Mideast Christian group gathers

Several thousand Christian Palestinians, members of the American Federation of Ramallah Palestine, are gathering at the Hyatt Regency in Dearborn for several days of conferences and a full-immersion into the Arab-American culture of Metro Detroit this week. - 07/04/2008

Decision 2008

Obama service plan courts conservatives

Sen. Barack Obama said Tuesday that if elected president he would expand the delivery of social services through churches and other religious organizations, vowing to achieve a goal he said President Bush had fallen short on during his two terms. - 07/02/2008

Ads aim to draw more priests

Catholic dioceses like Detroit and Gaylord are increasing efforts to market the priesthood, hoping to prevail against secular trends and scandal, even as the number of priests dwindles to crisis levels. - 06/30/2008

Jewish religious leaders ask: 'Where've all the men gone?'

After several thousand years in which women were relegated to the sidelines of worship and community leadership, scholars and denominational leaders now say that women are significantly outnumbering men in numerous key segments of non-Orthodox Jewish community life. - 06/26/2008

Most open to other religious interpretations

Most Americans think their faith is not the only way to salvation and that there are different interpretations of their religious beliefs. But they also want their traditions to remain unchanged, according to a national study of religion released Monday. - 06/24/2008

Survey: Most believe there are different ways to interpret religious beliefs

Most Americans think their faith is not the only way to salvation and that there are different interpretations of their religious beliefs. But they also want their traditions to remain unchanged, according to a national study of religion released today. - 06/23/2008

• The U.S. Religious Landscape Survey

Atheist wants Frankenmuth to remove religious symbols

FRANKENMUTH -- If this popular tourist mecca 80 miles north of Detroit wears Germany on one of its sleeves, the other contains Martin Luther. - 06/21/2008

• Detroit History: The city of chicken and Christmas
• CyberSurvey: Should Frankenmuth remove the crosses from its city seal and city park?

Obama apologizes to Muslim women over head scarf controversy

Sen. Barack Obama on Thursday called and apologized to the two Muslim women who say they were told they could not stand behind the candidate at a rally in Detroit on Monday because they were wearing traditional head scarves. - 06/19/2008

• Obama camp sorry for slight to Muslims

Prayerful Detroit gathering seeks forgiveness

DETROIT -- Organizers estimated that 1,000 people were at Hart Plaza Saturday morning asking God to forgive them and Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. - 06/14/2008

• Photos: Detroit Revival 2008 prayer gathering

Southern Baptists develop plan to fight drop in membership

Alarmed by a drop in membership and baptisms, members of the Southern Baptist Convention are set to consider at their annual meeting, which starts today, a 10-year initiative to reverse the decline. - 06/10/2008

Islamic dress dispute may cost six jobs

Six Somali women claim they were ordered by the manager of a suburban Twin Cities food-processing plant to wear pants and shirts to work instead of their traditional Islamic clothing of loose-fitting skirts and scarves, says the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a civil liberties group representing the women. - 06/06/2008

Metal thieves steal Jesus statue

DETROIT -- Church of the Messiah members repaired copper pipes damaged by thieves and replaced aluminum gutters stolen over the past few months. - 06/05/2008

Sainthood for pope studied

ROME -- Evidence overflows from hundreds of boxes stacked to the ceiling in room after room at the Catholic Diocese of Rome -- photos, drawings, letters and other items that Church officials are scouring for the answer to a question: Is Pope John Paul II a saint? - 06/05/2008

Public to see holy shroud in '10

VATICAN CITY -- The Shroud of Turin -- revered by many Christians as Jesus Christ's burial cloth -- will go on rare public display in 2010, Pope Benedict XVI announced Monday. - 06/03/2008