Megachurch members worship more often

WASHINGTON -- Members of the nation's largest churches go to worship services more often and have more friends in the congregation than those who attend very small churches, according to a new study of American religious beliefs and values. - 10/10/2008

Nepal names girl, 3, new living goddess

KATMANDU, Nepal -- Hindu and Buddhist priests chanted sacred hymns and cascaded flowers and grains of rice over a 3-year-old girl who was appointed a living goddess in Nepal on Tuesday. - 10/08/2008

Well-traveled Bible: New version written out -- one verse, one person at time

Hundreds lined up at Grace Christian Church on Wednesday to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the New International Version translation of the Bible, by contributing to what by next summer will be the first Bible ever written out one verse, one person at a time -- 31,173 people recording 31,173 verses of the translation. - 10/02/2008

Metro Detroit Muslims, Jews celebrating

Rabbi Aaron Bergman busied himself preparing for today, the first celebration of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, with his new congregation at Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills. - 09/30/2008

Longer days make for greater sacrifice during Ramadan fast

Mohamed Abbas works intently on some papers and his brother does homework while their mother prepares the first full meal of the day. It is almost 8 p.m. - 09/25/2008

• Photos: Metro Muslims fast for Ramadan

Jewish community, supporters rally in Farmington Hills against Ahmadinejad's U.N. speech

FARMINGTON HILLS -- Several hundred people from the local Jewish community rallied Monday afternoon outside the Holocaust Memorial Center to protest Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's scheduled address today before the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. - 09/23/2008

Peace begins with scissors and markers

DETROIT — Sophia Lamphier, age 8, has a wish, one that is in her mind a simple one: that the war in Iraq would soon end. - 09/22/2008

Diving Effort

Hindu faithful re-create godly marriage in push to build temple

DEARBORN -- Every day in a prominent temple in southern India, the marriage of the major Hindu god Venkateswara is re-enacted as it has been for centuries. - 09/15/2008

Pope: End divisions over old Latin Mass

LOURDES, France -- Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday warned of the danger of a growing split among Catholics over the use of the old, traditional form of Latin Mass. - 09/14/2008

Most Holy Trinity holds mass in wake of break-in

DETROIT -- Auxiliary Bishop Daniel Flores told students at Most Holy Trinity Church that a recent break-in and theft at the church was disrespectful to God, but something their prayers could help correct. - 09/11/2008

Temple offers $50K to relocating Jews

DOTHAN, Ala. -- Larry Blumberg is looking for a few good Jews to move to his corner of the Bible Belt. - 09/11/2008

• Interactive: Recruiting Jews

Mount Clemens

Macomb County churches vow to help homeless

MOUNT CLEMENS -- Richard Earl understands the many obstacles homeless people face as they work to get back on their feet. - 09/10/2008

Decision 2008

Churches to risk their tax-exempt status

CHICAGO -- Declaring that clergy have a constitutional right to endorse political candidates from their pulpits, the socially conservative Alliance Defense Fund is recruiting several dozen pastors to do just that on Sept. 28, in defiance of Internal Revenue Service rules. - 09/10/2008

Neal Rubin

Metal thieves cross the line at Holy Trinity

The window they crawled through stands a good 9 feet off the ground. It's directly above a large bush, so they couldn't have used a van as a scaffold, and there were no ladder marks Tuesday in the damp soil at the base of the red brick wall. - 09/10/2008