"While we human beings are of inestimable value, we are not of infinite value," writes an ethicist and professor of medicine in a new book on end of life care.

There will always be a purpose to monastic life, say the sisters of Mount St. Scholastica, as long as there is a need in the world for silence, prayer, simplicity, and balance.

"Is there anyone here who yearns for life and desires to see good days?" Those stirring words come at the beginning of one of the most durable spiritual guides of all time, the Rule of St. Benedict.

President Obama’s advisory panel of religious and community leaders released its final report with dozens of policy recommendations on issues including poverty, climate change, and interfaith cooperation.

As President Obama’s faith advisory council issues its final report, Joshua DuBois, director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, describes what the administration has learned from religious and community leaders.

Former diplomat Thomas Farr is concerned the Obama administration has yet to fill this important position.

With major earthquakes in Haiti and Chile, relief organizations have their work cut out for them as they help the people of these devastated countries. Watch our interview with Richard Stearns, president of World Vision.

Watch more of our conversation with World Vision president Richard Stearns on dual catastrophes in Chile and Haiti, the military's role in humanitarian relief, and the Obama White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships.

Rami Elhanan and Mazen Faraj are members of the Parents Circle-Families Forum, a grassroots group that unites bereaved Israelis and Palestinians who have lost immediate family members to the Middle East conflict. Together they promote a message of dialogue, reconciliation, and peace.

“Most of our faith traditions believe God gave us the gift of sexuality, so it has deep theological meaning for us," says Kate Ott of the Religious Institute on Sexual Morality, Justice and Healing.