• N.J. Kidney Donation Combines Faiths

  A Reform rabbi and a Methodist pastor may celebrate different holidays this month, but they have something to rejoice together — one is giving a kidney to the other.

• Episcopal parishes in Va. Break Away

  Two of the most prominent and largest Episcopal parishes in Virginia voted overwhelmingly Sunday to leave The Episcopal Church and join fellow Anglican conservatives forming a rival denomination in th

• Brownback Addresses Christian Radio Members, Touts FDA Move

  Sen. Sam Brownback said Friday his presidential pursuit has gone well so far, and he praised the Food and Drug Administration's move to give seriously ill patients easier access to experimental drugs

• 'Compassionate' Christian Leaders Fight for the Religious Right

  The Rev. Joel Hunter thinks everyone should replace old light bulbs with energy-saving fluorescents, and he's passionate about job training for the poor.

• Indonesian Militant Sentenced to 4 Years Over Attack Church

  An Islamic militant was sentenced to four years in jail on Thursday for storing the explosives used in a botched 2001 bomb attack on a church in Indonesia.