The federal budget crunch should not be eased by cutting programs that help the poor, refugees and the unemployed, warned church leaders.

John Sweeney, former president of the A.F.L.-C.I.O., was honored along with a Medal of Freedom at a White House ceremony on Feb. 15.

Christians and Muslims are involved together in the democracy and reform movements in the Middle East, said a leading Lebanese scholar.

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Christian leaders demanded that the federal government conduct its own inquiry into a series of attacks on Christian targets in southern Karnataka State.

“The history of the church includes moments when the people of God are called to reform and renew the church. This is one such moment.”