With debt, deficits, and budgets dominating our politics, more questions are being raised about underlying moral issues.

"It doesn't take a lot of misfortune to be on the streets these days. I think everybody in America knows that right now," says Ann Miller of Helena, Montana, where she and her husband, Wayne, opened God's Love, an emergency homeless shelter and soup kitchen.

Watch our audio slide show featuring the Grammy-winning Klezmatics in concert with special guest Joshua Nelson, the prince of kosher Gospel, at the annual Washington Jewish Music Festival. Listen to our interview with Nelson and with band members Frank London (trumpet and keyboards) and Lorin Sklamberg (lead vocals, accordion, guitar, and piano).

"For most of the French, religion was an enemy of democracy, liberalization, freedom," says this political scientist who specializes in Islamic studies, and "a synonym for public disorder."

"When they ask for public monies to fund putting out their particular point of view, that's where we have a problem," says Rev. Joseph Phelps of the Highland Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky.

Christianity is on the wane across Western Europe, and nowhere is its decline more visible than in France. "Secularism is indispensable. It's a protection so everyone has peace, believers and non-believers," according to one French citizen.

Since Congress repealed Don't Ask Don't Tell last December, more than on million US troops have taken instruction in the new policy. But some military chaplains are raising concerns.

A Native American reservation in northwestern Montana is not a place you would expect to see a 24-foot-tall Buddhist statute. But it turns out that Tibetan Buddhists and Native Americans have quite a lot in common.

The Southern Baptists try to broaden their appeal, the Catholic Bishops maintain their sex abuse policy, and the White House defends the US military mission in Libya.

Expensive cancer-fighting drugs are sparking ethical debate about the tremendous costs and small benefits of some new treatments.

Watch more of our conversation about Libya, humanitarian intervention, and the ethical questions being raised by NATO's current military strategy.

"We are focusing on regime change, not just protecting the Libyan civilians, and that will likely prolong the war and increase the risk to the very civilians we're purportedly there to protect," says Gerard Powers, director of Catholic Peacebuilding Studies at the University of Notre Dame's Kroc Institute.

On May 13, 2011, 2008 Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul formally announced he is running again in 2012. A medical doctor from Texas, Paul is known for his libertarian views. Watch excerpts from his speech to the Faith and Freedom Coalition, where he describes his views on abortion, liberty, and limited government.

Minnesota Republican Representative Michele Bachmann is considering a run for the presidency in 2012. A Tea Party favorite, she is outspoken about her conservative views on both social and economic issues. Watch excerpts from her speech to the Faith and Freedom Coalition in Washington, where she talks about her family, describes her support for Israel, and offers a prayer for the nation.

The man who served as force commander of the UN Assistance Mission to Rwanda in 1993-1994 says the West is failing in its responsibility to protect the innocent in Libya and now may face a war of attrition.

Watch excerpts from our May 23, 2011 interview with retired Lt. Gen. Romeo Dallaire, author of "Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda." His most recent book is "They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children: The Global Quest to Eradicate the Use of Child Soldiers."

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney announced his candidacy for president on June 2, 2011. Romney is Mormon and says his faith should not be a political issue in his campaign. Watch excerpts from Romney's June 3, 2011 speech to the Faith and Freedom Coalition in Washington where he says America's economic crisis is also a "moral crisis."

Former US Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman Jr. is reportedly moving closer to announcing his candidacy for president. Huntsman, a Mormon, is also the former governor of Utah. Watch excerpts from his June 3, 2011 address to the Faith and Freedom Coalition in Washington, where he talked about his family and his prolife political positions.

Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum formally announced his candidacy for president today (June 6, 2011). Santorum is a Roman Catholic who advocates conservative social and fiscal views. Watch excerpts from an April 28, 2011 address at the National Press Club where Santorum discussed faith, freedom, and foreign policy.

Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty announced his candidacy for president on May 23, 2011. Watch excerpts from Pawlenty's June 3, 2011 speech to the Faith and Freedom Coalition in Washington, DC, where he outlines conservative policy positions he says are based on his determination to "tell the truth."