(RNS) "Love Inshallah: The Secret Love Lives of American Muslim Women" is a new collection of stories about sex, lust, dating, marriage, and divorce by 25 women of diverse religious interpretations, ethnicities, and sexual orientations. By Omar Sacirbey.

WASHINGTON (RNS) Despite attacks on Coptic Christians, Egyptian Christian leaders visiting Washington said Wednesday (Feb. 8) they do not support the development of a Christian political party in their country. By Adelle M. Banks.

(RNS) The people behind a popular chain about President Obama and the National Day of Prayer might want to think about the sin of omission. That's omission, as in omitting facts. By Caryn Shinske.

VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Vatican on Thursday launched an online educational forum to help the world's bishops better learn how to prevent the sexual abuse of minors and respond to abusive priests. By Alessandro Speciale.

NASHVILLE (RNS) After splitting from the Episcopal Church over the ordination of gay bishops and biblical authority, dissident Anglicans find themselves in the midst of yet another power struggle with their conservative patrons in Africa and Asia. By Bob Smietana.

The so-called "Hawaii option" is the White House's preferred way out of the contraception mandate mess. But some Catholics want blood, and the bishops want the entire mandate trashed. Rick Santorum's Hanukkah card quotes Jesus -- really.

"If the president does not reverse the … attack on religious freedom, then the Congress, acting on behalf of the American people and the Constitution we are sworn to uphold and defend, must," House Speaker John Boehner said. "This attack by the federal government on religious freedom in our country must not stand and will not stand."

(RNS) Given that birth control use is almost universal – even among Catholics – many wonder why the Obama administration could wind up retreating on its pledge to mandate insurance coverage of contraception among religious institutions. David Gibson offers five reasons that may help explain the political dynamic the president is facing

(RNS) A new report by a terrorism expert at the University of North Carolina says the threat of terrorism at the hands of American Muslims is "a minuscule threat to public safety." By Omar Sacirbey.

WASHINGTON (RNS) The head of the Congressional Prayer Caucus has lodged a complaint with the Air Force over the decision to remove the word "God" from a division logo. By Annalisa Musarra.

(RNS) When the person you married goes through a dramatic change -- a car accident, brain injury or dementia --  what's a spouse to do? As Valentine's Day approaches, clergy, ethicists  and brain injury experts agree: There are no easy answers.  By Adelle M. Banks.

VATICAN CITY (RNS) Bishops from all over the world at a Vatican-sponsored conference on clerical sexual abuse will take part in a penitential vigil in
Rome, seeking forgiveness for the church's role in preventing abuse. By Alessandro Speciale. 

LOS ANGELES (RNS) The appeals court's decision upheld a 2010 ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker, saying that "although the Constitution permits communities to enact most laws they believe to be desirable, it requires that there be at least a legitimate reason for the passage of a law that treats different classes of people differently." By David Finnigan.