FAV(e) PHOTOS: The pope, Passover and Easter

Kellie Kotraba | ColumbiaFAVS.com | Apr 5, 2013

March was a full month – and we've got a recap of major happenings from our own community and our partner sites across the country with this slideshow.
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Bhutan seeks to curb sexual diseases among Buddhist monks

Vishal Arora | Religion News Service | Apr 1, 2013

The health ministry got concerned when a dozen monks — including a 12-year-old — were diagnosed with sexual transmitted diseases a year later, Kuensel reports. At least five monks are known to be HIV-positive, the youngest being 19.
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Meet Bill DiNome, our faith and Constitutional issues writer

Amanda Greene | Mar 6, 2013

As the director of student media at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, Bill DiNome knows a thing or two about First Amendment issues, right speech and where faith issues meet the Constitution. He plans on sharing his views on those issues with us. 
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For aging religious leaders, is it still ’till death us do part’?

Adelle M. Banks| Religion News Service | Feb 26, 2013

When aging religious leaders reach the top echelons of temporal and spiritual power, their followers have a certain expectation: Till death us do part. But Pope Benedict XVI’s surprise resignation has shifted that calculus.
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FAV(e) PHOTOS: Shrove Tuesday, Ash Wednesday, a quinceanero and a Womanpriest

Compiled by Kate Grumke | ColumbiaFAVS.com | Feb 19, 2013

Each week, the five Faith and Values sites compile their top photos to give you a glance at what is happening in communities around the country. This week's mix, of course, features Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday. But we've also got a quinceanero — the first in one North Carolina town — and an Ohio Womanpriest ordination.
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‘Let love flow’—10 good love lines to use on your valentine

Amanda Greene | Feb 14, 2013

Just in time for your Valentine's Day date night, here are 10 love lines to use on your beloved from world religious leaders and texts.
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BOOK REVIEW: Lumberton man releases account of faith immersion experiment

Amanda Greene | Feb 12, 2013

Project Conversion: One Man, 12 Faiths, One Year is the culmination of Lumberton resident Andrew Bowen's quest in 2011 to rid himself of his hatred of faiths different from his own and to find a new vision of humanity.
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