“Carbon-based energy development is the best friend for poor people and would give them the best chance at life.” Watch more of our interview about the environment, climate change, and Pope Francis with Marc Morano, publisher of Climate Depot, a website that is skeptical of many warnings about global warming.

Finding out for the families of the missing what happened to border crossers who disappeared is “the sacred baseline” for her work,” says anthropologist Robin Reineke, cofounder of the Missing Migrant Project at the Colibri Center for Human Rights in Tucson, Arizona. “Care of the dead is such a key part of the Catholic faith.”

“I look forward to seeing who our next Holy Father is and how he is going to move the church into the future,” says Maureen Ferguson, senior policy advisor for the Catholic Association.

President Jimmy Carter says “the worst human rights abuse on earth right now is by far the abuse of women and girls.”

After hearing reports of Christian and other minority religious communities in Iraq and Syria being targeted by ISIS, reality TV producer Mark Burnett, who recently produced the NBC series “A.D. The Bible Continues,” and his wife, actress Roma Downey, launched “The Cradle of Christianity Fund” to assist refugees fleeing violence, and they donated the first million dollars.

“A couple of years ago the responses we saw from local communities hosting Syrian refugees—not the government, but just your average person—[] very impressive,” says Daryl Grisgraber, senior advocate at Refugees International. “But four years on that can only be kept up for so long.”

Faith outreach, faith communities, faith councils, faith coalitions, and faith issues were all on display in Charlotte as Democrats tried to mobilize voters “around the values that are exemplified by the president.”

Mormons, according to religious studies scholar Stephen Davis, believe in “continuing revelation” and rely on more than just the Bible. But evangelical Christians, he says, would never accept the Book of Mormon as the word of God.

The temporary dwellings built during the Jewish festival of Sukkot “remind us that in some ways all of life is really temporary, and life is very fragile,” says Dani Passow.

Watch more of our interview about hookup culture on college campuses with Laura Sessions Stepp. Stepp is the author of “Unhooked: How Young Women Pursue Sex, Delay Love, and Lose at Both,” a book about how hooking up impacts the young women who are involved in it, and why they do it in the first place.

In Juárez, Mexico, where government-sponsored mental healthcare is scarce, José Antonio Galván runs a shelter for the homeless and mentally handicapped. Many of the patients are addicts whose minds have been destroyed by cheap drugs. Galván is a former addict himself, who became a born-again preacher and felt a calling to help others in that same situation.

“Candidates do often benefit from talking about their personal faith, but once that becomes politicized it can create some real problems for them, so they tend to stick to other sets of issues,” says University of Akron professor John Green. Watch more of our interview with him about the political implications of the rising numbers of religiously unaffiliated voters.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science is offering two-year grants to ten seminaries that incorporate more science into the teaching of theology and religious studies. The effort raises debate about the age-old tension between science and religion, but the purpose of the project is to educate more effective ministers and religious thinkers.

American Catholics, says Rev. Thomas Reese of National Catholic Reporter, live out their faith in the local parish, and “they want to meet somebody like Pope Francis. And if the clergy and the bishops and the people aren’t like Pope Francis, or namely like Jesus, more welcoming, compassionate, loving, they’re going to turn around and never come back.”

Ruby Sales, the legendary civil rights activist, and Traci Blackmon, a spiritual leader of the Black Lives Movement, talk about being born into the tradition of youth uprisings. For generations, black youths have sacrificed their lives in service of social and racial justice. Ruby and Traci share their anguish, their inspiration, and their hopes for the future.

As a tireless advocate for the poor, Sister Simone Campbell believes the main tenet of the Catholic faith is being responsible not just for ourselves but for each other as well. Sister Simone discusses the immorality of the recent Tax code, passed in 2017, and why it is so hard for men in boardrooms to understand the realities of the working poor.

Otis Moss III grew up in a preacher’s household where he was inspired, at an early age, by the tradition of storytelling. From scripture to superheroes, Moss talks about how storytelling became the way to know “who we are and who we eventually want to be.”

Linda Sarsour seeks to be an uncomfortable leader, challenging people’s ideas of women, mothers and Muslims. Fierce, fearless, and outspoken, she’s never known to back down from injustice. Linda talks about how her faith moves her in building intersectional movements, standing with the most oppressed, and finding inspiration in Dr. King’s Dream.

Best-selling author Brian McLaren grew up as a Christian fundamentalist where rock and roll was the devil. His religious journey led him to confront issues of social and racial justice. Brian talks about the corrupting force of racism in evangelical orthodoxy and how white privilege has led to a theology that focuses on personal sin rather than racial inequality.

Watch a March 1, 2013 panel discussion held at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., moderated by Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly’s Kim Lawton and Catholic News Service reporter Pat Zapor. Panelists include Ambassador Miguel Diaz, Dr. Margaret Melady, Dr. Stephen Schneck, and Kim Daniels, coordinator of Catholic Voices USA.

The humanitarian crisis mounts as hundreds of thousands of refugees flee war in Syria (Originally aired December 19, 2014); people under the age of 30 leave behind traditional religious affiliations but not necessarily religious beliefs (Originally aired November 7, 2014)

Pope Francis arrives in the U.S. on Tuesday, September 22nd, for five busy days in Washington, New York and Philadelphia. Managing editor Kim Lawton asks American Catholics about the beliefs that shape the Pope’s view of the world, and Stephen Schneck and Tom Roberts joins host Bob Abernethy in the studio for a conversation about their expectations for the Pope’s trip.

The Pope Meets the Patriarch; Israel Boycott Controversy; Teaching Children About Religion; Wudu: Islamic Washing Before Prayer

Faith groups and religious leaders try to defeat the city’s gun violence crisis; a former US senator questions whether religion has any place in politics.