But they are waiving that to settle down in a federal state and to share with the other ethnic and religious groups the future of Iraq.

NPR: Debating the Fate of Iraq's New Constitution

The new stadiums may be useful for future sports events, concerts or religious rallies.

ECONOMIST: The Caribbean

African Catholic women are praying for a future pope who will encourage African religious leaders to commit themselves to defending the rights of women to inheritance, land and to divorce, so that gender equality and respect for the dignity of the African woman can be achieved.

CNN: What Africans want from the next pope

He said hospitals would in future be more aware of cultural and religious sensitivities associated with asking families to consent to the retention of organs and tissues.

BBC: 100,000 organs stored in England

In that mix there is undoubtedly a prince with the right mix of progressive thought and religious reverence to lead Saudi Arabia through its succession and into the future.

FORBES: An Islamic Revolution In Saudi Arabia Would Send Oil To $300 A Barrel

But conservatives were likely to back opt-outs, partly to establish a precedent for them to escape a liberal bishop in the future, says Robert Pigott, the BBC's religious affairs correspondent.

BBC: The groups threatening to split the Church

Some are even angry that John Ashcroft, their main man in the cabinet, has taken such a draconian line on civil liberties: they worry that a future attorney-general may be able to spy on conservative religious organisations.

ECONOMIST: George Bush and the social conservatives

As far as Florida is concerned, do you see any new legislation that in the future, something like what happened, that like you mentioned, that no religious books should be burned?

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

My research since 1998 about the American Dream has shown its definition evolving away from material wealth and toward spiritual happiness (both secular and religious.) So this drop in belief hints that our economic and political problems are shaking American confidence about the future and even our way of life.

FORBES: Obama Legacy May Be Withering American Dream