Article: Barack Obama Opens Up About His Religious Beliefs, Faith and His Spiritual Life on the Campaign Trail.

Obama Says He Prays Daily for Forgiveness, Protection and Guidance

Cover: What He Believes

NEW YORK, July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite the questions and persistent rumors about his religion, Barack Obama is a Christian and prays each day. In a recent interview for Newsweek's July 21 cover, "What He Believes" (on newsstands Monday, July 14), Obama says that in his prayers he asks God for forgiveness for his sins and flaws, the protection of his family, and "that I'm carrying out God's will, and not in a grandiose way, simply that there is an alignment between my actions and what he would want."

The presumptive Democratic nominee told Senior Editor ...

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