RELIGION

Tikal, Machu Picchu, the Roman Forums … world history is told through the lasting legacies of our ancestors’ ruins. We have uncovered ancient relics, unearthed mysterious symbols and discovered secrets and traditions of long-forgotten rituals.

Religiously devout Jews barred by rabbis from surfing the Internet may now Koogle it on a new kosher search engine, the site manager said on Sunday.

Barack Obama has presented a fresh understanding of Islam not shown by predecessors, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said in his first interview since the U.S. president addressed the Muslim world from Cairo.

Pope Benedict was very upset by revelations that priests and nuns had beaten and raped children for many years in Irish industrial schools, the Catholic Archbishop of Dublin said on Monday.

Below is the prepared text U.S. President Barack Obama's speech in Egypt aimed at healing a rift with the Muslim world.

President Barack Obama called for a new beginning between the United States and Muslims Thursday, in a speech delivered at Cairo University.

President Barack Obama called for a new beginning between the United States and Muslims Thursday, and called on both societies to start a new relationship bringing an end to the cycle of suspicion and discord.”

Pope Benedict said on Saturday he still had difficulty understanding why God had chosen him to lead the Catholic Church worldwide, recalling his isolated upbringing in a rural community of southern Germany.

Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia that allows to edit its content, has implemented a ban contributions that come from computers owned by the Church of Scientology, saying it’s a punishment for repeated and deceptive editing of articles related to the controversial religion.

Police in Northern Ireland charged seven men on Thursday with the murder of a Catholic community worker which has stirred up sectarian tensions in the British-controlled province.

Religion plays a large important role in the lives of many people in the world. It can unite and bring peace and harmony to large groups, but it can also cause anger, strife, and long-lasting, deadly wars.

Ireland's Catholic order of Christian Brothers, reeling from a report cataloguing decades of rapes and beatings of children by priests, bowed to pressure on Tuesday and said it would review compensation to victims.

You won't get an email saying Pope Benedict added you as a friend and you can't poke him or write on his wall, but the Vatican is still keen to use the networking site Facebook to woo young people back to church.

You won't get an email saying Pope Benedict added you as a friend and you can't poke him or write on his wall, but the Vatican is still keen to use the networking site Facebook to woo young people back to church.

Jessica Hahn has been causing quite a buzz online after her name was mentioned in CNN personality Larry King’s new memoir.

President Barack Obama urged both sides in the abortion debate on Sunday to pursue a fair-minded discussion as he sought to quell a firestorm over his invitation to speak at Notre Dame, a premier U.S. Catholic university.

Pope Benedict will complete a Middle East pilgrimage on Friday with prayers at one of the holiest sites for Christians, a day after holding mass for tens of thousands in the Galilee town of Nazareth.

Pope Benedict practiced dialogue and diplomacy on Thursday, discussing Iran's threats against Israel with the Jewish state's prime minister and singing a peace song at an inter-faith meeting with Muslims and Jews.

Pope Benedict on Wednesday said the fortified Israeli wall dividing Bethlehem from Jerusalem could be taken down, if Israel and the Palestinians could remove the walls around their hearts.

Pope Benedict witnessed the watchtowers and high walls that seal Bethlehem off from Jerusalem on Wednesday as he entered the Israeli-occupied West Bank and pressed his call for a Palestinian state.

The speaker of Israel's parliament accused German-born Pope Benedict on Tuesday of showing detachment from Jewish suffering in the Nazi Holocaust, adding to criticism that has marked his Holy Land pilgrimage.