At a time when high-octane political wrangling continues apace, a diverse coalition of religious leaders is asking Americans to pray for civility.

The President of the National Council of Churches USA has expressed "shock and the profoundest grief" over the deaths in the mass shooting in Newtown.

'Hopes for an ‘Ecumenical Spring’' was a Christian Century headline above a report by Adelle M. Banks of the Religion News Service. Her report spelled out why such hopes are wan, if not desperate, says Martin E. Marty.

Church leaders in United States will fast from 5 to 10 March to protest the retailer Publix’s rejection of the groundbreaking Fair Food Program in Florida.