Religion

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Malaysia's top court ruled Monday that non-Muslims cannot use the word "Allah" to refer to God, delivering the final word on a contentious debate that has reinforced complaints that religious minorities are treated unfairly in the Muslim-majority country.

DETROIT (AP) -- The top legislative body of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has voted by large margins to recognize same-sex marriage as Christian in the church constitution, adding language that marriage can be the union of "two people," not just "a man and a woman."

NEW YORK (AP) -- A new arena version of "Jesus Christ Superstar" starring punk legend John "Johnny Rotten" Lydon and Michelle Williams of Destiny's Child has abruptly canceled its 54-city tour just days before its launch in New Orleans.

Today my niece Gianna Rose Vitali will make her confirmation. I’m so proud of her. It will mark my return to the Catholic Church after many years. (Bless me father).

Whenever the topic of same sex marriage comes up, the counter argument usually comes from a religious standpoint. Those against argue vehemently based on their beliefs.

Leah Remini left the church of Scientology 7 months ago. Now she’s letting the world know why.

You've heard of flash mobs? Behold the Mass mob.

A United Methodist pastor from central Pennsylvania who was defrocked after officiating his son's gay wedding was invited by a California Methodist bishop to serve in her region in yet another sign of a split in the nation's largest mainline Protestant denomination...

A Wisconsin-based activist group has taken exception to a yearly billboard in Pitman, NJ that reads "Keep the Christ in Christmas." This year, the activist group decided to do something about it.

The Bordentown Regional School District has announced that "religious" Christmas songs will be banned from upcoming elementary school winter concerts, a decision criticized by one Christian advocacy group as "political correctness run amok."