# Religion

Palm Sunday Goes Green With Fair-Trade Fronds

Christian churches in the U.S. are turning over a new leaf for Palm Sunday with about 2,500 congregations from every major denomination used fair-trade palm fronds to celebrate Palm Sunday, the annual observance of the day Jesus arrived in Jerusalem a week before his crucifixion. They say it's the Christian thing to do

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Obama's 'Olive-branch' Cairo Speech Named Top US Religion Story

President Barack Obama's speech in Cairo in which he pledged a new U.S. relationship with Muslim countries, has been named the top religion story for 2009 by secular journalists who cover religion in the United States.

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American Muslims Work With Mormans to Help Earthquake-Ravaged Haiti

As governments and communities worldwide mobilize to help earthquake-stricken Haiti, Muslims in the United States are doing their part by raising funds and partnering with organizations — both religious and secular — to aid earthquake victims.

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Americans Mix Christianity, Eastern Religions, to Find More Peace

Worshipers are borrowing from Eastern religions and New Thought philosophies in an effort to find more meaning in their lives. Angela Bowman is a good example attending Catholic mass every Sunday but also meditating several times each day and practicing yoga every other week.

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Scientologists Make a Difference in Haiti

The Church of Scientology has sent more than one hundred and fifty of its members to assist in relief efforts in Haiti. NBC went to a hospital site where several of the volunteers were helping doctors, to see what they were doing and what they were saying about their religion.

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Grocer Gives $20 Million for Catholic Schools

An 80-year-old grocery magnate is donating $20 million to help train teachers for Catholic schools and universities. Patrick Roche, 80, co-founder of the Roche Brothers chain of 18 supermarkets in Massachusetts, credits his childhood Catholic school with embracing his family after his mother died.

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First Sikh U.S. Army Officer In Decades

For the first time in twenty-three years, a religious Sikh was allowed to complete officer training for the U.S. Army after he was issued an individual exemption. Capt. Tejdeep Singh Rattan, 31, was allowed to serve without sacrificing the turban and full beard mandated by his faith.

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From Mansion to Mud Hut: Millionaire Sells Home to Move to Uganda

A 41-year-old millionaire businessman who nearly died in a car crash eight years ago is leaving behind his exquisite 16th-century farmhouse and lavish lifestyle in London to move to a mud hut in Uganda and start a children's charity.