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Boy Scouts of America removes ban on gay scouts
GRAPEVINE, Texas (Reuters) - The Boy Scouts of America voted on Thursday to lift a ban on openly gay scouts that had been in ...
Catholic church excommunicates Brazil priest for liberal views
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The Catholic Church has excommunicated a Brazilian priest after he defended homosexuality, open ma...
Mormon bishop brandishes Samurai sword to defend neighbor
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - A Mormon bishop armed with a Samurai sword came to the defense of his neighbor on Tuesday in a Sal...
Pope calls for defense of weakest in inaugural Mass
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis inaugurated his papacy on Tuesday with an address calling for the defense of the weakes...
In Heaven, Chavez urged Christ to pick South American pope?
CARACAS (Reuters) - Late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez's influence may have stretched into the afterlife and had a hand i...
New pope slips out of Vatican for morning prayer visit
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis, barely 12 hours after his election, quietly left the Vatican early on Thursday to pray...
Black smoke signals no pope elected at first conclave vote
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Thick black smoke billowed into the night sky from the Sistine Chapel's chimney on Tuesday, sign...
Joan Rivers slammed over holocaust joke
TV personality Joan Rivers has come under fire for comments she made about Jews during a segment on her controversial style s...
In emotional farewell pope says he resigned for good of Church
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict bid an emotional farewell at his last general audience on Wednesday, saying he underst...
Benedict plans to be 'hidden from world' after papacy
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict will see out his life in prayer, "hidden from the world", he said on Thursda...
Boy Scouts of America may end ban on gays
DALLAS (Reuters) - Boy Scouts of America is considering ending a longstanding national ban on gay youth and adult members and...
Pope's secretary 'Gorgeous George' on Vanity Fair cover
By Philip PullellaROME (Reuters) - Archbishop Georg Ganswein, Pope Benedict's private secretary, who has been dubbed &quo...
Pope gets some 370,000 Twitter followers in 24 hours
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Even though he hasn't sent a single tweet yet, Pope Benedict had some 370,000 followers on Twitt...
Read all about it: Pope has not cancelled Christmas
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - And so it came to pass that in the eighth year of Pope Benedict's reign, some tabloid and social...
Most Americans doubt Scientology is true religion: poll
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Most Americans do not think Scientology is a true religion, more people would prefer to win an Olympic g...
Was Jesus married? New papyrus fragment fuels debate
BOSTON (Reuters) - A previously unknown scrap of ancient papyrus written in ancient Egyptian Coptic includes the words "...
Tom Cruise's lawyer fires back at Vanity Fair's expose
Tom Cruise's longtime lawyer Bert Fields has broken his silence about a shocking new Vanity Fair article which suggests I...
Mormon, Bible-Belt states are top givers to charities
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Americans in Utah, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina and Idaho gave the highest percentage...
Randy Travis arrested naked, charged with drunk driving
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Grammy-winning country music singer Randy Travis has been charged with drunk driving and retaliation ...
Religion has little impact in race for president: poll
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The religious faiths of President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney will have little ...
Scientologists plan Hollywood TV studio
(Reuters) - The Church of Scientology, the religion whose followers include actors Tom Cruise and John Travolta, plans to sta...
Holmes faces Cruise, Scientology in fight for Suri
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Katie Holmes faces two strong adversaries in her legal fight for sole custody of 6-year-old d...
How to Walk Your Human
Check out this instructional video (for your cat) showing how to walk a human.
The Ultimate Runway Model Fails Compilation
Being a runway model isn't all glitz and glamour, this job has some hazzards!
Crystal Cathedral congregation set for 2013 move
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The congregation of Crystal Cathedral, a mega-church once famous for its "Hour of Power" br...
Dig 'proves' Bethlehem existed centuries pre-Jesus
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli archaeologists said on Wednesday they had discovered the first physical evidence supporting Old...
Fired for being 'too hot,' New Jersey woman claims
(Reuters) - A New Jersey woman said on Monday that she was dismissed from a temporary job at a New York lingerie warehouse be...
Gambling, drinking monks raise hell in South Korea
SEOUL (Reuters) - Six leaders from South Korea's biggest Buddhist order have quit after secret video footage showed some ...
Belief in God grows as mortality nears, survey says
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Belief in God is highest among older people and increases with age, perhaps due to the growing realizatio...
Faith motivates tongue piercing in Nepal village
BODE, Nepal (Reuters) - Pressing his palms together, Jujubhai Basan Shrestha raises his hands, acknowledging greetings from t...
Pope Draws Huge Crowd in Havana
By Philip Pullella and Jeff FranksHAVANA (Reuters) - Pope Benedict, speaking from Cuba's biggest stage, urged Cubans on W...
Simon's Cat in 'Shelf Life'
This Simon's Catcartoon by Simon Tofield is cute and accurate.
Miley Cyrus tweets 'forget Jesus,' upsets fans
Actress and singer Miley Cyrus has taken aim at her most outspoken and religious Twitter followers after they sent her hatefu...
The World's Largest Slingshot
The world's largest slingshot? We'll take their word for it!
Germany's Jews step out of shadow of Holocaust
BERLIN (Reuters) - Yitshak Ehrenberg has witnessed a transformation in Germany's Jewish community during his 15 years as ...
Bishops look to expand of birth-control battle
(Reuters) - Catholic bishops, energized by a battle over contraception funding, are planning an aggressive campaign to rally ...
Obama shift seeks to defuse birth-control fight
(Reuters) - President Barack Obama, in an abrupt policy shift aimed at quelling an election-year firestorm, announced on Frid...
WH to try to placate Catholics on contraceptives
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House will announce a move to accommodate religious organizations on its rule for health ins...
'Mormon moment' examined in U.S. survey
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Most Mormons believe their religion is not well understood by Americans and many sense hostility but a su...
Man guilty of marrying girl to polygamist leader
SAN ANGELO, Texas (Reuters) - Ex-bishop Fredrick Merril Jessop was found guilty on Monday of marrying a 12-year-old girl to p...
Parishioners asked to attend church unarmed
MILWAUKEE (Reuters)- Roman Catholic bishops in Wisconsin are urging their parishioners not to bring weapons to church now tha...
Susan Sarandon calls Pope Benedict a Nazi
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress and social activist Susan Sarandon was reported to have called Pope Benedict a Nazi during a ...
Romney's Mormonism in focus at political meeting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney wooed evangelical Christian voters on Saturday with prom...
Pastor stands ground on Mormon 'cult' comment
DALLAS (Reuters) - An unapologetic Pastor Robert Jeffress, who created a stir for calling Mormonism a "cult" at a p...
Bachmann says she is 'comeback kid'
LYNCHBURG, Virginia (Reuters) - Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann, struggling to reverse a slide in opinion po...
Polygamist seeks new trial, says rights violated
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs, who is serving a life sentence for sexually assaulting his two child ...
Deep divisions in Americans' views on race, faith
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans are sharply divided on issues from race to religion, often along generational and partisan l...
Egyptians celebrate Eid without Mubarak
CAIRO (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Egyptians prayed in celebration of Eid al-Fitr in Tahir Square, the epicenter of the p...
Most American Muslims are satisfied Obama backers
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A majority of U.S. Muslims are content with the nation's direction in contrast to many Americans and few ...
VIDEO: Kutcher dons safety gear on Letterman
Ashton Kutcher made light of David Letterman's death threat scare during an appearance on the TV star's chat show on Wednesda...
Country singer Chely Wright weds girlfriend
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Chely Wright, the first mainstream country performer to come out as lesbian, married her partner, act...
Bieber book to examine singer's Christianity
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A new nonfiction book will examine teen pop star Justin Bieber's belief in Christianity that he has refe...
Texas jury sentences Warren Jeffs to life
SAN ANGELO, Texas (Reuters) - Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs, who heads a breakaway Mormon sect, was sentenced to life in pri...
Polygamist leader warns girls not to reject him
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Texas jurors heard polygamist leader Warren Jeffs, who heads a breakaway Mormon sect, warning underag...
Polygamist leader guilty of child sex assault
SAN ANGELO, Texas (Reuters) - Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs, who heads a breakaway Mormon sect, was found guilty on Thursday...
Polygamist sect leader fires lawyers in trial
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs threw his sexual assault trial into disarray on Thursday when he fired...