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  • Federal Appeals Court Tackles Christian Prayer at North Carolina Meetings

    Federal Appeals Court Tackles Christian Prayer at North Carolina Meetings

    Christians pray in the Basilica of our Lady of Fatima in Cairo in Cairo August 18, 2013. A federal appeals court will decide on whether North Carolina government officials’ practice of holding Christian prayers at meetings is a violation of the U.S. Constitution. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) wants the 4th U.S. Circuit Court…

  • Prayer heals wounds torn by violence

    Prayer heals wounds torn by violence

    Becky Malewitz, South Bend Tribune Patricia Forrest, mother of Jodie Henderson Jr., places a candle with a memorial for her son near the intersection of Sorin and Arthur streets Thursday in South Bend. Forrest wore the hat of her son. Tribune Photo/BECKY MALEWITZ SOUTH BEND — Patricia Forrest remembers the last time that she spoke…

  • Quantum Prayer

    Quantum Prayer

    A pastor named William McNamara once shared a fantasy about how he would like to respond to someone who asks, "Pastor, say a little prayer for us before we begin." This is what he’d like to say: "I will not! There are no little prayers! Prayer enters the lion’s den, brings us before the holy…

  • Ex-Delta Force commander to speak on power of prayer

    Ex-Delta Force commander to speak on power of prayer

    SANTA FE, N.M. — A former commander of the U.S. Army’s covert Delta Force whose comments have at times put him at odds with both the military and religious rights organizations, said he’ll talk about the importance of prayer when he speaks Friday at the Baptist Convention of New Mexico Legislative Breakfast in Santa Fe.…