Dozens of students braved a “biblical, torrential downpour” Monday on the way to the University of Virginia Chapel to hear a talk about what place religion should have in politics, public service and ...

While visiting my family in rural Kentucky a few weeks ago, my options for attending Mass were limited to a single time at the one Catholic church on the edge of town. When I pulled into the parking ...

A few weeks ago, the French government announced public schools would be banning abayas, the full, flowing dresses some Muslim women wear. In France, “laicite,” the principle that the state and public ...

Nearly three quarters of Czech adults do not identify with a religious group, and roughly two thirds say they do not believe in God. That's quite a statement for a nation that sits in the heart of ...

Jan. 12 (UPI) --Shared testimonies, collective singing, silent meditation and baptism rituals -- these are all activities you might find at a Christian church service on a Sunday morning in the United ...

I have never accepted irrational religious beliefs. If something in my -- or any -- religion doesn't make sense, I don't accept it. That's why my five-volume commentary on the Torah (the first five ...

The world is experiencing a profound shift in how people relate to religion. Over the past two decades, we've witnessed something remarkable happening across every continent. Countries that were once ...

The pope is dead. Thomas Lawrence, the dean of the College of Cardinals, is in charge of gathering those men, the senior 130 or so bishops of the Catholic Church, in the Sistine Chapel. There, they ...

Ramadan began in Turkey amid a fresh flare-up of secular-conservative tensions, fueled by a controversial TV series and renewed concerns over secularism.