A Turning Point for the White House's Effort to Aid Religious Charities

The announcement that H. James Towey, director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, will be leaving in June marks a turning point in the Bush administration's most distinctive domestic-policy effort. But less certain is what the future holds in store for the plan to steer more governmental and private support to religious charities.

Mr. Towey's departure has attracted a great deal of comment about the White House's failures to increase federal grants to

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