Reform rabbis suggest welcoming interfaith couples (AP)
AP - A Reform Jewish task force on intermarriage said Monday that the movement should do more to ...

Nigeria must bring killers of Christians to justice: Clinton (AFP)
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks at the State Department in Washington, DC. Clinton called Monday on Nigeria to find and punish those responsible for the killings of more than 500 Christians in a wave of sectarian slaughter.(AFP/Getty Images/Mark Wilson)AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called Monday on Nigeria to find and punish those res...

Vatican appeals for Holy Land Christians (AP)
AP - The Vatican has launched an appeal for support for Christians in the Holy Land, seeking to s...

In US, Muslim women challenge mosque separation (AFP)
The minaret of a mosque is seen at a mosque in Virginia. A group of Muslim women risked arrest as they sought to pray in the main area of the Islamic Center of Washington - an area ordinarily reserved exclusively for men.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Win Mcnamee)AFP - A group of Muslim women risked arrest as they sought to pray in the main area of the Islami...

Van accident at NYC church kills woman, injures 4 (AP)
AP - A van has struck five people in the parking lot of a New York City church, killing one and i...

Muslim group says police detained 7 praying men (AP)
AP - The nation's largest Muslim advocacy organization filed a complaint with police in a Las Veg...

Catholic school boots student with gay parents (AP)
AP - A Catholic school in Colorado is kicking out a preschooler because the child's parents are l...

Hands off health care, US Catholic group tells bishops (AFP)
Rep. Bart Stupak, Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing is seen in this February 2010 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Stupak voted for the House of Representatives version of the health care bill last year only after inserting tough language forbidding federal subsidies from going to health plans that offer abortion.(AFP/File/Tim Sloan)AFP - A US Catholic group on Friday accused Roman Catholic bishops of meddling in health care ref...

Obama calls 'entrepreneurship summit' with Muslims (AFP)
US President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in March 3 in Washington, DC. The White House on Friday announced a AFP - The White House on Friday announced a "summit on entrepreneurship" to build economic ties w...

Is a Jewish wedding ahead for Chelsea Clinton? (AP)
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (left) with daughter Chelsea Clinton (2nd right) and husband former US president Bill Clinton in Des Moines, Iowa, 2007. Clinton could resume work early next week after doctors successfully cleared up a clogged artery following his hospitalization for chest pains.(AFP/Stan Honda)AP - Her mother is a churchgoing Methodist. Her father is a Southern Baptist. Yet could Chelsea C...

Religion News in Brief (AP)
AP - Pope Benedict XVI will make a two-day visit to Spain in November, with a stop in Barcelona t...

Pope to visit Spain in November (AP)
Pope Benedict XVI greets the faithful during the weekly general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican Wednesday, March 3, 2010. The Vatican's spokesman says the pope will visit Spain in November, with a stop in Barcelona to inaugurate the famed cathedral La Sagrada Familia. The Rev. Federico Lombardi told reporters Wednesday that Pope Benedict XVI will go to the western pilgrimage town of Santiago de Compostela on Nov. 6 and then will visit the Mediterranean port city of Barcelona the next day. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP - Pope Benedict XVI will make a two-day visit to Spain in November, with a stop in Barcelona t...

Dutch gays, Catholic church put aside dispute (AP)
AP - Dutch gay rights groups have called for an end to protests against a Catholic church southwe...

You're late! Tardy ministers delay Japan budget debate (Reuters)
Japan's Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi speaks during a news conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo September 16, 2009. REUTERS/Issei KatoReuters - Forget funding scandals or budget and foreign policy rifts: The big fuss in Japan's par...

3 guilty in Md. cult trial, starvation of toddler (AP)
FILE - This February 14, 2006 file photo released by Seeta Khadan-Newton, shows Ria Ramkissoon and her son Javon Thompson. Three members of the now-defunct cult known as 1 Mind Ministries are on trial for murder in the death of Javon Thompson, who was around 16 months old when he died of starvation and dehydration in either December 2006 or January 2007, according to authorities. (AP Photo/ courtesy of Seeta Khadan-Newton, File)AP - The leader of a household described as a religious cult was convicted of second-degree murde...