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 »

Two French Protestant churches have agreed to start discussions with the aim of creating a united denomination by 2013 bringing together Reformed and Lutheran Christians.

A senior American cardinal has asked Jews to reconsider descriptions of Jesus as a "bastard" in exchange for a softening of traditional Catholic prayers calling for Jews to be co  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 »

Christian and Muslim Britons joined forces yesterday to tell city officials to stop taking the Christianity out of Christmas, warning them that this simply fuels a backlash against Muslims.  read more »

Muslim and Christian leaders in Oslo scrapped a soccer match meant to foster understanding between religions on Saturday after the imams refused to play a team that included women priests.

A leading Evangelical US pastor has announced plans to hold a "night to honor Israel " in every major American city as part of an Evangelical political campaign.

Regardless of what you may be reading on news sites and blogs elsewhere, this document does not represent a shift away from the teaching of the late and revered Pope John Paul II about ecumenism (relationship and dialogue with Christians of other denominations.) It is not a return to pre-Vatican II theology.  read more »

"Allah is a very beautiful word for God.  read more »

A woman who's been an Episcopal priest for 20 years has become a Muslim. However, she still considers herself a Christian.

The topic of the speech was ”One Nation Under God.” But Farrakhan said the world is at war because Christians, Muslims and people of other faiths are divided. Farrakhan said Jes  read more »

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi called to “allow Jews and Christians to visit Mecca and circle the Kaaba (cubical building surrounded by the Sacred Mosque).”

Germany's main Lutheran churches appealed Tuesday to Muslims in the country to meet them in a dialogue on peace that would set a worldwide standard for inter-religious conciliation.

A Montreal woman who sued her ex-husband for refusing to give her a Jewish divorce will ask the Supreme Court of Canada on Tuesday to consider whether religious obligations should be enforceable in the country's courts.

Studies show Singaporeans are becoming more fervent in their religions, said Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng, and this sparks concern that it might lead to a sense of exclusivity which  read more »

American Indian inmates at Maine State Prison have sued prison officials, alleging that their First Amendment religious rights were abridged because of lack of access to such requirements as a sweat lodge, powwows and ceremonial food and music.

Contrary to what most Christians might think, it is possible to be a fully devoted follower of Christ who remains truly and fully a Hindu – a Krista Bhakta, as they like to be called.  read more »

Israeli rabbinic authorities have abruptly called on Jews to shun a major Christian tourism event, baffling and upsetting evangelical groups that traditionally have been big supporters of  read more »

Most Americans say they know little to nothing about the practices of Islam and Mormonism but say their own religious beliefs have little in common with either of these faiths, according t  read more »

Around the theme "Living in Communion in the World Today," LWF President Bishop Mark S. Hanson highlighted the shift in focus from living as Lutherans to living in the world, inc  read more »

Fiji's largest Christian denomination, the Methodist Church of Fiji, could soon introduce Hindu and Muslim religion classes in its 30 schools around the country.

During the morning session, Hinckley said he found the Nicene Creed, a statement from 325 A.D. about the relationship between God the Father and Jesus Christ that most Christians accep  read more »

For all the advances and wonders of our global era, Christians, Jews, and Muslims seem ever more locked in mortal combat.  read more »

Christian protesters are smaller in number than their Shiite Hezbollah counterparts in Lebanon's anti-government rally, but both sides are playing down their differences amid some unus  read more »

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets Pope Benedict for the first time on Tuesday but aides played down talk of a possible breakthrough in relations between the Catholic Church and its Russian Orthodox sister.

During part of the day, Sharpton broadcast his live radio show from a studio in LDS Church-owned Bonneville International. On the air, he said he respects members of The Church of Jesus  read more »

I think, however, that there may be another useful criterion for gauging a nation's religious identity, namely the manner in which it has traditionally understood religion itself and w  read more »

Fifteen years after she tore up a photo of Pope John Paul II during an appearance on NBC-TV's "Saturday Night Live," Sinead O'Connor has released "Theology," an  read more »

News of the "Joint Declaration for the Meaning of Jewish-Christian Cooperation" was made public by the Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches, the Swiss Bishops Conference, and  read more »

A Malaysian Muslim man switched at birth in a hospital mix-up wants to change his name after being reunited with his ethnic-Chinese biological family and become a Buddhist.

Christmas cards sent out by Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen’s family have sparked controversy. The card uses a Muslim girl to symbolize a Christian holiday and has one local pastor que  read more »

Britain's major Muslim group joined the Anglican and Catholic churches Thursday in backing a plea to exempt Catholic adoption services from new government legislation that bans discrimination against homosexual couples.

Two local churches have banned a group from conducting yoga classes because the ancient practice is allegedly "un-Christian".  read more »

The National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA welcomed a new U.S. government initiative on religious discrimination but expressed concern at its narrow, single denominational introduction.

America prides itself in allowing, even demanding, freedom of religion — until that religion doesn’t feel like a religion. Neo-pagan Wiccas, for example. But the Christmas celebration is wrapped in pagan symbolism. So where does that leave us?  read more »

"I love my God, my higher power, but it is mine and mine alone, and I create my connection, and I decide how my connection is going to be.  read more »

Warning that witchcraft is real and is destroying the Catholic Church in Africa, scholars from the Catholic University of Eastern Africa say that many African priests fear witchcraft or are ignorant of their power to confront the devil.