Religion in the 21st Century

The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear a new case on the intersection of religion and government in a dispute over prayers used to open public meetings.The justices said they will review an appeals court ruling that held that the upstate New...

Pope Francis takes the Gospel warnings against Satan very literally, seeing the modern tendency to write the devil off as a kind of mythical expression or literary fiction as a kind of victory for evil's influence in the world.

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Sunday gave the Catholic Church new saints, including hundreds of 15th-century martyrs who were beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam, as he led his first canonization ceremony Sunday in a packed St.

For the last 24 years we have been going to the Western Wall with only one goal in mind: to pray as a community of women with Torah and talllit, in full voice.

Philadelphia area parents are again accused of gross negligence in the death of their second son for not seeking medical attention they were legally required to pursue.

Many people find comfort in religious faith, but a provocative new study links certain beliefs with emotional problems.

Russian MPs back a controversial anti-blasphemy law setting new jail terms or fines for anyone found guilty of offending religious feelings.

Pat Robertson does not think the United States' push for peace in the Middle East is the way to go. He recently said such a move is "asking for the wrath of Almighty God."

It was recently reported that Joel Osteen, the senior pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, and a televangelist whose ministry reaches millions of viewers, has resigned from Christianity, citing a lack of faith in the validity of the Bible...

Houston, Texas - CNN.com - April 2, 2013 - In a shocking and surprising development, megachurch pastor Joel Osteen has announced he is resigning from his post and leaving the Christian faith. In a ...

From secret societies to religious places of "worship" we can find two things that are prevalent throughout: individuals claiming to teach truth and those same individuals standing up with their ha...

Coincidentally, it's almost exactly the same size as the maximum Social Security benefit.

More than 75 otherwise unknown documents from the early Christ movements of the first and second centuries have been discovered in the past 150 years.

Christianity could be facing a catastrophic collapse in Britain according to official figures suggesting it is declining 50 per cent faster than previously thought.

An outspoken evangelical leader preached a potentially controversial sermon this weekend, saying "nagging wives" are like water torture.

WASHINGTON — In the years before the Boston Marathon bombings, Tamerlan Tsarnaev fell under the influence of a new friend, a Muslim convert who steered the religiously apathetic young man toward a strict strain of Islam, family members said.

WASHINGTON — Two U.S. officials say preliminary evidence from an interrogation suggests the suspects in the Boston Marathon attack were motivated by their religious views but were apparently not tied to any Islamic terrorist groups.

Religious belief drops when analytical thinking rises

Sponsors of the Global 4/14 Day want at least 1 million Christians to pray for 2 billion children on Sunday, April 14, so that children between the ages of 4

Joel Osteen Ministries

Twitter link posted by late Chicago Sun-Times film reviewer attracts ire of anti-gay organisation

A bill filed by Republican House lawmakers would allow the state to establish religion, defying the First Amendment of the U.S. Bill of Rights.