FRED DE SAM LAZARO: The students are mostly women. Some are grandmothers. Hundreds have come through here from villages across India and a dozen other countries to learn how to install and maintain solar energy in rural areas. Even though … More →

March 13, 2009

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March 6, 2009

BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: Pope Benedict XVI apparently chastised Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi over her views on abortion. Pelosi is Catholic and pro-choice. After a private meeting with Pelosi at the Vatican this week, Benedict issued a statement saying … More →

February 20, 2009

FRED DE SAM LAZARO: Nigerians may want for many of life’s basic needs. A house of worship would not seem one of them. In the largest city, Lagos, there are traditional, old-line churches. But there also are hundreds of banners … More →

February 13, 2009

This week leaders of the worldwide Anglican Communion called on Zimbabwe’s president, Robert Mugabe, to step down and asked that a church representative be sent to Zimbabwe. Watch Rev. Thomas Shaw, Episcopal bishop of Massachusetts, who visited Zimbabwe last year … More →

February 5, 2009

COMMENTARY Rabbi Jack Moline is the rabbi at Agudas Achim Congregation in Alexandria, Virginia: There is an old joke about a group of tourists taken prisoner by a guerilla group in a distant country. The leader of the gang tells … More →

January 8, 2009

BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: This past week the UN said nearly a billion people worldwide are hungry, but there are many efforts underway to combat that. We have a Fred de Sam Lazaro story today about one popular feeding program that … More →

December 13, 2008

Cows, goats, worms, water wells, and sewing machines are being donated this holiday season to charitable organizations, including Heifer International, World Vision, and Oxfam. More →

December 13, 2008

[MYPLAYLIST=2] KIM LAWTON, guest anchor: Mourning continued around the world in the wake of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India. Nearly 200 people were killed in the 60-hour siege of several sites, and hundreds of others were wounded. Among the … More →

December 5, 2008

Read an essay on religion and American imperialism by David E. Anderson, senior editor at Religion News Service. More →

November 19, 2008