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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.

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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.

Pope Benedict, putting his mark on his Church's future, on Saturday inducted 22 men including India's George Alencherry into the exclusive group of cardinals who will one day elect one of their own to succeed him as leader of the world's 1.3 billion Roman Catholics.

Pope Benedict on Saturday elevated 22 prelates to the rank of cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church at a solemn ceremony in St Peter's Basilica. Here are their names.

The hearse has arrived at the New Hope Baptist Church where Whitney Houston's funeral service will start at noon ET. See the photos here.

We answer: how to watch Whitney Houston's funeral on Saturday.

Pope Benedict XVI formally inducted 22 churchmen to the elite circle of cardinals in a ceremony on Saturday. Pope presided over the ceremony held in St. Peter's Basilica. The new cardinals are from 13 countries- including three from the United States and Canada-Cardinals Timothy M. Dolan of New York, Edwin F. O'Brien, grand master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem and former archbishop of Baltimore and Thomas C. Collins of Toronto.

At a House committee hearing on Thursday, three angry Democrats stalked out of the room to protest what they saw as an unfair, one-sided appointment of panelists.

Democrats and Republicans sparred Thursday during a House hearing on the Obama administration's mandate that all health insurance plans cover birth control, underscoring how the issue has become politically potent and divided lawmakers along party lines.

Multiple Democrats, objecting to the fact that House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrel Issa, R-Calif., has only allowed men to testify, walked out of the hearing in protest on Thursday morning.

Jeremy Lin calms pregame nerves with Christian contemporary rock music.