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April 23rd, 2013
08:22 AM ET

Boston suspect's anger over MLK sermon

(CNN)–CNN's Brian Todd visit's the Tsarnaev brothers' mosque to see if the members noticed any red flags around the suspects.

- CNN Belief Blog

Filed under: Crime • Faith Now • Islam • TV-The Situation Room

April 2nd, 2013
10:34 AM ET

Pope embraces disabled boy on Easter

(CNN)–A mother who was with her husband and five children in St. Peter's Square for the holiday helped lift her young son with cerebral palsy, Dominic, into the arms of Pope Francis for a blessing after Easter Mass. Christiana Gondreau describes the touching moment to CNN's Wolf Blitzer.

"There was not a dry eye around us. It was really, really moving," she says. "Not in a million years, really, did I expect to end the Easter Sunday Mass with a kiss from the pope. It was very beautiful."

- CNN Belief Blog

Filed under: Belief • Catholic Church • Content Partner • Pope Francis • TV-Anderson Cooper 360

January 31st, 2013
04:21 AM ET

Unholy details of a religious cult

CNN's Brooke Baldwin talks to Rafael Romo about a religious cult whose members were believed to be victims of sex slavery.

- A. Hawkins

Filed under: Cults • Mexico • TV-CNN Newsroom

January 29th, 2013
04:49 AM ET

Woman escapes with kids from Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

CNN's Gary Tuchman tells story of Ruby Jessop, who escaped with her children from Warren Jeffs polygamist Church.


January 20th, 2013
04:46 AM ET

Obama chooses Bible steeped in history

CNN's Lisa Sylvester is given access to the Bible President Barack Obama has chosen for his inauguration, a tiny book used by Lincoln.

- A. Hawkins

Filed under: 2012 Election • Bible • Obama • Politics • TV-The Situation Room

January 15th, 2013
04:48 AM ET

Reverend: Newtown chose compassion, love

Two religious leaders in Newtown discuss the community healing process one month after the Sandy Hook shooting.

- A. Hawkins

Filed under: TV-Anderson Cooper 360

January 6th, 2013
10:58 AM ET

Food, self image and God

(CNN)–Mary DeTurris Poust, author and Catholic blogger, explains how faith helped her deal with self- image and eating issues.

- CNN Belief Blog

Filed under: Belief • Catholic Church • Faith Now • Food • TV-CNN Newsroom

December 10th, 2012
10:27 AM ET

New Mormon site reaches out to gays

(CNN)–CNN's Susan Hendricks discusses MormonsAndGays.org and the shift in the Mormon church with a current & former Mormon.

Read more: Mormon website embraces LGBT community

- CNN Belief Blog

Filed under: Belief • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints • Faith Now • Sexuality • TV-CNN Newsroom

November 28th, 2012
05:49 AM ET

Rick Warren on gay marriage

American evangelical Christian pastor Rick Warren discusses homosexuality and gay marriage with CNN's Piers Morgan.

- A. Hawkins

Filed under: Gay marriage • Homosexuality • TV-Piers Morgan

November 23rd, 2012
10:56 AM ET

Explaining the Pope's Christmas debunking book

(CNN)–CNN Belief Blog Co-Editor Eric Marrapodi explains how the Pope's new book challenges long held Christmas traditions.

Read the full story on the Pope's new book here.

- CNN Belief Blog

Filed under: Belief • Bible • Catholic Church • Christianity • Faith Now • Jesus • Pope Benedict XVI • TV-CNN Newsroom

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The CNN Belief Blog covers the faith angles of the day's biggest stories, from breaking news to politics to entertainment, fostering a global conversation about the role of religion and belief in readers' lives. It's edited by CNN's Daniel Burke and Eric Marrapodi with daily contributions from CNN's worldwide newsgathering team and frequent posts from religion scholar and author Stephen Prothero.

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