NEW YORK (USATODAY.com) – He had just helped pull three bodies from the rubble when he saw it there in dawn's first light, standing in a sea of debris. A heavenly symbol in a hellish setting. A cross.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

We started our show tonight about how a couple of beams of metal in the midst of the twisted mess of collapsed buildings became a symbol of hope. The Ground Zero Cross will be dismissed by skeptics as ...