Religion

Much of the recent scrutiny of the Roman Catholic Church’s response to clergy sexual abuse has focused on whether the Vatican and the man who is now pope acted quickly enough to remove perpetrators from […] […]

JARRATT, Virginia – Kendall Gibson has lived in segregation at the Greensville Correctional Center in Virginia spending at least 23 hours every day in a cell the size of a gas station bathroom for 10 […] […]

A federal appeals court on Friday rejected an effort to strip the word “God” from presidential oaths. Citing largely technical reasons, a three-member appellate panel ruled that California attorney Michael Newdow and his allies weren’t […] […]

Plans to build a mosque two blocks away from ground zero have set off an emotional debate among area residents and relatives of victims of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks. Cordoba House project calls […] […]

NEW YORK (AP) —Having already caused a fuss this spring with the depiction of the prophet Muhammad on South Park, Comedy Central said Thursday that it has a cartoon series about Jesus Christ in the […] […]

A retired minister of Religion has come forward to warn the nation that the drought now facing the country will continue unless a national day of fasting and prayer is held. The minister, who is […] […]

Pope Benedict XVI will appoint a special envoy to run a Mexican Catholic order whose founder abused minor-age seminarians and fathered three children with two women, the Vatican said Saturday. A Vatican statement said the […] […]

Nine alleged members of a radical US Christian militia group accused of plotting to wage war against the US have been freed from jail on bond. A judge in Detroit ordered their release, despite prosecutors’ […] […]

Pope Benedict XVI delivers his message during a meeting with youths in San Carlo Square in Turin, Italy, yesterday. Benedict XVI took a break Sunday from dealing with the clerical sex abuse scandal to pray […] […]

Dale McAlpine was charged with causing “harassment, alarm or distress” after a homosexual police community support officer (PCSO) overheard him reciting a number of “sins” referred to in the Bible, including blasphemy, drunkenness and same […] […]