Religion Today Archives

Villagers in suspect local police in Egypt of corruption and collusion after two Copts were arrested for an arson attack on their own house church...

Officials in a village in Laos on Saturday (July 11) called a special meeting for all residents and announced that they had “banned the Christian...

The Episcopal Church on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted to lift a three-year-old moratorium on consecrating gay bishops, despite warnings that the...

Nearly 11 months after anti-Christian attacks shook the eastern state of Orissa, terror continues in the area as the former rioters issue death...

President Obama met Pope Benedict XVI for the first time on Friday (July 10) in a closed-door meeting that a Vatican statement said covered...

For centuries, missionaries have ventured to the farthest reaches of the globe to share the gospel. Today, the new mission field is just a mouse...

Francis Collins, the researcher who mapped the human genome and navigated clashes between his Christian faith and science, has been chosen to lead...

The encyclical on globalization, Caritas in Veritate (Charity in Truth), is Benedict's third and the first to focus on Catholic social teaching.

Pastor Rick Warren encouraged interfaith action during his speech at the Islamic Society of North America's annual convention.

A village cleric broadcast the call to attack Christians over the mosque loudspeaker, resulting in more than 500 Muslims ransacking at least 110...

Two young boys are dead after their Christian father refused to divulge information about church leader, and killers have promised to hunt down the...

Episcopal bishops from the six states that have legalized same-sex marriage are requesting permission to adapt their church's venerable prayer book...

Iran has scrapped the mandatory death penalty for those who leave Islam. The penalty, which has drawn international outrage, may be a small...

Relief agencies in Zimbabwe are continuing emergency operations in response to the country’s cholera outbreaks and desperate need for food and...

The Indian government is silent on why it refused visas to allow members of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) to...