Some mosques use the month of Ramadan as an opportunity to educate friends and neighbors about Islam. The Dar al-Hijrah Islamic Center in Falls Church, Virginia encourages members of its congregation to bring non-Muslim friends to their iftar dinners, the meal that breaks the fast during Ramadan. Imam Johari Abdul-Malik describes how the program ties the community together.

A symbol of racial hatred and violence has been removed from the State Capitol in South Carolina, but according to Howard University School of Divinity professor Harold Dean Trulear, deep divisions and the need for self-examination remain. Watch our conversation with him about the lessons to be learned from the Confederate flag controversy.

In recent years, the historically African-American congregation of First Corinthian Baptist Church on 116th Street in Harlem has experienced increasing racial diversity in its pews, a reflection not just of visiting tourists but also of the shifting demographics of the surrounding neighborhood.

Started in 1982, Orbis International's flying eye hospital is a fully equipped, state-of-the-art hospital built inside a former military airplane. Its staff is made up of volunteer surgeons, nurses, and pilots, and together they fly to developing nations to perform low-cost eye surgeries, but just as importantly, to teach local doctors how to do the same.

A promising new medical technique known as gene editing—deleting, inserting, or replacing genes in human cells—has the potential to cure many genetic diseases. But ethicist are concerned about the safety of the technology, the ethical questions it raises, and the unintended consequences that may passed on to future generations.

Urban activist and Christian community developer Bob Lupton challenges common conceptions about modern charitable work by arguing that most charity is ineffective and does more harm than good. He advocates helping the very poor learn to help themselves and encouraging the well-off to live alongside the poor.

Communities of faith are continuing to analyze the implications of the Supreme Court's landmark decision on June 26 to legalize same-sex marriage in all 50 states. Host Bob Abernethy and managing editor Kim Lawton discuss potential consequences for religious groups who say the ruling could infringe on their religious liberty.

In her book "Afterwar: Healing the Moral Wounds of Our Soldiers," Georgetown University philosophy professor Nancy Sherman argues that many of the 2.6 million U.S. service members returning from our wars in Afghanistan and Iraq suffer from complex moral injuries that have more to do with feelings of guilt, anger, and “the shame of falling short of your lofty military ideals."

The Supreme Court handed down major victories for same-sex marriage and Obamacare. The Court declared on June 26 that same-sex couples have a right to marry anywhere in the United States. On June 25, It also upheld tax subsidies that underpin the Affordable Care Act, rejecting a major challenge to the law. Watch our conversation with correspondent Tim O'Brien about the Supreme Court's decisions.

For the first time, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has responded publicly to some of the most contentious issues of its history, quietly posting a series of essays on its official website in response to the large numbers of young Mormons leaving the church because they no longer believe in the accuracy of LDS history and teaching.

“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.

Watch more of our interview about climate change and Pope Francis' encyclical on the environment with Lonnie Ellis, Associate Director for the Catholic Climate Covenant.

Watch more of our interview with Robert Gorman, executive director of Catholic Charities of the diocese of Houma Thibodaux.

Aging proponents of the movement that decades ago favored the poor and oppressed say its ideals are closely aligned with Pope Francis.

Watch more of our interview about the effects of climate change in southern Lousiana with Rev. Dr. Kristina Peterson, pastor at Bayou Blue Presbyterian Church in Gray, Louisiana. She is also the Director Facilitator of the Lowlander Center and the Coordinator with the Wetlands Theological Project.

Deep in the bayous of south Louisiana, faith-based activists are trying to help vulnerable communities affected by climate change.

A law enacted last year in the predominantly Catholic Philippines requires public health facilities to offer free contraceptive services to everyone who wants them. The Catholic church strongly opposed the law. But supporters say the law is necessary to control the Philippines’ soaring population which, they say, is the principal cause of the country’s poverty.

During the holy month of Ramadan, Muslims who are able are expected to fast from sun up to sun down. This can pose special challenges for Muslims in many professions. We talk with members of the Muslim hip-hop group Native Deen about how they observe Ramadan’s strict requirements while on musical tours.

We take you to Virginia Dale, Colorado, where a community of Benedictine nuns live a life of prayer and work on a 300-acre cattle ranch. At the Abbey of St. Walburga, situated among grassy meadows and snow-capped mountains, the sisters sing the psalms, pray, and raise cows for the grass-fed organic beef they produce.