Under the direction of Portuguese missionaries, large quantities of ivory sourced from their East African colonies came to be used to carve ecclesiastical statuettes by indigenous artisans.

Yet here sits a thriving abbey with its youthful monks, drawing pilgrims while its Benedictines pray the ancient Latin of the ...

A student opened fire at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, on Monday in a shooting that left two people ...

Rachel Laser, the first non-Christian leader of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, redefines the group’s ...

"I don’t want him anywhere near my daughter," an upset mom said of the vicar who visited Lee-on-the-Solent Junior School ...

There are Turkish-backed rebels and Sunni Muslim jihadists in the north, Kurds ruling over much of Syria’s east, and ...

Discover more about Syria's religious demographics – what are the biggest & smallest groups & where do they live in the country?

The dramatic downfall of Syrian President Bashar Assad presents possible danger, and an opening, for neighboring Israel.

Bonhoeffer matters precisely because he reminds us that Christian behavior and attitudes are more than calculations for a ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge is considering whether to overturn a Minnesota law that bans religious tests for colleges ...

Megachurches and “gigachurches” with upwards of 10,000 congregants are proliferating in the U.S.—with the help of tactics ...

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