Yom Kippur 2011 is observed on Oct. 7-8, 2011. Known as the Jewish Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur falls on 10 Tishrei 5772 on the Hebrew calendar, which...

The nation's Roman Catholic bishops have released a voter guide for the 2012 election that repeatedly calls abortion "evil" without making revisions t...

Yom Kippur, the Jewish fast-day of repentance, begins at sundown on Friday (Oct. 7), and some Jews are preparing with ... chickens? The Kaparot rit...

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS, Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A decision by Ohio officials to remove all pork products from prison menus in response ...

By MATTI FRIEDMAN, Associated Press JERUSALEM -- Precious Bible manuscripts originating in the Jewish community of Damascus, Syria, went on display...

The Jewish Feast of the Tabernacle, Sukkot, begins at sundown on Oct. 12, 2011, and ends at nightfall on Oct. 19. The Festival of Booths, as Sukkot is...

By MAGGIE MICHAEL, Associated Press CAIRO -- Egypt's Coptic Christians have long felt like second-class citizens in their own country. Now many ...

By JEFF KAROUB, Associated Press DETROIT -- Egyptian Christians living in the U.S. said Monday that they are horrified by violence that has erupted...

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People and groups of faith inspired by the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations in New York City are organizing events in NYC's "Liberty Plaza" and aroun...

By BRETT ZONGKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Damaged portions of a Washington National Cathedral pinnacle will be removed from the church tempo...

By THOMAS BEAUMONT, Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa -- Four years ago, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee won Iowa's Republican presidential cauc...

By Tejinder S. Bindra, President, Sikh Art & Film Foundation Sikhs are easily identified by colorful turbans and uncut hair, seen in every borough ...

VATICAN CITY — A U.S. Catholic priest who supports ordination for women was detained briefly by police Monday after marching to the Vatican to p...

Simchat Torah, the joyous Jewish celebration of the Torah (Five Books of Moses), begins at sundown on Oct. 20, 2011 and ends at nightfall on Oct. 21. ...

NEW YORK -- A three-ton stone from Jerusalem's Western Wall will be part of an upcoming exhibition on the Dead Sea Scrolls in New York City. The ston...

On Oct. 15, 2011, Shinnyo-en Buddhism celebrated the re-inspiriting of the Nirvana Buddha sculpture in the renovated Nirvana Hall at Oyasono, the head...

The Dalai Lama led prayers in solidarity with Buddhist monks who self-immolated in protest of Chinese rule over Buddhist practices in Tibet. Monks gat...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Calls for Roman Catholic Bishop Robert Finn to resign started even before last week, when he became the highest-ranking church lea...

ATLANTA -- Former President Jimmy Carter is authoring a pair of books for a Christian publisher. In one book, Carter will share life lessons culled f...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI named three new saints for the Catholic Church during Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square that was disrupted by a man ...

Jews are known as the "People of the Book" for good reason. The Torah, otherwise known as the Hebrew Bible, has inspired debate and sparked imaginatio...

By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service ARLINGTON, VA. (RNS) In a ceremony steeped in Hebrew prayers and military hymns, a monument to Jewish cha...

LONDON — St. Paul's Cathedral has welcomed visitors for 300 years, but for almost a week its heavy oak doors have been shut, locked because of a...

There's a holy war going on. It's victim: Halloween. Stephen Colbert took Christians to task Wednesday (Oct. 26) for sullying the sanctity of All ...