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Members of a polygamous church are suing to regain control of a property trust, claiming court reforms since 2005 have stripped it of its constitutional rights.
The Vatican stepped up its defense of Pope Pius XII on Tuesday, countering allegations the wartime pontiff was silent about the Holocaust by saying he saved Jews through his prudent diplomacy.
Martin Luther King Jr. graces one page, Angelina Jolie the next. A photo of a man on fire opens the Book of Revelation. And laid across a two-page image of gasoline spilling from a pump is the quote that begins, "The whole earth was amazed and followed the beast."
Hindu and Buddhist priests chanted sacred hymns and cascaded flowers and grains of rice over a 3-year-old girl who was appointed a living goddess in Nepal on Tuesday.
In the wake of the priest-abuse crisis, the Roman Catholic archdiocese of Philadelphia debuted a short film that urges teens to report sexual violence.
A top rabbi addressing a worldwide meeting of Roman Catholic bishops at the Vatican on Monday condemned the Iranian president's verbal attacks on Israel.
Evangelist Tony Alamo left Arizona for Arkansas under the watch of federal marshals Monday, preparing to answer to charges that he took children across state lines to engage in sexual activity.
Police have blown up a suspicious backpack outside a Texas mosque and arrested a man who claimed it contained a bomb.
Pope Benedict XVI says the global financial crisis show the futility of money and ambition.
He may not be able to walk on water, but when the mood strikes, Father Matthew Munoz can ride one gnarly wave all the way into the beach.
Clergy and lay members of the theologically conservative Pittsburgh diocese voted overwhelmingly Saturday to break from the liberal Episcopal Church, with which it differs on issues ranging from homosexuality to biblical teachings on salvation.
Episcopal leaders gathered in Philadelphia expect to formally apologize Saturday for their ancestors' slave ownership - and to discuss the "white privilege" they say endures.
The nation's largest group of atheists and agnostics is suing President Bush, the governor of Wisconsin and other officials over the federal law designating a National Day of Prayer.
In a case that could erode hard-won trust between Muslims and law enforcement, the government is appealing the case of a Muslim leader who won his fight to remain in the United States.
Internationally known radio/TV evangelist John Hagee is recovering from open heart surgery at a San Antonio hospital. A spokeswoman for Hagee's Cornerstone Church says the successful procedure was performed Thursday.
A church panel has ruled that a Presbyterian minister did not violate church law when she officiated at the wedding of two women near Pittsburgh.
A group of parents and religious leaders in upstate New York want yoga classes out of public schools, saying the instruction violates boundaries between church and state.
MINNEAPOLIS - Mubarik Musa woke by 4:45 CDT in the morning to eat, drink and pray before going back to bed. Then he rose again, walked to school for a full day of classes, spent about two hours practicing with the varsity cross country team and walked home without eating or drinking until about 7:30 p.m.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Every year at Passover, after he'd dressed up as Moses and led his 10 to 12 grandchildren through the "Red Sea," Bert Bodenheimer would sit them down, settle into his chair, and tell stories about his own childhood in Hitler's Germany.
It's dinner time in the small, two-bedroom apartment near Sacramento City College. One by one, five students gather around a well-used dining room table for a meal that begins with a prayer.
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