When one of England's leading 19th Century church scholars converted to Catholicism it sent shockwaves throughout the religious world.

Until John McCain picked Sarah Palin as his running mate, Obama attack ops -- whether political action committees or their 501(c)4 partners -- were struggling mightily to raise the kind of cash that fueled the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth smear machine in 2004.

The father of the 14-year-old Edson girl attacked and killed on a walking path last week says God is carrying his family as they grieve.

President Michel Sleiman stressed that inter-Christian reconciliation would see the light very soon and that contacts were under way to achieve this goal.

Thursday's march, held on the 139th birth anniversary of India's political and spiritual leader Mahatma Gandhi, came after rights investigators confirmed that three more people died in the last two days in new anti-Christian violence in the Indian state of Orissa.

Church leaders have drawn up a new set of the Ten Commandments aimed at delivering “God bloggers” from the temptations of the blogosphere.

A Christian human rights group applauded the European Union for issuing a declaration to Iran that urged the repressive state to drop its draft apostasy bill and to release Christian converts from detention.

One of the world's largest Bible publishers is enlisting the help of over 31,000 Americans to publish their next edition of the Bible.

Authorities imposed a curfew in several towns in eastern India on Wednesday after fresh attacks by Hindus on Christians as clashes over religious conversions spread, officials said.

During an economic downturn, pastors of some of the largest Protestant churches in the country may be cutting their budget but few are scaling back their vision. Many are instead stepping out in greater faith.

An Islamist group in Somalia has destroyed a derelict church in the southern port town of Kismayo, an eyewitness has told the BBC.

The Washington-DC based human rights group, International Christian Concern (ICC) (www.persecution.org) has reported that a Muslim mob attacked a house church in Tayeglow, a town 198 miles from Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital.

Salvation Army received a $500,000 donation gift from Shell Oil Company and Motiva Enterprises LLC on Monday to be used towards immediate and long-term disaster relief in the aftermath of Hurricanes Gustav and Ike.

Iraq's prime minister sought safeguards Sunday for small religious communities in this mainly Muslim country as Christians protested parliament's decision to stop setting aside seats for minorities on provincial councils.

New violent clashes between Hindus and Christians in eastern India left one dead and 12 injured Tuesday, police said.

The contentious issue of same-sex marriage is at the heart of a move by a Windsor Anglican church to break away from the local diocese and join a more conservative South American wing, the acting bishop of the diocese says.

An address given by the Bishop of Coventry at the Evangelical Worship Consultation organised by the Liturgical Commission, on 15th September 2008.

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The turmoil in New York's financial markets has triggered a spiritual response among Christian leaders. Cell phone text messages quickly spread calls to prayer.

Senator John McCain faced alienating the influential Christian wing of the Republican Party after it was revealed that he is a keen gambler with extensive ties to the gaming industry.

The chairman of the Council of Anglican Provinces of Africa (CAPA) has called upon the African church to put aside its differences and engage with its theological opponents within the Anglican Communion.

What is the relationship between religion and the Olympic Games? If you were to ask the organizing committee of the Beijing Summer Games, they would tell you that there should be absolutely no relationship at all. Church and state – especially the Chinese state – are to be kept quite separate.

Parishioners at an Anglican church in Canada voted unanimously on Sunday to join a conservative network and essentially leave a denomination they feel is abandoning traditional Anglicanism.

As communal violence swept Kandhamal district of Orissa, people had to seek refuge in relief camps such as this one at Tikabali.

A state official says four girls taken from an evangelist's compound in southwest Arkansas will remain in state custody for now.