crawled through stands a good 9 feet off the ground. It's directly above a large bush, so they couldn't have used a van as a scaffold, and there were no ladder marks Tuesday in the damp soil at the base of the red brick wall. - 09/10/2008

Thieves take Christ figure off crucifix at Corktown's Most Holy Trinity church

Father Russell Kohler is pleading for safe return of the object, along with other metal pieces that were stolen Monday night or very early Tuesday. - 09/09/2008

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