An advertisement for a religious campaign has been ruled out of order for lack of evidence that Jesus can heal AIDS.

It's not really a question of whether Jesus can, but ra  read more »

While the Anglican Church may shun Yoga, in Kerala the Syro-Malabar church - regarded as the oldest in the country - has decided to embrace the Hindu tradition of sanyas.  read more »

A federal appeals court in Washington cleared the way for the U.S. Navy to dismiss Chaplain Gordon Klingenschmitt, who earned the ire of his commanders with his prayers "in Jesus' name".  read more »

U.S. President George W. Bush is coming to the Vatican for his first formal audience with Pope Benedict XVI, a meeting seen on both sides as immensely important.

They'll ma  read more »

More than 1,600 people have indicated online that they prayed to receive Christ for salvation after watching a three-minute video of evangelist Ronnie Hill's testimony, which starts by recounting his  read more »

Where will Billy and Ruth Bell Graham be buried? The family is arguing about it!

More than a quarter of all Americans identify themselves as evangelical Christians, and the number is growing. There were dozens of fascinating stories in American religion in 2006, and on Monday, Christmas night, we'll be taking a look back at some of the people and trends that defined the year in Jesus.

It's another "year in review" show, but focused on Christianity, mostly American Christianity.  read more »

Stephen Baldwin, the man born into Hollywood royalty, has been born again.  read more »

Former British prime minister Tony Blair, describing himself a terrible student, went back to school Friday as religion lecturer at top US university Yale.

Pope Benedict XVI blasted Europeans for being selfish and not having enough children, in a sermon on Saturday at the 850-year-old pilgrimage site of Mariazell in Austria.

How d  read more »

One of four ministers who oversaw three weeks of intensive counseling for the Rev. Ted Haggard said the disgraced minister emerged convinced that he is "completely heterosexual."  read more »

During the past school year, TV evangelist Richard Roberts, son of school founder Oral Roberts, resigned as president after being accused of misspending university funds to live in style.  read more »

Al Qaeda in Iraq on Wednesday denounced Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Turkey, calling it part of a "crusader campaign" against Islam.

But do you expect any less fr  read more »

The Rev. Al Sharpton toured Mormon facilities Monday and dined privately with a church elder after drawing criticism two weeks ago for remarks about Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.

So he didn't get to meet with the head prophet, but they made up.  read more »

In an interview Monday, Tony Alamo spoke of the allegations with a mix of denial and defiance, saying he never promoted sexual abuse but that he believes there's a mandate from the Bible for young gir  read more »

The pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia stole four goats.

• Jesus was not born of a virgin;
• His father Joseph was a literary construct, as was Judas;
• His family thought he was out of his mind;
• There were probably not
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The Archbishop of Canterbury has failed to provide leadership in the Anglican Church's war over homosexuality, according to two of his bishops.

The worldwide Anglican Church was battling to survive last night after talks broke down amid acrimony during the final stages of the primates' meeting in Tanzania.

It's not looking good.  read more »

U.S. Episcopal bishops, fed up with Anglican criticism of their support for gay priests, implored the Anglican spiritual leader to hear their side of the story — in person.  read more »

Rice's reminiscences about a benevolent deity "hunted" her down until she gave in and accepted His divine love.

In a speech that will be seen as a sharp criticism of New Labour, Dr Williams will say that "those who run things" reject the idea that society needs core values as "unfashionable and unwelcome".  read more »

Archbishop Desmond Tutu has criticised his own church for being "obsessed" with homosexuality.

It's about more than just homosexuality.  read more »

Dr Rowan Williams called for divine guidance after he flew into Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania for the five-day primates' meeting, that will be dominated by the bitter row over homosexuality that could split Anglicanism.

Wrong prediction #2.  read more »

According to media reports coming out of Latin America, President Chavez is considering a proposal that would establish him as the high priest of his own form of evangelical Christianity, convert his cabinet members into bishops of a lower rank, and submit church activities to the civil and military power of his government.

I'm trying to imagine the Venezuelan president as clergy.  read more »

THE Archbishop of Wales met drinkers in a city centre bar for a debate on the pros and cons of religion.

Good to see the "top" going to talk with the "bottom&quo  read more »

Two women who made Roman Catholic religious history say they are ready to be the new face of the priesthood, even as Archbishop Raymond Burke moved to formally penalize them for violating  read more »

The Archbishops of Canterbury and York will today support the findings of a report criticising the government for its failure to recognise the Church of England's contribution to the public sphere.Mor  read more »

Leading Church of England bishops have threatened to boycott a landmark Anglican summit in protest at the presence of pro-gay clergy.

Dozens of Greek and Armenian priests and worshippers exchanged blows in Christianity's holiest shrine on Palm Sunday, and pummeled police with palm fronds when they tried to break up the brawl.  read more »

"The Rev. Ted Haggard has been fired amid allegations of gay sex and drug use, but the evangelical leader can still be seen at the height of his powers - preaching to thousands and condemning homosexuality - in the documentary Jesus Camp."  read more »

While pleased that Father Pfleger did offer something close to an apology for his mean-spirited, racial remarks about Hillary Clinton (and other white people), had he stopped there, I know the issue w  read more »

The request befuddled Leah Daughtry.  read more »

Next week, the group started by Gaylor and her mother in the 1970s to take on the religious right will fight its most high-profile battle when the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on its  read more »

Atheists are under attack these days for being too militant, for not just disbelieving in religious faith but for trying to eradicate it. And who's leveling these accusations? Other atheists, it turns out.

Not all atheists  want to be militant like Richard Dawkins, etc.  read more »

It's been almost 50 years since Earl Paulk, the archbishop of a Protestant mega-church in the Atlanta suburbs, was first accused of having sex with a parishioner.  read more »

An attorney representing Christ Church Greenwich was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury for allegedly destroying a laptop computer to cover up child pornography sought in a probe of the parish's former music director.  read more »

Australian Jewish community leaders blasted an American-born minister for suggesting that “a fate worse than the Holocaust” awaits Jews and others who have not embraced Jesus.Pastor Kevin Harris m  read more »

Rev. Gretta Vosper has laid down a radical challenge for Christians . . .  read more »

A former Southern Baptist missionary who got her start as a church secretary is likely to become the first woman president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas.  read more »

Barack Obama's controversial pastor and the church he's served for 36 years may be in hot water over statements he has made from the pulpit in support of the Illinois senator's run for the White House  read more »

An apocalyptic sect, led by a man claiming to be an Islamic messiah, has been wiped out in Iraq just as it was planning to disrupt the holiest day in the Shia Muslim calendar, Iraqi officials claimed Monday.

Their leader is supposedly supposed to rise from the dead.  read more »

Will Graham is set to go in his grandfather's foosteps.

Birmingham Police responded to a call at Old Sardis Baptist Church Sunday morning as a member of the congregation reported Rev. Willie E.  read more »

Suffolk's new Church of England bishop has announced that he will create Podcasts to introduce himself to his diocese.The 10th Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, the Rt Rev Nigel St  read more »

Roman Catholic Archbishop Raymond Burke, who made headlines last presidential season by saying he'd refuse Holy Communion to John Kerry, has his eye on Rudy Giuliani this year.  read more »

The Administrative Committee of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops said the full body of U.S.  read more »

In his appearance Monday, Wright insisted that the firestorm of controversy surrounding him "is not an attack on Jeremiah Wright; it is an attack on the black church." While his assertion received sup  read more »

Jim and Dale podcast. Others blog. Both hope to reach the lost.

Brazil has requested the United States extradite two leaders of an evangelical church who allegedly used their followers' donations to buy mansions, a horse farm and apartments in Brazil and the U.S., the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.  read more »

Estevam Hernandes Filho, 53, and Sonia Haddad Moraes Hernandes, 48, are also charged in Brazil with stealing millions of dollars from parishioners for luxuries such as mansions and horse farms.  read more »

A Catholic priest in Italy has come up with a novel way of enticing young people back to the church - by holding a beauty pageant for nuns.

National Churchwatch says that the police do not regularly monitor crime against clergy.  read more »

It’s only about two dozen steps from where Ben Paz used to shoot pool in the Bronx to where he now preaches from a pulpit.  read more »

A conservative diocese of the Episcopal Church has gotten a formal invitation to break with the national church over the ordination of gays and women.

They're considering j  read more »

Pastor Randall Radic sold the church property and parsonage so he could buy a BMW. Now, he's trying to sell a book about it.

A council of Jewish, Muslim, and Christian leaders devised a six-point plan to help bring about reconciliation.

The Anglican Church of Canada could elect its first woman leader during a national assembly this summer.Edmonton Bishop Victoria Matthews is among four nominees for archbishop, or primate, who were chosen Thursday by Canada's Anglican bishops during a private meeting in Niagara Falls, Ontario.

Somehow, it doesn't surprise me that the Canadian Anglican church is following the ECUSA.  read more »

Haifa Chief Rabbi She'ar Yashuv Cohen recently became the first Jew to address a synod of bishops at the Vatican.  read more »

Cardinal Camillo Ruini, the president of the Italian bishops’ conference, reaffirmed the Church’s opposition to euthanasia during comments on January 22. Cardinal Ruini also sharply cr  read more »

"A cartoon version of the life of Pope John Paul II, telling the story of his life and death in animated form, is to be released on DVD by the Vatican."  read more »

A book on interfaith relations by a Georgetown University theologian does not accurately reflect Roman Catholic teaching, a U.S. bishops' committee said Monday.The Rev. Peter C.  read more »

Ireland is running out of priests at such a rate that their numbers will have dropped by two thirds in the next 20 years

The second-highest ranking Catholic official on church doctrine has stepped up the church's condemnation of abortion calling it "terrorism with a human face." The Catholic church has always taken a strongly pro-life position but the description of abortion that Archbishop Angelo Amato used to describe abortion is especially intense.

Is this stepping over the line?  read more »

Jim Wallis of "Sojourners" in Madison, WI, thinks homosexual marriage is not "Jesus' top priority" and suggests that clergy and state should focus more on starvation and disease than morality.

Charleston-based street evangelist Brandt Russo was in jail today after trying to hold services at a church in Lakeland, Fla.Russo was arrested Tuesday at Lakeland's Ignite Church and charged with tre  read more »

Three armed men held up Israel of God's Church in Lawndale, IL Wednesday night, and Rev. Mark Sorvillo of Margaret Mary Church in West Rogers Park turned himself in for stealing $200,000.