FAITH & BELIEF

On Sunday night, a speech by Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum was preceded by a particularly fiery pastor in Louisiana. “If you don’t love America and you don’t like the way we do things, I’ve got one thing to say: Get out!” Dennis Terry said.

Continued developments in the sexual abuse and mistreatment of underage boys came to light in a Dutch newspaper over the weekend, including at least one and as many as ten confirmed cases of castration to help with homosexual tendencies.

Tens of thousands of mourners gathered in the Abbassiya section of Cairo to pay their respects to their spiritual leader, who was dressed in formal robes and seated on a chair inside St Mark's Cathedral. But the crush of the crowd in Cathedral Square sparked momentary chaos when a stampede on the church grounds resulted in the death of at least three people and injured more than 50 others.

Daughter of Crystal Cathedral founder Robert Schuller launched the Crystal Cathedral splinter church in a rented movie theatre in Orange County Sunday.

Cairo's St Mark's Cathedral sees further tragedy as Egyptian Coptic Christians crushed to death at mourning ceremony.

Pope Shenouda III, the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria in Egypt, died Saturday at the age of 88, according to the country's official Middle East News Agency.

St. Patrick's Day (like many other American holidays) has degraded into a vulgar, commercial enterprise that has completely undermined its original purpose.

A bat-wielding assailant killed one person and seriously wounded another in a mosque in northern France, according to reports.

Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams announced his departure from his post Friday effective December 2012. He has accepted a position as Master of Magdalene College of Cambridge University that will start in January 2013.

Williams was regarded as unusually liberal for such a senior church prelate, prior to becoming archbishop he was deeply involved in the anti-nuclear movement.

Saudi Arabia's highest religious official announced Monday that Christianity will not be tolerated in the Arabian Peninsula, proclaiming it necessary to destroy all the churches of the region, Bikyamasar reported. According to a Jihad Watch report Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah is the Grand Mufti of the nation that brought Islam to the world. And as the President of the Supreme Council of Ulema and Chairman of the Standing Committee for Scientific Research and Issuing of Fat...

The suspect maintained a Facebook account which included instructions and manuals for explosive devices.

Last November, Tim Hart received an email from his childhood friend Jack Froese. This wouldn't be news if Froese hadn't died earlier that June.

The Obama administration has been quietly negotiating with representatives of the Conference of Catholic Bishops to tamp down their furious opposition to a federal mandate that insurance companies cover birth control, according to sources familiar with the talks.

America's Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, author and public speaker, says he wants to be a values voice in Congress.

For the first time since his arrest in 2009, Iran has admitted publically that Christian pastor Youcef Nadarkhani has been convicted of religious crimes.

The Rida mosque had been threatened by Salafists before.

The Schuller family has announced plans to leave the financially struggling Crystal Cathedral, whose ministry has since gotten a new name and will soon relocate.

Both sides in Syria's bitter armed clashes have claimed the other is responsible for the killing of women and children in Homs and other cities, after footage emerged of blood soaked and mutilated bodies over the weekend.

On May 21, 2011, a 90-year-old Alameda preacher named Harold Camping tried to convince the world that the apocalypse was coming. Bracing for impact near the predicted 6:00 p.m. EST doomsday time on that gorgeous day in May, some were shocked to discover that they lived to see May 22. Camping wasn’t ready to let everyone off the hook that easily, though, and he predicted another end-of-the-world date for Oct. 21 of the same year. Needless to say, the 90-year-old was wrong, and he’s finally admit...

In a Twitter message, which later turned out to be bogus, a top Vatican cardinal announced the death of Pope Benedict XVI. The fake tweet and rumors of Pope's death were immediately denied by the Vatican spokesman.

Pope Benedict XVI gave a speech to a group of U.S. bishops about promoting the Catholic Church's teaching on sexuality and marriage.

On March 6 hundreds flocked to Tel Aviv to observe the Jewish holiday of Purim. To celebrate the salvation of Jewish people from genocide in ancient Persia, city dwellers dressed as zombies on the eve of Purim to partake in the annual Zombie Walk.

Holi, a Hindu festival, heralded the beginning of spring as people across India celebrated the festival of colors Thursday.

Having trouble thinking up the perfect Purim costume? Here's a list of possible costumes broken into categories so it's easy to find what you're looking for, whether you're a kid or adult, and going for something topical, religious or just need a last minute costume that's easy to make.

Purim celebrates the deliverance of the Jews of ancient Persia from destruction.

Britain's most senior Catholic leader Cardinal Cardinal Keith O'Brien has said that by legalizing gay marriage nations are going against the natural law which would lead to further degeneration of society into immorality.

With respect to Hitler and Nazism, the links to India and Hinduism were deeper and more profound.

For a denomination born from slavery and racism, the Southern Baptist Convention is poised for an a historic election.