WASHINGTON (RNS) A coalition of evangelicals is calling on fellow Christians who oppose abortion to support family planning across the globe. By Adelle M. Banks.

SNL satirizes the Catholic VP debate. Remembering Arlen Specter. Is Apple's logo blasphemous? 

All eyes on the Biden-Ryan debate tonight. Emory University owns up to anti-Semitic past. Pope Benedict XVI says "May Allah bless you all."

Americans for the first time say government should not try to promote any set of values in society, the Dalai Lama gets a Stickley throne, and the Pope gets to kiss babies.

KABUL, Afghanistan (RNS) When the Taliban seized control in 1996, most forms of music were banned, but now a number of young Afghans influenced by Western culture are using music to express themselves -- including at the city's first school of rock. By Ruth Owen/USA Today.

TOLEDO, Ohio (RNS) Aaron and Jackie Frisch had more than their 15 minutes of fame when ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" built them a dream home four years ago. Ever since then, they've been carrying out an extreme makeover of their own, with 25 children in the extended brood. Call it Extreme Makeover: Family Addition. By David Yonke.

A dentist gets punished for pushing his religion on an assistant. Pew find fewer Protestants and more "Nones." And Tim Tebow marks the 666th game of Monday Night Football.

Catholics are more likely to credit Columbus with discovering America. Mormons lowered the age for missionaries. The Catholic and Episcopal bishops of San Francisco are not off to a friendly start. 

Interest in all things Mormon appears to be growing, football players are speaking out on things political, Tony Perkins is chastised by Christianity Today, and Muslims find footholds, and attacks, in U.S.

A Baptist seminary professor calls stay-at-home dads unbiblical. Ikea removes women from its Saudi catalogs. And a British priest says no yoga for Catholics.

(RNS/ENInews) Ecumenical News International announced Monday (Oct. 1) that its ENInews service is suspending operations, effective immediately, as it seeks emergency funding in order to operate for the remainder of 2012. By ENInews.

Social conservatives rally at Independece Hall. Our most religious president. Jesus' Wife tevee special delayed until further tests. 

VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Vatican newspaper called the "Jesus wife" papyrus a "clumsy fake" that suits "contemporary ideology," not the historical Jesus. By Alessandro Speciale.

The guy behind that silly anti-Islam movie? Arrested. Nazis stealing ancient religious relics? Still happening. Religion scribe Bruce Nolan? He'll always be almighty to us.