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 ...

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.

A religious schism has turned deadly in Nigeria, with a church member fatally shot and two young children killed as homes were set ablaze, according to ...

Learn about the history-making surge in reported hate crimes, including the highest number ever recorded in Los Angeles County.

Nearly every detail about the religious group Lisa Webb’s family belonged to was hidden from the outside world. Its ...