Yesterday, Christians in Iraq held a mass to memorialize the victims of an al-Qaida massacre at a Catholic church in Baghdad two Sundays ago, in which 58 people died. Here in the U.S., Iraqi Christians held services in local churches.  Many are worried that Christians in Iraq have become a new, favored target of Islamic militants.

Since the start of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, neither BP nor politicians nor the smartest engineers and technicians in America have been able to cap the well and contain the damage.

Some Americans say we are looking to the wrong people for answers, and should instead be directing our requests to a higher power.

We begin a week-long series on faith in America with a conversation about pushing boundaries within religious traditions. Jay Bakker, son of 'televangelists' Jim and Tammy Faye, discusses his inclusive Revolution Church in Brooklyn and the effects becoming a gay-affirming pastor had on his ministry. And Joel Hunter, the evangelical head of the Northland Church, in Florida, explains why supporting environmental conservation and AIDS outreach are an essential part of being pro-life.