A major US association of evangelical Christians has condemned torture by the American military and reaffirmed its commitment to environmental activism.

Members of a Colorado mega-church rocked by revelations that its high-profile pastor had a three-year relationship with a then male sex worker, met the accuser face-to-face when he visited their congregation on Sunday 28 January 2007.

Reflecting on the fall of a US religious hero

President George W. Bush was described by political commentators in Washington DC as in ënear meltdowní today after his alliance with the religious right failed to stop Democrats taking control of the House of Representatives ñ and probably the Senate too ñ in the mid-term US congressional elections.

As the US Congress debates the meaning of provisions of the Geneva Convention, religious and human rights leaders are repeating their plea to eliminate torture as a tool of American policy.

Harriet Miers' withdrawal as President George Bush's nominee for the US Supreme Court has reopened the debate about what many believe to be the harmfully disproportionate influence of the "religious right" on the current US administration.

American evangelical Christian leaders have urged President George W. Bush to consider sending troops to stop what they are saying is genocide in Sudan