KASHGAR, China (AP) — Tursunjan Mamat, a practicing Muslim in western China’s Xinjiang region, said he's fasting for Ramadan but his daughters, ages 8 and 10, are not. Religious activity including fasting is not...
Despite the threat of nuclear disaster in the wake of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, Scientology Volunteer Ministers from Japan and across the globe responded to the needs of the devastated country.
First were the...
Professor Peppard leads Curran Center for American Catholic Studies webinar for his religion and American politics course
The Curran Center for American Catholic Studies held a webinar on April 1 with U.S. Rep. Juan Vargas...
There are two subjects you are told to never talk about in polite company - religion and politics.
But lets add water to the list because it's an emotionally charged conversation starter that is guaranteed...
There are few alive today who do not know the incomprehensible horrors of the Holocaust. But while most know the devastating loss of life it incurred, few genuinely understand who was responsible for its...
The Bishops of the European Union welcome the appointment of Christos Stylianides as EU Special Envoy on the Promotion and Protection of Freedom of Religion or Belief Outside the EU. Cardinal Hollerich: “We wish him...
Christian actors publish concrete recommendations to the EU Pact on Migration
The Christian Group on Migration and Asylum has recently published several detailed documents analysing some key aspects of the proposed EU Pact on Migration and...
A young Twin Falls girl attending South Hills Middle School in Twin Falls is allegedly being harassed and threatened at school for her religion. Over the last two weeks she said these incidents have...
(RNS) — Veteran broadcast journalist Bob Abernethy, who founded the PBS program “Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly,” has died at the age of 93.
He died on Sunday (May 2) in Brunswick, Maine, his daughter Jane...
(RNS) — In a period of significant pressure on our democracy, our health and our overall well-being as a people, faith has provided a hidden infrastructure that has held America together. We miss out...
A71-year-old pastor from a North West London church was arrested and detained overnight recently for sermonizing about what the Bible says about marriage being between a man and a woman and was accused of making "homophobic comments."
Model Kathy Ireland opened up about how she found religion during an interview published Sunday by Fox News.
Ireland’s mom packed a Bible in her suitcase when she moved to Paris for her modeling career...
Digital technologies permeate almost all areas of life, changing the way people live, work, and relate to one another, so the Evangelical Church in Germany has offered guidance on dealing with the digital world.
DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng cautioned that "everyone will be losers" if the opposition tries to engage Perikatan Nasional purely on racial and religious grounds.
"The racist and religious extremists in PN want to engage us solely on …
Center for Spiritual Living in Granada Hills holds an online Sunday service and the Rev. Michael McMorrow presents an online “Mid Day Reset” at noon Monday to Friday. (Google Earth)
Here is a sampling of indoor, outdoor and online religious services in …
Bausman United Church of Christ, 1064 Penn Ave., Wyomissing, will have a performance by the Keystone Brass at its Mother's Day worship service on May 9 beginning at 9:15 a.m. Seating is limited. Reserve a seat by calling the church office at 610-375- …
Scholars have scoured the works of the great playwright for clues about his faith. A scholar of theology and Shakespeare's works says it isn't as simple as that.
William Shakespeare’s role as a religious guide...
An alloy is a mixture of elements, usually designed to create something better than its individual parts. Steel, for example is an alloy of iron and carbon that is harder and stronger than iron. But some alloys – with the addition of base elements – create a weaker mixture. Like sin and religion. When a […]
Last October, an Oberlin faculty member denied allegations that he helped cover up Iran’s mass killing of political prisoners in 1988 when he served as Iran’s ambassador to the U.N. In the months since,...
When training pastors and chaplains, educators frequently stress the need for boundaries between work and home.
Clergy need — somehow — to find “personal” time, along with face-to-face contact with loved ones. That challenge became more difficult in the …
A recent Gallup poll included some grim news: Less than 50% of Americans belong to a religious community such as a church or a synagogue, the lowest since the organization began asking the question...