The U.S. Supreme Court decided Friday to hear a case about whether states can ban same-sex marriage, and the court should come to a decision by the end of June, according to reports. Traditional marriage is currently being upheld in 14 states. The court will hear cases concerning Michigan, ...
Pope Francis landed in Sri Lanka Tuesday, Jan. 13, for the start of his weeklong tour across Asia. The pontiff\'s goal is to help restore relations between religious and ethnic groups, according to reports.
Islam is dated to the early part of the 7th century, but its roots go even deeper and include influences from Christianity and Judaism.
A Catholic church was vandalized in west New Delhi, India, Wednesday, the fourth such incident that has occurred across the city in the past two months, according to reports. Christian advocates say that the attacks are being coordinated by Hindu miscreants who want a Hindu-only India.
Pope Francis has condemned the Paris attacks, but also said that there are limits to free speech. While the Catholic leader is currently taking a tour of Asia, he also elaborated on his ideas about the Paris terror attacks and the right to criticize faith.
Michigan must recognize the legal marriages of about 300 same-sex couples who were wed in the state in a one-day period last year after a federal court struck down a ban on gay marriage and before the decision was put on hold by a U.S. appeals court, a judge ruled Thursday.
Two people are dead after Belgian counter-terrorist police raided an apartment containing suspected Islamist jihadists on Thursday, according to reports. Officials say the alleged terrorists had just returned from Syria and were close to launching \"large-scale\" attacks in the vein of the Paris ...
French President Francois Hollande spoke at the Arab World Institute in Paris Thursday and told the country\'s 5 million Muslims that \"Islam is compatible with democracy.\" Hollande\'s speech comes amid scattered attacks against mosques and growing anti-Muslim sentiment in countries like Germany.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday his planned visit to France was to give a \"big hug\" to Paris in response to the deadly attack last week by Islamist gunmen on the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo.
Christopher Lee Cornell, who used the alias \"Raheel Mahrus Ubaydah\" online, was arrested Wednesday for planning a jihadist plot against the U.S. Capitol and government officials, according to reports. The 20-year-old Green Township, Ohio, man was sympathetic to Islamic State militants and was ...