A priest was fired from his position in a university in New Jersey by the Archdiocese of Newark after he posted a comment supporting a no-hate campaign against LGBT discrimination.
The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) Greater Los Angeles chapter is demanding the resignation of city official of El Monte, California, for posting an "Islamophobic" comment on Facebook.
A Roman Catholic nun who is opposed to the death penalty testified for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Monday that she believed he was "genuinely sorry" for the victims of the terrorist attack.
The number of Christians in the U.S. is declining while the number of adults without any identified organized religion is increasing, according to a survey by Pew Research Center.
An episcopal church in Florida has finally agreed to baptize the son of a gay couple after it initially refused the service due to opposition from some church members.
Republican presidential nominee and former Florida governor Jeb Bush blasted President Barack Obama for supporting the use of coercive federal power" to restrict religious freedom in the U.S.
Cuba's President Raul Castro indicated Sunday that he may go back to the fold of the Catholic Church because of Pope Francis, who helped in reopening ties between Cuba and the United States.
Fulani militia attacks in one county in Plateau state, Nigeria over the weekend killed at least eight Christians, including a Baptist pastor and a church employee on their way to church services on Sunday (Sept. 20), sources said.
Excavations beneath the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem have revealed an ancient garden and burial landscape that archaeologists say is consistent with the description of Jesus’ burial site in the Gospel of John.
The Church of England has withdrawn an interfaith award from a Pakistani Muslim cleric after past comments praising Osama bin Laden resurfaced. Lambeth Palace announced Thursday that it had rescinded the Hubert Walter Award for Reconciliation and Interfaith Cooperation presented to Maulana Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi on Sept. 11.
Vice President JD Vance criticized Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and United Methodist pastor Adam Hamilton at a campaign rally in Olathe, Kansas, accusing his church of financially supporting a Pride event associated with the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.Vance urged voters to back Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall, who is seeking reelection against Hamilton, pastor of Resurrection, a multi-campus United Methodist congregation in Leawood.
A performance of Handel’s “Messiah” blending Western and Eastern music took place Sept. 12 at Mukawir, the hilltop fortress in Jordan traditionally associated with the beheading of John the Baptist. The concert was held under the patronage of HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal.