Muslim scholars from the United States and Canada have issued a "fatwa" against terrorism. While many American Muslim groups have repeatedly condemned acts of religious extremism, the new edict carries the weight of an official judicial ruling.
Dubai's leaders are funding mosque tours for Western visitors that aim to clear up misconceptions about Islam, especially that the religion condones violence. The tours have become hugely popular.
After nearly a year of helping elderly and disabled homeowners begin the clean-up process in flood-ravaged New Orleans, Catholic Charities volunteers will gut their 1,000th home Wednesday.
A "dying" Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala, which had dwindled to about 40 elderly white people, decided to give their church to a thriving predominantly black Baptist congregation started in 2003 that had no building to call its own.
Harold Bricker's rare O-positive blood type made an organ donation nearly impossible. Yet, when he finally released his anxiety about waiting with 60,000 other patients for a new kidney, and "turned it over to the Lord," he received what his prayers had not until then provided.
Leading scientists and Evangelical Preachers will gather at a joint press conference in Washington Wednesday to describe their recent discussions and evolving action plans for combatting catostrophic climate change
Abbé Pierre, the French Roman Catholic priest whose radio appeal in 1954 for the homeless and destitute stirred the conscience of his nation has died at age 94.
In Bangladesh, some 3 million Muslims "raised their hands in prayer for global peace at one of the world's largest religious gatherings".
A Memphis single mom with a sick child, who was out of job and a home, made a small church offering that resonated with others in a way no one could have expected and reaped her a miracle.
Leaders of churches in Jerusalem in an Easter message have urged Christians around the world to work to end an international financial boycott of the Palestinian government...
The Bush administration will allow Wiccans to choose the pentacle, the symbol of their faith, for inscription on government-issued memorial markers for deceased veterans, it was announced today.
"The Vatican last week added its voice to a rising chorus of warnings from churches around the world that climate change and abuse of the environment is against God's will, and that the one billion-strong Catholic church must become far greener."