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New today from the Century: Kat Banakis on being alone among friends, Tyler Day on Andy Murray and what's changed, more.

I asked an older English woman who left the church long ago why she now wants to come back. Her response made the color drain from my face.

New today from the Century: Sam Wells on what's really killing the church, Martha-Lynn Corner on what's seen and what's unseen, more.

Last week Pew released some more data from its spring survey on the rise of the nones. They asked people if they thought the growing number of "people who are not religious" is good, bad or neutral for American society. One interesting finding: while most of the nones said neutral, nearly as many said "bad" as "good." Almost a fifth of the nones think the growth of the nones—of their own group—is bad for society. Lots of people seem surprised by this finding.

Divorce is a time when we most need our brothers and sisters in faith. Yet churches and clergy often ignore divorcing people.

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s marriage decisions, debates about the effects on religious groups have dominated the religious blogosphere. “Gay marriage fight now becomes a religious liberty fight,” claims the headline of one Washington Examiner column. Behind such headlines lies a far less univocal history, and no doubt a much more complicated present reaction among religious communities. From this perspective, the fight for marriage equality has always been deeply engaged in religion.

New today from the Century: Carolyne Call on how the church fails the divorced, Sarah Barringer Gordon on the other side of religious liberty and same-sex marriage, more.

James Cowan's book follows the Holy Family's path through Egypt. It is anchored in numerous conversations with monks, nuns, guides and fellow pilgrims.

A new law in Durham makes standing in the highway median illegal. One night in March, six pastors broke the law by panhandling there.

Many Egyptian Christians see the military's intervention as salvation. Is this wise? Do they have a choice?