RELIGION

Flint, Mich., woman Nicole Lynn Mansfield was killed while fighting for pro-rebel forces in Syria.

The Southern Baptist Convention plans to cut off ties with the Boy Scouts of America after its decision to allow gay Scouts in the organization.

Megan Barron, 22, a recent Duke University graduate born with a rare skin condition, describes being the target of public prayer.

A Pennsylvania couple that belongs to a faith-healing church has been charged with the murder in the death of their 7-month-old son, Brandon -- their second infant to die within the past four years.

In a morning Mass on Wednesday, Pope Francis welcomed atheists by saying that no one is excluded from salvation.

A new ruling gives the government-backed bishops conference control over appointees, vs. the Vatican, further dividing the nation's Catholics.

An Israeli family was caught trying to flee the country to enter into an extremist cult in Canada known for its violent punishments, mental manipulation and burqa-like attire.

Video footage of Pope Francis laying hands on a young man after Sunday's Mass has led to speculation that he performed an exorcism.

While Brazil celebrates the end of the ban on same-sex unions, certain parties openly oppose the measure.

The 700 Club’s televangelist star Pat Robertson created a furor on Wednesday when he said on his TV show that wives should keep an enticing home to keep husbands from cheating.

A convicted murderer is suing the Boston, Mass., Department of Corrections for lack of available Wiccan-related materials for religious practices.

Radstock has a population of about 5,620, including just 16 Muslims.

Newark resident Michael J. Creed was arrested this week in connection with the stabbing of 22-year-old University of Delaware football star Trevor Sasek.

The cult, which worships death, mixes some indigenous beliefs with the Catholic veneration of saints.

A demo of 'Resident Evil: Revelations,' the next release in Capcom’s long-running survival horror series, will be available for download on Tuesday, May 14, for Xbox 360, PS3, Wii U and PC.

A South Carolina father leaked a copy of his fourth-grade daughter's creationist science test that questions who created the Earth, how fossils are made and when dinosaurs lived.

Women of the Wall, a group supporting religious and gender equality, won a huge court battle in Jerusalem. Ultra-religious sects are not pleased.

A Chirst-like Bowie, Gary Oldman as a priest, and other "assaults on religion" are among the elements that prompted the league to call the singer's new video "a mess."

Fresno police arrested a 29-year-old person in connection with a brutal attack on an 81-year-old Sikh man on Sunday.

Pope Francis' decision to canonize 800 people who were killed by Ottoman Turks may frustrate his efforts to reach out to Muslims.

A homeless man in Austin, Texas, has received attention after he posed a generosity test that asked which religions gave him the most spare change.