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Memorial Day: Thoughts and prayers for those who served

(Charles Krupa / AP)

COLUMN: A call for courage, sacrifice and the strength to do the right thing.

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Memorial Day: Thoughts and prayers for those who served

COLUMN: A call for courage, sacrifice and the strength to do the right thing.

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Military sex assaults: An epidemic being ignored

The Pentagon needs to start prosecuting cases if it really wants these attacks to stop.

Sally Quinn

The Dalai Lama’s compassion disconnect

He can talk about peace and happiness and compassion and draw crowds of 15,000 or more around the world. But until he calls for the cessation of self-immolation in his name, he will be fighting a losing battle against the Chinese.

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A prayer for reason

My most fervent prayer is that people of differing faiths pray to their gods and not try to proselytize to the rest of the country, which has no place in the public square, especially with government sponsorship.

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U.S. military should put religious freedom at the front

What must stop is the concept that America needs to conquer the world for Christ.

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Bail hearing set for Pa. couple charged with 3rd-degree murder in baby's faith-healing death

PHILADELPHIA — A bail hearing is scheduled for a Philadelphia couple who believe in faith healing over medicine and are charged with third-degree murder in the April death of their 8-month-old son.

Text of President Barack Obama speech on fight against terrorism

Text of President Barack Obama’s speech on the fight against terrorism at the National Defense University, as provided by the White House:

Christian Brothers religious order reaches deal with more than 400 child sex abuse victims

NEW YORK — The Christian Brothers have agreed to pay more than $16 million to people who were molested as children by members of the U.S. religious order.

$250K bail on hold in infant's faith-healing death; murder alleged after parents lose 2 kids

$250K bail on hold in infant's faith-healing death; murder alleged after parents lose 2 kids

PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia couple who believe in faith healing over medicine and have had two sons die of pneumonia will remain in custody on murder charges until a bail hearing Friday.

The courts, birth control and phony claims of 'religious liberty'

The courts, birth control and phony claims of 'religious liberty'

OPINION: Religious freedom gives you no right to make moral or medical decisions for others.

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Memorial Day: Thoughts and prayers for those who served

COLUMN: A call for courage, sacrifice and the strength to do the right thing.

Apple's tax ethics: Unpatriotic or shrewdness in action?

Apple's tax ethics: Unpatriotic or shrewdness in action?

OPINION: We need a sweeping overhaul and simplification of the tax code to make the system fair for all.

El Salvador president presses for beatification of assassinated archbishop in papal audience

El Salvador president presses for beatification of assassinated archbishop in papal audience

VATICAN CITY — El Salvador’s president gave Pope Francis a relic of assassinated Archbishop Oscar Romero on Thursday amid mounting indications that the Vatican might soon move to beatify him.

'I think everybody talks to God sometimes.'

'I think everybody talks to God sometimes.'

Anne Heche reflects on God and her new role in 'Save Me' on NBC

Prepared for change: There have always been gay scouts

Prepared for change: There have always been gay scouts

Leaders need to take the next step toward equality in BSA.

Text of atheist prayer given in Arizona House

An atheist lawmaker’s daily prayer Tuesday at the Arizona House of Representatives led a fellow lawmaker to ask for a do-over the following day.

Arizona House member's atheist nod at prayer time sparks do-over from Christian lawmaker

Arizona House member's atheist nod at prayer time sparks do-over from Christian lawmaker

PHOENIX — An atheist lawmaker’s decision to give the daily prayer at the Arizona House of Representatives triggered a do-over from a Christian lawmaker who said the previous day’s prayer didn’t pass muster.

Mr. Sein goes to Washington: A call for lasting reforms in Myanmar

Mr. Sein goes to Washington: A call for lasting reforms in Myanmar

OPINION: As Burma shows signs of historic democratic actions, the treatment of its minority communities remains a dark and bloody stain.

Faith-healing Philadelphia couple who lost 2 sons to pneumonia charged with 3rd-degree murder

Faith-healing Philadelphia couple who lost 2 sons to pneumonia charged with 3rd-degree murder

PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia couple who believe in faith healing over medicine and who were on probation in their son’s pneumonia death were charged with murder Wednesday after a second young child died under what a prosecutor called “eerily similar” circumstances.

El Salvador president to meet Pope Francis amid beatification hopes for slain archbishop

El Salvador president to meet Pope Francis amid beatification hopes for slain archbishop

VATICAN CITY — El Salvador’s president meets with Pope Francis on Thursday amid mounting indications that the stars have finally aligned to beatify assassinated Archbishop Oscar Romero.

A wrong decision by the Boy Scouts on gays

A wrong decision by the Boy Scouts on gays

OPINION: Until BSA accepts ALL gays -- adults and youths -- there can be no 'progress'

Pope and the devil: Francis' fascination with Satan leads to suspicion he performed exorcism

Pope and the devil: Francis' fascination with Satan leads to suspicion he performed exorcism

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis’ fascination with the devil took on remarkable new twists Tuesday, with a well-known exorcist insisting Francis helped “liberate” a Mexican man possessed by four different demons despite the Vatican’s insistence that no such papal exorcism took place.

Pope urges Chinese Catholics to live lives according to faith in first shout-out

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has issued his first appeal directed at Catholics in China, long the source of concern for his predecessor Benedict XVI.

Voters remain anonymous as Boy Scout leaders gather to decide on gay members

Voters  remain anonymous as Boy Scout leaders gather to decide on gay members

Advocates and opponents head to Texas to express their views. Key vote on allowing gay members is Thursday.

Change is good. For Mormons and for Boy Scouts

Change is good. For Mormons and for Boy Scouts

OPINION: BSA is prepared to take the first step toward inclusion.

Religion

Kay Warren on God: ‘There are times that I feel it’s all a big cosmic joke’

Kay Warren on God: ‘There are times that I feel it’s all a big cosmic joke’

The Post’s Sally Quinn talks with Saddleback Church co-founder Kay Warren on doubting God’s existence, the HIV/Aids epidemic and why God allows suffering. (Archives)
Author Colm Toibin talks about his book ‘The Testament of Mary’

Author Colm Toibin talks about his book ‘The Testament of Mary’

Author Colm Toibin sat down with The Washington Post’s Sally Quinn to discuss his approach to writing “The Testament of Mary” and his relationship with the Catholic church.
Conn. Rabbi talks about comforting Sandy Hook victim’s mom

Conn. Rabbi talks about comforting Sandy Hook victim’s mom

Rabbi Shaul Praver of the Adath Israel congregation in Newtown, Conn., discusses comforting the mom of Sandy Hook shooting victim Noah Posner on Saturday.
Pope Benedict sends first tweet

Pope Benedict sends first tweet

VIDEO | Pope Benedict sent his first tweet using his handle @pontifex. The Pope writes: "Dear friends, I am pleased to get in touch with you through Twitter. Thank you for your generous response. I bless all of you from my heart."
Rev. Franklin Graham: America has rejected God

Rev. Franklin Graham: America has rejected God

Rev. Franklin Graham: America has rejected God
Rev. Franklin Graham on his holiday outreach program

Rev. Franklin Graham on his holiday outreach program

Rev. Franklin Graham sits down with the The Post’s Sally Quinn to talk about his holiday outreach program, Operation Christmas Child.
Eckhart Tolle on losing trust in God, being in the now

Eckhart Tolle on losing trust in God, being in the now

Spiritual teacher Eckhart Tolle spoke with The Washington Post’s Sally Quinn about his Roman Catholic upbringing, losing trust in God and the core of his teachings: being in the now.
Bishop Stallings on controversial ministry

Bishop Stallings on controversial ministry

Bishop George Stallings, founder of the Imani Temple African Catholic Congregation talks about his controversial ministry and allegations that he abused altar boys while a priest in the Roman Catholic Church.
Polls: Romney up, God down

Polls: Romney up, God down

New polls show Mitt Romney catching up to Obama. Meanwhile, God seems to be losing ground: a new poll shows that one in five Americans now self-identify as secular. We speak to religion reporter Michelle Boorstein and Jesse Galef of the Secular Student Alliance.
Bishop Vashti McKenzie speaks at DNC

Bishop Vashti McKenzie speaks at DNC

Bishop Vashti McKenzie, co-chair of the DNC Credentials Committee and the first woman elected as bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, called the Democratic Party the “most forward-looking” party.
Mitt Romney’s RNC speech highlights

Mitt Romney’s RNC speech highlights

Mitt Romney accepts the official GOP nominee and speaks to the Republican National Convention on its final night.
Joel Osteen on his connection with fans

Joel Osteen on his connection with fans

Evangelist Joel Osteen discusses his connection with fans and how he got his start. Osteen will speak at Nationals Park on Saturday, April 28.