The Lent kicked off with Ash Wednesday even as Pope Benedict XVI also began posting his daily papal message via Twitter, calling for a spiritual awakening, a Vatican Radio blog reported.
Taiwan and China are engaged in a kind of “metaphysical battle” for Lin’s identity.
Iran has issued what could be the final execution order for Youcef Nadarkhani, the Christian pastor who was found guilty of renouncing Islam.
Graham’s statement that Christians are being murdered in Muslim nations is not entirely false – but he is greatly exaggerating the problem’s true dimensions.
Seven people were killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday during protests over the burning of the Koran at a NATO base near Kabul.
Former member of the Church of Latter-Day Saints claims Frank’s name was in a proxy baptism database over the weekend; Eli Wiesel says leave Holocaust victims alone.
Faith has pervaded Rick Santorum's political career, informing his views on issues ranging from abortion to gay rights -- and also, it turns out, the environment.
Wednesday, Feb. 22, marks the start of Lent which occurs, 46 days before Easter.
Several people were wounded on Wednesday, witnesses said, when shots were fired as hundreds of angry Afghans gathered in a second day of violent clashes after copies of the Koran, Islam's holy book, were burned at NATO's main base in Afghanistan.
Thousands of enraged Afghans rallied outside Bagram Air Base on Tuesday, incensed by reports that American personnel had burned Qurans and other Islamic texts.
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum accused Democratic President Barack Obama's administration on Monday of implementing healthcare policies that discourage marriage and hurt families.
Two expert committees appointed by the Indian Supreme Court began documenting the wealth of the famed Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple complex in Thiruvananthapuram.
Thousands of Hindu devotees from across India and Pakistan on Monday celebrated the festival of Mahashivratri with traditional religious fervor as chants of “bam bam bole” and “har har mahadev” reverberated in the air.
A 2008 commencement speech by Rick Santorum reveals that the Republican presidential hopeful's religious views diverge from those of many in the U.S. electorate.
Some are calling Kevin Costner's eulogy for Whitney the performance of his career
With Passover just a month away a new app aims to help consumers keep kosher throughout the eight-day Jewish festival and to stay up to date on kosher products throughout the rest of the year.
Rick Santorum defended comments he said about President Barack Obama's beliefs, saying Sunday he was criticizing his liberal world view rather than his religious ideology.
Marked by folk dance, parades and more cultural activities, the three-day Carnival of Oruro in Bolivia started on Saturday with fanfare and feasts.
Whitney Houston was laid to rest on Sunday in a private burial before family and close friends near her birthplace in Newark, New Jersey, more than a week after her sudden death shocked the world.
On the fifth day of violent protests ahead of Senegalese capital Dakar's controversial presidential poll, two young men have already lost their lives, indicating a bad turn of events and intensifying demonstrations in an otherwise peaceful city. Protesters demanded on Sunday that Senegal's 85-year-old President Abdoulaye Wade step down, and were on the streets of the heart of the capital, throwing stones at police and erecting barricades.
Lin and Chen communicate frequently.
On Thursday, Rick Santorum's multi-millionaire mega-donor, Foster Friess, maintained that Bayer aspirin is a sufficient form of birth control. The remark raised eyebrows and sparked a debate about female contraception.
