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In the new book "A Billion Years," Mike Rinder details the decades he spent as a high-ranking Scientology member. In a wide-ranging interview, Rinder told CBS News chief investigative correspondent Jim Axelrod about his experience as a high-up official in the organization.
A new report finds that the number of people choosing to disaffiliate from Christianity is increasing – and could overtake the nation's Christian majority.
Co-directors Ken Burns and Lynn Novick join "CBS Mornings" to discuss their new PBS documentary "The U.S. and the Holocaust." The film looks at how U.S. policies impacted Nazi Germany and Jewish people trying to escape.
A new PBS documentary series by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein, "The U.S. and the Holocaust," examines how United States policy was not always an open door for Jews in Europe who sought to flee Nazi persecution before and during World War II.
"We are grateful to God for the safety of Sr Suellen," the Archbishop of New Orleans said in a Facebook post.
The new opera tells a largely-forgotten story, about a 19th century Muslim scholar stolen from Senegal and sold into slavery in America, who left behind a remarkable autobiography, written in Arabic, that informs the history of our multicultural nation.
"Omar," an opera that recently had its world premiere, tells the story of Omar Ibn Said, a 19th century Muslim scholar stolen from Senegal and sold into slavery in America, who left behind a remarkable autobiography written in Arabic. Correspondent Martha Teichner talks with Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels about how their opera tells a largely-forgotten story, informing the history of our multicultural nation.
The Muslim community in Albuquerque is living on edge, with religious leaders warning members to stay home as much as possible while local police and the FBI investigate the murders of four Muslim men. Police are increasing patrols at mosques. Omar Villafranca spoke to families and leaders in the local Muslim community.
Years later, the community is still lobbying to get improved hate crime tracking data and federal funding for security.
Pope Francis issued a historic apology in Canada for the Catholic Church's treatment of Indigenous people. Chris Livesay has more.
The pope is beginning a historic trip in Canada, where he's set to apologize for the Catholic Church's treatment of Indigenous people. The pope has said the point of his visit is healing and reconciliation in response to the church's role in the abuse of native children at state-run boarding schools. Chris Livesay will be traveling with the pope this week and reports from the Canadian province of Alberta.
From sedan chairs to a bullet-proof Ferrari, the transports used by pontiffs share a storied tradition as rich as that of the Catholic Church. Correspondent Seth Doane visits the Vatican Museum's Carriage Pavilion at Vatican City, where various modes of "popemobile" dating back centuries are on display.
The three suspects were each charged with 115 counts of first-degree aggravated harassment, police said.
CBS News travels with a group of pastors and volunteers in Philadelphia to witness how they are responding to increasing gun violence in recent years.
The suspect entered the church during a group meeting and opened fire, according to authorities.
