Church Leaders Back $1 Hike in Cigarette Taxes

Norway May Ease Stem Cell Research Ban

Norway's government proposed lifting a national ban on using human embryonic stem cells for research, saying Friday that the change might help find cures to a broad range of diseases.

Polls: Wealth a Top Priority for Most Youth Today

Melissa Greenwood sees it every day at her high school — the hyper-focus on designer labels, the must-have trendy cell phones, the classmates driving SUVs.

Gay Lutheran Minister's Hearing Ends

A disciplinary hearing ended Tuesday in the case of a gay Lutheran minister who could be defrocked for announcing he has a partner, and the hearing committee now has up to two weeks to make its decisi

Episcopal Leaders Threaten to Remove Dissident Clergy from Ministry

Episcopal leaders are moving to strip clergy at breakaway conservative churches of their licenses. The breakaway churches have cited disagreements with the denomination's liberal views on homosexuali