An orthodox Anglican group has voiced concern after the Bishop of Liverpool called upon the Church of England and the Anglican Communion to allow a variety of ethical views on homosexuality
A Church of Scotland minister has planned a Chocolate Sunday this weekend to encourage his flock to think about sacrificing something greater than the usual chocolate during Lent
Egypt will shoulder the costs of restoring the country's Jewish houses of worship said the culture minister Tuesday, two days after a historic synagogue in Cairo's ancient Jewish quarter was rededicated in a private ceremony.
The pope's brother said in a newspaper interview published Tuesday that he slapped pupils as punishment after he took over a renowned German boys' choir in the 1960s. He also said he was aware of allegations of physical abuse at an elementary school linked to the choir but did nothing about it.
Last night on Jon Stewart's The Daily Show, fake-news correspondent Jason Jones interviewed Dan Barker of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, who said that by issuing Mother Teresa stamps, the U.S. Postal Service is honoring a religious figure who "primarily was ... a PR machine for the Catholic Church."
Conservative Christian law firm Liberty Counsel has a new trading card deck called Adopt a Liberal, to help encourage prayer and "restore poor leaders to right thinking."
A Reform Jewish task force on intermarriage said Monday that the movement should do more to encourage mixed-faith couples to be active in Jewish life, including creating special blessings for major life events such as weddings and funerals.
When asked about activities done every night or almost every night, African-Americans were most likely to report praying or doing another religious activity (71%), compared to 45% of Hispanics, 32% of Whites and 18% of Asians.
Are you 'stingier than Christ' about faith and film? Christianity Today raises the question in an editorial on the eve of Oscar race. The Academy Award nominees include tough viewing for believers. Do you run every film choice though an evangelical faith screen? What do you miss that's valuable? What do you avoid that's dangerous?
Christian-based materials dominate a growing home-school education market that encompasses more than 1.5 million students in the U.S. And for most home-school parents, a Bible-based version of the Earth's creation is exactly what they want. Federal statistics from 2007 show 83% of home-schooling parents want to give their children "religious or moral instruction."
Pope Benedict XVI will make a two-day visit to Spain in November, with a stop in Barcelona to consecrate the famed Sagrada Familia church, the Vatican's spokesman said Wednesday.