Communist officials in Vietnam are for the first time seeking the input of the country\'s Catholic leaders on proposed legislation addressing faith and religion, but many bishops there believe the effort at transparency is only an attempt to \"appear democratic,\" AsiaNews reported May 4.
Pope Francis told the leader of the Swedish Lutheran Church at the Vatican May 4 that fraternal communion between the churches is possible, but he warned against avoiding \"urgent\" issues such as marriage, family and human sexuality to achieve it.
A communist official who defected to the United States at the height of the Cold War has claimed in an interview the KGB developed the powerful movement known as \"Liberation Theology\" as a means of wresting control of South America from the orbit of the Catholic Church and the influence of the ...
The day after two Islamic extremists were shot and killed outside a free speech event in Garland, a Muslim man was beaten by two attackers at a Richardson, Texas, mosque, the Dallas Morning News has reported.
Officials in Cochran, Georgia, have removed a Christian flag from above city hall, where it was flying to promote a local Bible-reading marathon, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reported yesterday.
A new poll from CBS News and the New York Times suggests race relations in the United States have declined to levels not seen since 1992.
The Islamic State (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for the terror attack on a free speech event and Muhammad cartoon contest in Garland, Texas, May 3.
Just in time for the Supreme Court\'s deliberation of same-sex marriage this summer, Gallup has published the findings of a new poll which indicates nearly 2 million Americans are part of a homosexual couple – and 780,000 of those have been married in states that allow same-sex marriage. The ...
Two gunmen opened fire yesterday on a security officer outside a free speech event in Garland where organizers were offering a $10,000 reward for the best cartoon depicting the founder of Islam, Muhammad.
The exchange of gunfire between a police officer and gunmen attacking a free speech event in Garland, Texas, May 3 lasted only seconds, but preparation for responding to such an event began months before, Joe Harn, spokesman for the Garland Police Department said in a press conference today.