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Should the government declare a national day of prayer?

Conflict & Justice

Today is the National Day of Prayer, an official congressional observance since 1952. Last month a federal district judge ruled that the government’s involvement in the day violates the Constitution. Should we have a National Day of Prayer?

Muslim cabbies pray at a BP station in downtown Manhattan while patrons pump gas.

For devout Muslim cabbies in New York City, parking tickets are the price of prayers

Lifestyle & Belief
Members of the Women of the Wall group take part in their monthly prayer session at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City.

‘Separate but equal’ will work for Jewish women who want to pray at the Western Wall

Lifestyle & Belief

Rhode Island teen faces scorn, hate after protesting public school’s prayer

Global Politics
Mrs. Booi, a Xhosa teacher at COSAT, leads the school in prayer.

School Year Blog: Does Prayer Belong in South Africa’s Public Schools?

Development & Education
The World

Geo answer

Lifestyle & Belief

The answer to today’s Geo quiz is Istanbul, Turkey. Correspondent Matthew Brunwasser reports from Istanbul.

The World

Letters to God

Lifestyle & Belief

The postal service in Jerusalem often gets letters addressed to God. Reporter Daniel Estrin visits with the man charged with opening that kind of mail and sneaks a peek at some of the letters.