Like the rest of us, advocacy groups came back from the Thanksgiving holiday to find a long to-do list waiting for them, filled with issues at home and abroad.

Many vets are ambushed by post-traumatic stress disorder. But some churches are coming to their defense.

Groups reconsider their presence after another killing in Afghanistan.

For Iraq's Christians, a fearful Christmas amid shootings and a worsening humanitarian crisis.

World War II preacher points America back to the nation's soul.

The longtime activist on abortion, gay marriage, Iraq — and biblical orthodoxy.

New poll suggests that the Iraq war may trump abortion and gay marriage.

The Iraq war calls for some serious rethinking by Christians.

U. S. presence in Iraq is 'allowing for the inevitable to happen.'

His hope for Iraq is "more of a theological perspective," he says.

At Easter message, Benedict XVI had lamented, "nothing positive comes out of Iraq."

How much freedom should we give up in national emergencies?

In retrospect, was it a just invasion or not?

Evangelical Christian couple who founded Believers Against the War have a son in Iraq.

We remain woefully ignorant about the world's second-largest religion.

Two strategies to build up the church in the war-weary nation.

Plus: Dallas Morning News shuts its religion section, House vote on stem cells won't beat veto, and other stories from online sources around the world.

Plus: Remembering Gerald Ford and Harald Bredesen, D. James Kennedy suffers heart attack, Colorado Springs loses evangelical luster, and other stories from online sources around the world.

Civilization itself is the target of extremist Muslims.