The Minnesota teenager arrested last week on serious suspicion that he had the means and was planning to murder his family before carrying out a school massacre had a 180-page long attack plan, officials said.
A U.S. religious rights group said that China's recent demolition of Sanjiang Christian Church in Zhejiang province is evidence that the government is trying to stop the rapid growth of Christianity in the world's most populous nation.
The Roman Catholic Church is set for an important discussion in October on some of its most central social teachings, such as gay unions, divorce, contraception, cohabitation and others in a meeting of senior Vatican officials called by Pope Francis.
A U.S. baptist minister and ethics of nuclear weapons policy expert has warned that Christians who would respond to a nuclear attack on the U.S. by calling for the same kind of retaliation will turn away people from listening to them preach the Gospe..
The Christian Association of Nigerian-Americans is urgently calling on the Nigerian government to step up its efforts and rescue the 200 or so school girls who were kidnapped in Chibok, Borno State by Boko Haram last month, amid reports they are bein..
Members of several of the world's main religions, including Christianity, Buddhism, Islam and Judaism, warned that the grave prospect of a nuclear weapons catastrophe looms dangerously over the world, and urged leaders to move toward disarmament at a..
Ukraine acting President Olexander Turchynov says the government is "helpless" to stop the uprising in the eastern regions of the country as pro-Russian activists continue taking government buildings.
Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta officially signed into law a bill legalizing polygamy, giving men the right to marry numerous women without consulting their other brides. The bill has faced opposition by the country's Christian leaders, who criticize..
The United Church of Christ in Charlotte, N.C., challenged the state's ban on same-sex marriages by filing a lawsuit at the U.S. federal court, arguing that the law interferes with its religious liberty rights, while a pro-traditional marriage group ..
There have been at least eleven new deaths from tornadoes that ravaged Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee, according to officials on Monday. The twisters moved across the South, bringing the total death toll to 29 and threatening nearly 75 million A..
Dan Haseltine, frontman for Christian rock band Jars of Clay, explained that he was not questioning the morality of Scripture after conservatives accused him of supporting same-sex marriage in a Twitter conversation. He admitted he chose his words "p..
Islamic militants from the al-Shabaab terrorist organization reportedly dragged out a Christian woman from her home in Somalia and shot her dead while friends and neighbors tried to save her.
Half a million people attended the canonization ceremony at St. Peter's Square Sunday where Popes John Paul II and John XXIII were declared saints by the Roman Catholic Church, according to the Vatican.
The latest project on the life of Jesus Christ is set to be a Fox TV series about His early years, titled "Nazareth," written and executive produced by "Gladiator" writer David Franzoni and veteran producer Bob Cooper.
