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Bulgarians bid farewell to Patriarch Maxim
Thousands of people have joined funeral proceedings in Sofia for Patriarch Maxim, who was at the helm of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church for more than ...
Election won't end abortion/contraception debate
Democrats and liberal advocacy groups have declared victory in what they called a Republican "war on women" and are celebrating the pivotal defeats ...
Pope to join celebs, presidents with Twitter feed
He already has a billion followers. Now, Pope Benedict XVI will join the Twitter-sphere, tweeting from a personal account along with the world's ...
Next archbishop of Canterbury announcement Friday
The next archbishop of Canterbury will be officially introduced Friday, the British government says, and the expectation is that the new leader of the ...
Brazil's Truth Commission to investigate church
The Truth Commission investigating human rights abuses committed by Brazil's former dictatorship will also look into the role Catholic and evangelical ...
NY man who lost leg in crucifix mishap sues church
David Jimenez was so elated over his wife's recovery from cancer that he offered to clean the large crucifix outside the Hudson Valley church where ...
Court upholds sale of polygamous church assets
A federal appeals court ruled Monday that a polygamist sect on the Utah-Arizona border waited too long to challenge a court-ordered takeover, clearing ...
Egypt's new pope opposes religious constitution
Egypt's new Coptic pope said Monday the constitution now being drafted will not be acceptable if it is overtly religious, a sign he would campaign ...
Officials: Gambling-addicted NY nun stole $128,000
A nun with a gambling addiction was accused of stealing $128,000 from two rural parishes where she worked. Sister Mary Anne Rapp was treated for a ...
Lawyer: Vatican expert had little motive to steal
A Vatican computer expert accused of helping the pope's former butler steal secret correspondence did not know the man well and had little motive to ...
AP Photos: Egypt's Copts choose new pope
A blindfolded child reached into a crystal chalice and pulled out a slip of paper — and Egypt's Coptic Christians had a new pope. The colorful but ...
Brazil's 'pop-star priest' gets mammoth new stage
Brazil's "pop-star priest" is already packing in the crowds at the newly opened mammoth sanctuary that he built for his campaign to stem the exodus ...
IRS not enforcing rules on churches and politics
For the past three years, the Internal Revenue Service hasn't been investigating complaints of partisan political activity by churches, leaving ...
Holy Sepulchre bank account blocked for water bill
A clergyman from the church built on the site where Jesus Christ is said to have been crucified said Friday that its bank account has been frozen as ...
Despite volume, no plan to limit Sistine tourists
Five centuries after Michelangelo's ceiling of frescoes was inaugurated in the Sistine Chapel, Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday celebrated the "symphony ...
US, EU to ethnic Serbs: You have a home in Kosovo
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton toured a Serbian Orthodox church in Kosovo Wednesday as she pressed America's close ally to step up its ...
Poland's bishops say Halloween is harmful, pagan
Some Catholic bishops in Poland say that Halloween is harmful because it promotes "diabolical" behavior and are asking believers not to observe it.
Cuba's 2nd city without power, water after Sandy
Residents of Cuba's second-largest city of Santiago remained without power or running water Monday, four days after Hurricane Sandy made landfall as ...
Egypt: Coptic Church moves toward picking new pope
A council of Egypt's Coptic Christians voted on Monday in a process that will lead to the selection of a new pope for the ancient church, as the ...
Vatican: Savile's papal honor cannot be removed
The Vatican said Saturday it never would have given Jimmy Savile his papal knighthood had it known of allegations the British TV star was a child sex ...
Vatican counsels patience for traditionalists
The Vatican is again opening the door to a group of breakaway traditionalist Catholics, saying patience, perseverance and trust are necessary to end ...
Traditionalists expel Holocaust-denying bishop
A traditionalist group of breakaway Catholics on Wednesday expelled a Holocaust-denying bishop whose views sparked a major Vatican crisis in 2009.
Pope names 6 cardinals, none from Italy
Pope Benedict XVI named six new cardinals on Wednesday, adding prelates from Lebanon, the Philippines, Nigeria, Colombia, India and the United States ...
Romanian cleric served as Communist informant
Romania's highest court has upheld the conviction of a top Orthodox cleric that he secretly served as an informant for the country's communist-era ...
Vatican's Syria mission is postponed
The Vatican is postponing the departure of a Catholic church delegation to Syria, citing the "gravity of the situation" in the country wracked by ...