AP National Writer Hanukkah, Judaism’s eight-day Festival of Lights, begins this year on Christmas Day, which has only happened four times since 1900. For some rabbis, the intersection of the two ...

The toppling of Bashar Assad has raised tentative hopes that Syrians might live peacefully and as equals after a half century of authoritarian rule. While there have been bursts of deadly sectarian ...

Associated Press Less than 1% of nuns in the United States today are 30 or younger. That number has remained steady in the past decade but shows little signs of increasing. Between 100 and 200 young ...

It was a radical idea, and for many years she had been resistant. But as Zoey Stapleton, 24, walked down a darkened hiking trail, steps behind her parents, she counted back from three and “took a leap ...

Less than 1% of Catholic nuns in the United States today are 30 or younger. Seyram Adzokpa and Zoey Stapleton are two of the young women who have made the rare decision to join a religious community ...

The Act is a piece of Civil Code which is applicable to every woman in India irrespective of her religious affiliation and/or social background for a more effective protection of her rights guaranteed ...

A new report is highlighting what young people from a refugee or migrant background need to help them navigate a new way of ...

The cultures of the first-century Mediterranean world did not draw clear lines between civic and religious life as many do ...

Veterans question removal of iconic 1971 war painting from Army chief's lounge, citing concerns about religion and history.

People of faith are not more generous than non-religious people — except in one case, a new study found. A study by researchers at Linköping University in Sweden found that religious people are more ...

Public schools in Florida and across the nation long have grappled with how to deal with religion and the First Amendment. In recent years, they have largely adopted a “teach, don’t preach” approach ...

Netflix’s biblical epic Mary is now streaming. Directed by D.J. Caruso (Disturbia, Eagle Eye) and starring Noa Cohen in the lead role, the film is a new look at the life of Jesus’ mother. ComingSoon ...