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Ethical considerations and a threatening epidemic; churches ministering to and thinking theologically about transgender individuals; a Lutheran minister who feeds the hungry from a food truck church.

Religious leaders support transitional housing for the homeless; a violinist finds the divine order in the world through music; and the meaning and practices behind a Jewish harvest festival.

The Catholic Church debates the pastoral challenges of family life; an American Muslim convict argues for the religious freedom to grow a beard; the humanitarianism of Doctors Without Borders dedicates itself to medical care and bearing witness.

A historic Protestant church in New York City calls its first female senior pastor; two spiritual leaders celebrate opportunities for grateful living.

Forensics help loved ones find the remains of missing desert border crossers; what Jesus looked like; reflection and repentance permeate the Jewish High Holidays.

Haris Tarin of the Muslim Public Affairs Council on confronting ISIS and their radical ideology; the lessons from Boston's experience dealing with violence and ministering to its communities; a Stonehenge-era archaeological discovery in the U.S. and the spiritual meaning it has for its discoverer.

An evangelical leader seeks to break the "code of silence" about heroin in the church; Rais Bhuiyan teaches others to forgive after forgiving a man for trying to kill him.

The ethics of charging the poor to stay out of jail; remembering Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson; the empathetic ministry of dogs who comfort the suffering.

Faith groups help soldiers with moral wounds; the world's largest Buddhist temple; a Hindu boy's rite of passage.

Religious objections inspire surgery without blood transfusions; a poet shares the importance of faith and modern poetry; Jews celebrate receiving the Torah from God at Mount Sinai.

Pope Middle East Trip; Pakistan Polio Campaign; Mormon Missionaries

The pope travels to the Holy Land; a new state law to restore religious freedom also creates concern about religious discrimination .

Rwanda Genocide: 20 Years Later; Young Gay Men and HIV in Chicago; Meaning of Yoga

Death Penalty; Women, Religion, Violence and Power; Jordan River Baptism Site

Seminary graduates struggle to find work as full-time Protestant ministers; a spiritual skeptic and a rabbi explore how to prepare for death.