Pope Benedict XVI joined U.S. President Barack Obama and Queen Elizabeth II on Friday by launching his own YouTube channel, the latest Vatican effort to reach out to the digital generation. ...more

January 23, 2009

Two area physicians, Dr. Abdur Rahim and Dr. Hayath Javeed, credit the Hajj, the pilgrimage to the holiest place of Islam, with deepening their spiritual lives. ...more

December 30, 2008

Earlier this month, about 3 million pairs of feet walked the ancient deserts of Saudi Arabia to draw closer to their god. ...more

December 29, 2008

Places that presidents call home often become major tourist attractions, from estates at Mount Vernon and Monticello, to Hodgenville, Ky., where Abe Lincoln's log cabin once stood, to Bill Clinton's boyhood home in Hope, Ark. ...more

November 23, 2008

Barack Obama has not made it easy for his Florida supporters. Like other leading Democratic presidential candidates, Obama has refused to campaign here. His staff ignores the grass-roots Florida organizations backing him. And his campaign recently declared that Florida's voters "have no bearing on the Democratic nomination contest." ...more

January 21, 2008

One look at the streetwalking skeleton wearing a chartreuse dress, and Bob Kenison fell in love. He brought her home from Mexico and went scouting for more. ...more

November 1, 2007