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People across the United States are finding out what it means for their life when the government shuts down. But what if churches shut down?

Indonesia Vows to Maintain Religious Pluralism * Police in India Arrest Workers at Home for Destitute * Anglican Church in Australia to Elect Aboriginal Leaders * Hawaiians Thankful: No Deaths or Serious Injuries from Powerful Quakes

Is pro-life more than pro-birth? Why isn’t the pro-life movement committed to the whole person? These are common questions aimed at the pro-life movement. Truth is, the pro-life movement is about more than abortion. It's about justice and human...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A leading human rights group called on the leader of Colombia's largest guerrilla army Monday to stop kidnapping and killing civilians and to provide better treatment to captured soldiers and police.

What do legalized gambling and legalized pot have in common? They fill government coffers and fuel social pathologies -- all in the name of personal freedom. I’ll explain, next on BreakPoint.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Though Afghanistan's Taliban rulers remain deeply involved in the opium trade, there is little evidence that drugs are a major source of funding for Osama bin Laden's terrorist network, top drug officials told lawmakers...

This Sunday, Christians around the world will mourn the innocent lives lost since Roe v. Wade was decided. It’s Sanctity of Human Life Sunday, and it’s an opportunity for us to act on our beliefs in new and bold ways.

You might not expect someone weighing a presidential run in 2008 to spend a dozen hours in a state prison; it's not exactly the best place to go in search of campaign dollars or volunteers. But once you grasp Sam Brownback's political vision, his...

It's not easy being a ruthless ruler these days. The handover of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to a U.N. tribunal is just the latest sign that it's getting harder and harder for leaders accused of atrocities to avoid facing the...

LIMA, Peru (AP) - Peru began Tuesday sorting out the avalanche of charges against Vladimiro Montesinos, the ex-spy chief accused of everything from smuggling arms to Colombian guerrillas, to bribing judges and lawmakers and directing a notorious...

LIMA, Peru (AP) - With ex-spy chief Vladimiro Montesinos tucked away in a concrete naval cellblock he helped design for Peru's most notorious rebel leaders, many here are wondering if Peruvian justice is any closer to reaching former President...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - South Asia is awash in small arms - many bought by the United States for Afghanistan's mujahedeen during the 1980s - and large quantities are in the hands of insurgents throughout the subcontinent, arms experts say.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - South Asia is awash in small arms - many bought by the United States for Afghanistan's mujahedeen during the 1980s - and large quantities are in the hands of insurgents throughout the subcontinent, arms experts say.

Celebrities are voicing opposition over Amnesty International— an organization that many had supported.

We don’t hear much about repentance today. One of the reasons for that has to do with the fact that a whole segment of the evangelical church has purposely de-emphasized its role in salvation and indeed sanctification. Some would say that...

Members of the Islamist terrorist group al Shabaab, wearing black turbans and carrying grenades and automatic weapons, ordered women, men and children to line up. Those who were Muslims could go, they said, but anyone who was not a Muslim would be...

GENEVA (AP) - A United Nations panel of rights experts reminded North Korea that it was not exempt from observing human rights and admonished the reclusive country for snubbing the committee for 14 years.