Can a man who doesn't believe in God serve as a Lutheran priest? Not in Denmark, at any rate - Thorkild Grosboel, pastor of Taarbaek, a town close to Copenhagen, Read More...

At a conference in Vienna, Austria, former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani urged European officials to do more to combat the growth of Antisemitism across Europe. According to data Read More...

The Beckett Fund for Religious Liberty has negotiated a settlement over their lawsuit with the U.S. Air Force. In 1999 the Beckett Fund had taken up the case of Ryan Read More...

It may sound like a plot for a bizarre novel, but it's very real: politicians and business leaders who all belong to "The Family," an organization dedicated to creating a Read More...

An Iranian Kurdish refugee and atheist who has been imprisoned in Iran for writing poetry that is critical of the religious government in that country has sewn his eyes and Read More...

According to the Charleston Post and Courier, Family Court Judge Charlie Segars-Andrews has been sending some juvenile offenders at the Charleston County Juvenile Drug Court to church. One sentence is Read More...

A report from Reuters states that the U.S.-backed government of Afghanistan has banned the publication Aftaab due to its blasphemous content. Among other horrible things, it has suggested that the Read More...

In the Daily Times, a Pakistani publication, Amitai Etzioni has written an article arguing that the United States should not pursue a secular state in Iraq where mosque and state Read More...

It has recently been reported that scientists at National Taiwan University have begun to create genetically modified pets - the first being a zebra fish that has had jellyfish and Read More...

The decision of the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) that the inscription on the "bone box of the brother of Jesus" is a modern forgery should have settled matters, but that Read More...

According to MSNBC, both paganism and witchcraft are on the rise in England. This has Christian leaders worried and some are even calling for stricter controls on the sorts of Read More...

According to the Washington Post, movie star Tom Cruise has been to Washington D.C. to lobby on behalf of Scientology, the religious organization of which he has long been an Read More...

In an apparent bid to raise his standing among conservatives and improve his chances at winning the U.S. Senate seat held by Bob Graham, U.S. Representative Mark Foley of Florida Read More...

The Tennessean has reported that the reality show True Stories from the Morgue has filmed the autopsies of people without the permission of families. As a consequence, Francis and Cheryl Read More...

In an effort to develop new science standards for public schools, Minnesota may have to deal with the rancorous debate over evolution and creationism and whether both should be taught Read More...

Paul Baier, an advocate for survivors of sexual abuse at the hands of Catholic priests and founder Survivorsfirst.org, a database of public abuse allegations, charges that the national bishops' group Read More...