Franklin Graham shares the Gospel in Carson

Gloria Caceres lifted her arms above her head and opened her palms to the sky. She was standing in the late-afternoon sun at a soccer...

Franklin Graham hopes to launch Latino religious revival

Sixty-two years ago it was the father, evangelist Billy Graham, who captivated Los Angeles with an old-fashioned tent revival that...

Pakistan arrests army officer allegedly linked to Islamic extremists

A senior Pakistani army officer suspected of having links to an Islamic extremist group has been arrested, authorities said Tuesday, a...

At troubled Crystal Cathedral, a tale of two ministries

The two lines begin forming outside the Crystal Cathedral before 9 on Sunday mornings. It is a mostly immigrant crowd — Mexicans,...

Catholic bishops renew sex abuse prevention policy

The nation's Roman Catholic bishops on Thursday renewed their plan to prevent clergy sex abuse, making only minor revisions despite lapses...

Turkey's Islamist-based AKP keeps majority in parliamentary election

No pressing matter of state like the economy or foreign policy compelled Alayrettin Ayyaldiz to head to a polling station in his modest...

Republican contenders compete for Christian conservatives

Competition for the hearts and votes of Christian conservatives is as wide open as the broader 2012 Republican contest, if a two-day...

Campaign against circumcision evokes images of anti-Semitism

The image of a bearded, black-hatted Jew with an evil grin and a bloody blade seems straight out of the annals of classic European anti-...

Crystal Cathedral Ministries' church and campus will be sold to Orange County developer

Crystal Cathedral Ministries' church and 40-acre campus will be sold to an Orange County real estate developer for $46 million but leased...

Imam teaches Islam with a distinct U.S. style

At the pulpit of an inner-city Chicago mosque, the tall blond imam begins preaching in his customary fashion, touching on the Los Angeles...

Donation will allow Claremont School of Theology to train rabbis, imams

Leaders of the Claremont School of Theology will announce Monday the gift of $40 million from an Arizona couple to help expand the Christian...

An atheism debate writ large, on billboards

In the Internet age, the nation's culture wars are often waged through online blogs and e-mails. But across North Carolina, a heated church-...

Somali militant group claims responsibility for Uganda blasts

A powerful Al Qaeda-affiliated militant faction in Somalia claimed responsibility Monday for two bomb attacks in Uganda's capital that...

David Martinez dies at 67; pastor's church helped gang members and addicts

David Martinez, pastor of Victory Outreach Church of the San Fernando Valley, whose...

James Kavanaugh dies at 81; former Catholic priest wrote book calling for church reform

James Kavanaugh, a former Catholic priest who came to fame in 1967 with his controversial bestseller calling for reform in the church and...

Father Ladislas K. Parker dies at 94; Catholic priest fled communist Hungary in 1950

Father Ladislas K. Parker, a Catholic priest whose harrowing escape from communist Hungary in 1950 led him to Orange County and the founding...

Oral Roberts dies at 91; televangelist was pioneering preacher of the 'prosperity gospel'

Oral Roberts, a dirt-poor Oklahoma farm boy who popularized the idea of a "prosperity gospel" while becoming one of the world's most...

Aceh's morality police on the prowl for violators

The young couple are totally busted. They huddle at a beach-side park, near signs forbidding teens from sitting too close. He has his arm...

John Harris Burt dies at 91; former rector at Pasadena's All Saints Episcopal Church

John Harris Burt, a retired bishop who advanced a ...

G. Patrick Ziemann dies at 68; embattled former Roman Catholic bishop of Santa Rosa diocese

G. Patrick Ziemann, the former Roman Catholic bishop of Santa Rosa who resigned in 1999 amid sexual and financial scandals, has died. He was...