The Rev. Sun Myung Moon, founder of the church colloquially known as the Moonies, is unconscious and undergoing treatment for pneumonia at a hospital in South Korea, a spokesman said Thursday.
In what have become known as the "Jesus pencil" and "candy cane" cases, the Supreme Court refused Monday to consider appeals from the families of elementary school students over distribution of religious-themed gifts on campus.
If there is one institution that has made a point of desperately trying to keep women in their place, it's organized religion.
Weeks before his arrest on a charge of attempting to assassinate President Barack Obama, an Idaho man taped a video pitch for Oprah Winfrey -- expressing his contempt for government, offering secrets to solving global problems and proclaiming himself to be "the modern-day Jesus Christ."
After centuries of neglect, a painting is identified as da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi." Photographs courtesy Robert Simon.
The Catholic Church in Ireland is going high-tech in a bid to reverse a dramatic decline in the number of priests.
The Rev. Robert Jeffress, a leading evangelical minister, claimed last Friday that Mormons are not Christians. Jeffress went on to declare that Mormonism is "a cult," meaning it's not a "real" religion, and he implored his followers to reject Mitt Romney, a Mormon, as a candidate for president because as Jeffress sees it: "As Christians, we have the duty to prefer and select Christians as our leaders."
Thomas Jefferson famously wrote about the wall of separation between church and state. He didn't mention separating church and politics, but everybody knows it's a sticky wicket.
CNN's Candy Crowley looks at how GOP candidates are dancing around fellow Republican Mitt Romney's Mormon faith.
Any Christian will tell you: If a person verbally professes Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, that person is considered saved. No ifs, ands or buts. That's when the conversation should end.
One-hundred-fifty years ago Tuesday, Confederate batteries opened fire on Fort Sumter in Charleston harbor. Thirty-four hours later the siege ended with the surrender of the fort. Major Robert Anderson, a Kentuckian -- and the Federal commander of the fort -- reported no deaths from the bombardment.
Egyptian authorities beefed up security Thursday as Coptic Christians warily ushered in Christmas Eve after a New Year's Day bombing in front of a church that killed nearly two dozen of their members.
An Oklahoma death row inmate received a drug commonly used to euthanize animals Thursday because of a nationwide shortage of sodium thiopental, the drug usually used as the sedative in its three-drug execution cocktail.
A popular presidential candidate whose supporters took to the streets of Haiti to protest what they deemed a fraudulent election proposed Tuesday that a fresh round of voting take place.
A town in western Poland is hoping a giant statue of Jesus Christ officially unveiled Sunday will beat out Brazil's landmark sculpture of the religious figure.
Human progress requires good ideas.
Britain's advertising watchdog has censured an Italian ice cream manufacturer over an advertisement depicting a heavily pregnant nun that appeared ahead of a papal visit to the UK.
The humanitarian organization World Vision can require its employees to be Christians, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.
Keith Humphrey says their allegiance is not to the central government.
Pope Benedict XVI visited the iconic Shroud of Turin on Sunday, kneeling and praying before Christianity's most famous relic, which went on display last month for the first time in 10 years.
Pope Benedict XVI venerates the Shroud of Turin, believed to be Jesus' burial cloth.
The shroud of Turin, which some Christians believe is Jesus Christ's burial cloth, went on public display Saturday for the first time since it was restored in 2002.
Federal authorities decided to arrest members of the Hutaree militia group upon learning they were planning an exercise in April that might have included violence, a federal prosecutor said Tuesday.
A Southeast Michigan Volunteer Militia member talks about training with the group accused of plotting to kill police.
"Captain Hutaree," his wife and two sons planned with other militia members to kill a law enforcement official to draw the officer's colleagues to the funeral, authorities say. Then, according to an indictment unsealed Monday, the militia planned to attack the funeral procession to kick off its war against the U.S. government.
Militia group members have been charged with plotting against law enforcement officers. CNN's Susan Candiotti reports.
The archdiocese of Denver, Colorado, is defending its decision not to re-enroll two children in a Catholic school in Boulder next year because their parents are lesbians.
Alleged victims of child abuse by Catholic priests in Ireland called on the Vatican Monday to hold its own investigation into the scandal and punish those responsible.
A marijuana bust along the U.S.-Mexico border revealed 30 pounds of the drug stuffed into framed pictures of Jesus Christ, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency said Wednesday.
Pope John Paul II used to beat himself with a belt and sleep on a bare floor to bring himself closer to Christ, a book published Wednesday says.
The family of a Korean-American missionary believed held in North Korea said Tuesday they are working with U.S. officials to get him returned home.
The family of an American missionary speaks out on his possible detainment in North Korea. KFMB reports.
NEW YORK -- At 12:57 Sunday afternoon, I ran past a man dressed as Jesus Christ on 44th Road in Long Island City. He was wearing leftover Halloween garb -- white robe, brown rope belt and a costume beard. It was Mile 15 of the New York City Marathon, and he held up a sign that read: "In 10 Miles Water Turns To Wine."
My husband has generalized anxiety disorder, and he always seems to bring up something he says he has seen me do or something I supposedly said when I cannot recall that ever happening. So my question is, can GAD cause a person to worry so much about something that he believes it happened?
The pilot of a doomed plane that crashed, killing 50 people, said "Jesus Christ" and "We're down," seconds before the plane hurtled from the night sky into a house outside Buffalo, New York, in February.
Given the delicate balancing act with Muslims and Jews facing Pope Benedict XVI in the Middle East, it can be easy to forget there's also a third faith with antique roots in the region wanting some attention from the pontiff: Christianity.
Now or never
updated: Wed Mar 11 2009 15:40:00
CNN's Jack Cafferty discusses his new book "Now or Never: Getting Down to the Business of Saving Our American Dream."
Hundreds of Christians packed the Church of the Nativity on Thursday for a midnight Mass in what is thought to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ.
CNN's Ben Wedeman reports on Bethlehem's annual Christmas celebrations.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's upcoming Christmas message will say Jesus would be a defender of the oppressed if he were alive today.
It's naptime in the manger. The rosy porcelain baby is sleeping quietly beside his mother, who dozes on her back on the barn floor, despite her permanent bent-kneed posture and a broken-off right hand.
If anyone knows how Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich feels right now, I do.
A new book chronicles how archaeological investigators dismantled the claims of one of the most spectacular biblical finds of the century
Time.com: Sainthoodupdated: Mon Oct 13 2008 23:00:00
As Pope Benedict XVI announced the ascendance of four new saints, a look back at how the guiding lights of the Catholic faith are identified
Called Out Of Darkness: A Spiritual ConfessionBy Anne RiceKnopf; 245 pp.
The Vatican insisted Friday that it is properly following Christian
tradition by excluding females from the priesthood as it issued a new
warning that women taking part in ordinations will be
excommunicated
When is the last time you watched a mindless movie that had no redeeming value for you intellectually, but all it did was make you laugh?
The ever more pastoral Pope summons healing and unity in his homily at St. Patrick's Cathedral
Exercise caution while you practice devotion.
After forsaking her vampire character for religious writing, the author reveals that she'll write one more installment of her popular series of novels
Q&A: The Anglican Bishop of Durham argues that Biblical teaching on the afterlife has been distorted
The Pope has revised a section of the old Latin liturgy that castigated the Jews. But it still calls for their conversion. Jewish leaders are up in arms
Gordon Hinckley, the longtime head of the Mormon Church who died Sunday, had much to do with moving Mormonism closer to the mainstream
A Jerusalem conference convened by a Princeton theologian reexamines claims that the body of Christ was buried on Earth
CNN's Frederik Pleitgen on the first ever Iraqi Cardinal and his battle to keep Christianity alive in Iraq.
"Peace for all believers," the congregation at the Sacred Heart church in Eastern Baghdad sings, as the Patriarch, Emmanuel III Delly, holds a heavy cross in his hands, his eyes closed.
The polygamist "prophet" is found guilty of accessory to rape, a victory for a novel legal tactic focusing on child abuse
Prince Harry led tributes to Diana, Princess of Wales on the 10th anniversary of her death, describing her as "the best mother in the world" in a speech at a memorial service.
When it comes to those they most admire, young people do not look chiefly to the worlds of music, today's wars or history. Instead, they turn to their own families.
Democrats seeing the light
Tired of being seen by religious voters as too secular or even hostile toward religion, the Democratic Party and its presidential candidates have launched an all-out effort to win their votes.
Non-Catholics who are up in arms of the proclamation by Pope Benedict XVI that the only true church in the world is that of Catholicism shouldn't even bother getting upset. Just chalk it up to an old man trying to get a little attention.
The Rev. Jerry Falwell is dead at 73. Ron Godwin, executive vice president of Falwell's Liberty University, said Falwell had "a history of heart challenges" and was found unresponsive Tuesday at the university.
When did it come to the point that being a Christian meant caring about only two issues, abortion and homosexuality?
I am a scientist and a believer, and I find no conflict between those world views.
1. Idle thought: Does Disney get a royalty every time the phrase "Cinderella" is used during March Madness? If so, the Mouse might soon own CBS in addition to ESPN.
A movie about the birth of Jesus Christ made its world premiere Sunday at the Vatican, the first time a feature film debuted here.
Joana crawled toward me on her skeletal elbows and knees, each movement a painful reminder of the fact that she was dying.
Ron Howard had an interesting point.
China's official Roman Catholic church has hardened its position on the film "The Da Vinci Code," saying it will tell followers to boycott the movie as immoral and offensive, the government's news agency reported.
The long-awaited movie version of Dan Brown's best-seller "The Da Vinci Code" is entering the world to disapproval.
A mixture of fiction, fact and faith, "The Da Vinci Code" has made its worldwide film debut, opening the Cannes Film Festival -- but while the book was a mega-selling hit, the critics largely panned the cinematic version.
FSB: God's Networkupdated: Wed Feb 01 2006 00:01:00
Many entrepreneurs start companies to get rich. Some want to be famous. Others just can't work for anyone else. Bart Azzarelli, 57, launched his Florida pipeline-construction company because, he sa...
CNNMoney: God's Networkupdated: Thu Jan 26 2006 12:06:00
Many entrepreneurs start companies to get rich. Some want to be famous. Others just can't work for anyone else. Bart Azzarelli, 57, launched his Florida pipeline-construction company because, he says, God told him to. Azzarelli's organizational chart shows God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit at the helm of Dallas1 Construction & Development, a Tampa-based business that grossed $27 million last year. The title on his business card is AMBASSADOR FOR CHRIST. His workers wear hardhats adorned with the fish symbol that early Christians used as a secret password. "I decided that if God was instilling in my heart to start a business, then it would be God's business," he says.
Evangelist Franklin Graham, the son of Billy Graham, said Tuesday that a sinful New Orleans could find spiritual rebirth in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
More than 350,000 religious faithful -- including up to 100,000 Germans -- and hundreds of state and religious leaders from around the world gathered in the square outside the Vatican to show their support for the new 78-year-old German pontiff, Benedict XVI.
The newly elected Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany, was one of the most powerful men in the Vatican under Pope John Paul II, a strict enforcer of church doctrine who earned the nickname "Cardinal No."
"But if there be truth in me, it should explode. I cannot reject it; I would be rejecting myself." --Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope, in 1961
CNN.com asked its readers to share their thoughts on Pope John Paul II, who died Saturday. Here is a sampling from thousands of responses, some of which have been edited:
CNN.com asked its readers to share their views on the death of Pope John Paul II, who died Saturday. Here is a sampling from thousands of responses, some of which have been edited:
CNN.com asked its readers to share their views on the death of Pope John Paul II, who died Saturday. Here is a sampling from thousands of responses, some of which have been edited:
An ailing Pope John Paul II has blessed tens of thousands of jubilant pilgrims and tourists marking Easter Sunday in St. Peter's Square by making the sign of the cross with his hand, but he was unable to speak.
Pope John Paul II, recovering from last month's throat surgery, is expected to bless the faithful from his window on Easter Sunday.
A cardinal who stood in for Pope John Paul II in a Holy Week ceremony at the Vatican said the ailing pontiff was "serenely abandoning" himself to God's will.
A planned Broadway run of the smash London hit "Jerry Springer -- The Opera" is in doubt after criticism from a Christian group scared off a potential investor, producers have said.
Okay, you. I can't keep this inside any longer. You and I need to have a little talk about this situation. No, not the fact that your budget got rejected and you have to go back to the drawing boar...
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - You send your children off for four years of college and they come back with five or six. This may be one instance where more isn't always better.
A national group of Christian leaders is sending a scathing letter to President Bush to coincide with Earth Day, accusing his administration of chipping away at the Clean Air Act.
"I'm scared," said 41 year old Ruben Enaje, "sit with me while we wait."
There is hardly a more resolute supporter of Israel in Congress than Rep. Henry Hyde, the venerable chairman of the House International Relations Committee.
Can Mel Gibson help Hollywood find Jesus?
Fortune: NOW HEAR THIS updated: Mon Jun 15 1992 00:01:00
-- SEEMA BOESKY, 50-something, estranged wife of Ivan Boesky, on the moral to be drawn from the story of the Wall Street felon, whom she wed 30 years ago: ''Don't marry Ivan Boesky.''
TO THE STRAINS of a recorded gospel song, top managers and their staffs intently watch slides of an evangelical mission to Poland. The music stops and the lights come up. Several of the 75 or so me...
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