Track-It Religion

DETROIT -- A number of Arab-American and Muslim groups based in metro Detroit and across the United States strongly condemned the shooting rampage at Ft. Hood, Texas, saying the actions are not rooted in Islam or Arab culture. Read more

As word spread that a gunman had opened fire at Fort Hood leaving a trail of carnage, a chilling realization swept across the U.S. Muslim community: He has an Islamic name. Read more

HAVANA — A senior Vatican official said Friday he has asked Cuba's government to allow the Roman Catholic Church more access to mass media, saying Cubans are a religious people and should be given broadcast access to their pastors. Read more

Nov. 7--Nerds, geeks and all other sorts of cultural subsections like to get caught up in debates of who would win in a fight between Batman or Superman? "Star Trek" or "Star Wars"? Our 43rd president or our 44th? Read more

STERLING, Va. — U.S. mosques fearful of a backlash after the shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas are stepping up security. Read more

SEATTLE -- When some 600 atheists, agnostics and other nonreligious folks gather in Seattle starting Friday for a Freedom From Religion Foundation convention, there will be an emphatically nonprayer breakfast. Read more

STEELE, Mo. -- At the beginning of an evening worship service at the First Assembly of God church, the Rev. Ryan Harris pitted teens against adults in a trivia game called Battle of the Generations. Read more

Voices of faith: Is it God's job to protect us?

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HE WORKS WITH US

Rabbi H. Scott White of Congregation Ohev Sholom in Prairie Village, Kan.: Did you hear the one about the pious man and the flood? Read more

SACRAMEN TO, Calif. -- One of the hardest things Ed Donaghy has ever done was leave his ministry as a Catholic priest. For months, he agonized over his conflicting desires to have a family and serve as a priest in the Sacramento Diocese. Read more

NEWARK, N.J. — The muffled voices are heard only for a few seconds, but are chilling nevertheless. Read more