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When Jesus told his apostles that the poor will always be with us, we never predicted that we might one day be numbered among them. But here we are, 20 centuries later, in the midst of a global recession.

In most news reports, Mother Teresa seemed like such a nice, quiet holy woman.
But as any reporter who actually interviewed her quickly learned, Calcutta's "saint of the gutters" could be remarkably blunt. She once noted -- in a half-serious jest -- that she would rather bathe a leper than meet the press.

It was clear from the man's testimony that all hell was breaking loose in his life and he needed help.
However, since this man was a scientist, the Rev. Gary Thomas wasn't surprised that he was a skeptic when it came to supernatural evil.

With nearly 5 million adherents, Islam is fast becoming America's second religious faith. According to a recent Gallup poll, Muslim Americans are already the most racially diverse group in the nation.

Passover is almost here, which means Jewish families are preparing once again to taste familiar tastes, ask familiar questions and hear the familiar answers that have united them through the ages.

The good news from a recent survey of American teenagers is that a majority of them (54 percent) look to their parents as role models for the kind of adults they hope to be.

To hear Tom Hanks describe him, the hero who broke "The Da Vinci Code" is an academic superman whose knowledge of art, religion, history and philosophy can handle anything.
But in his next movie adventure, a Vatican official catches Harvard professor Robert Langdon off guard with this eternal question: "Do you believe in God?"

At age 13 Alfie Patten has fathered a daughter, Maisie. The mother, 15-year-old Chantelle Steadman, was already sleeping with more than five boys when her child was conceived. Asked how he intends to provide for their child financially, Alfie replied, "What does financially mean?"

By age 14, Cassie Griffin had collected a bedroom full of toy frogs, each a playful symbol of her F.R.O.G. motto -- Fully Relying On God.

Two massive surveys of the religious landscape reveal that fewer Americans today claim to be Christian, and that church attendance is slipping. Meanwhile, a commentator in the Christian Science Monitor predicts that the steady decline in mainstream Protestantism will be matched by the erosion of evangelical Christianity.