RELIGION

Gaspard Ulliel has signed on to star in a film about the life of Yves Saint Laurent.

The religion of Mitt Romney, the first Mormon presidential nominee, has been a rarely discussed subtext of his campaign. The issue is unlikely to be answered with a newly emerging video of a visibly upset Romney sparring with a conservative radio host.

After 28 years, no one has ever been convicted of the killings.

What we know as Halloween today was derived from the Pagan holiday, Samhain, and was influenced by the ancient Romans and early Christians, that began in Europe and became a staple in America.

Halloween would appear to be almost completely incompatible with the tenets of Christianity.

Ricard works as a confidant to the Dalai Lama and has proved he is a master of calm, reasoned though achieved through his life as a Buddhist monk.

Father Fadi Haddad was a Christian priest, but above all a just man, respected by all religions. So why was he killed, and why might Syrian government thugs have wanted him dead?

A group of California parents is arguing that introducing yoga into schools is unconstitutional

Scientists across the globe say jailing scientists for making statements on earthquake risk that didn't pan out will have a chilling effect on research and disaster preparedness.

The annual Hindu festival Durga Puja — a potpourri of events celebrated differently in different parts of India in honor of mother goddess — is popularly regarded as an occasion to commemorate good triumphing over evil.

The "Gospel of Jesus' Wife" papyrus is undergoing tests to find out whether it's authentic.

The drama surrounding the newly divorced Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes might only be getting started with the news. New reports suggest that Cruise, who has been lampooned and criticized for his belief in Scientology, has been heartsick enough to consider giving up his religion in order to win back Holmes.

Oct. 12 marks the 10th anniversary of a terrorist attack in Bali that killed 202 people. Although the group responsible has lost influence, similar ones continue to form.

Pope Benedict XVI spoke Arabic for the first time during an official audience on Wednesday as the Vatican added the language to its official list.

Perhaps for the first time in recent history, the Vatican and a majority of academics are in agreement.

The troubling travails of Rimsha Masih, a Christian teenager who lives near Islamabad and is facing blasphemy charges for allegedly burning pages of the Koran to cook, reflects the growing intolerance toward religious minorities that amounts to what one expert calls a “gradual genocide” in Pakistan.

A former Pakistani legislator has offered a $200,000 bounty for the killing of the maker of the anti-Islam film “Innocence of Muslims.”

Unknown attackers in London stabbed an Indian general who was famed for leading a deadly raid against the Golden Temple in Punjab in 1984.

A Russian court approved the banning of the film "Innocence of Muslims" Monday - a move that may lead to a YouTube shutdown in the country.

A Russian court paved the way for a potential closure of video-sharing website YouTube by banning an anti-Islam video on Monday that sparked violent protests across the Muslim world.

Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, the filmmaker behind the movie that sparked days of rioting across the Muslim world, was ordered jailed Thursday by a federal judge on probation violations.