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New York Roman Catholic Archbishop-designate Timothy Dolan said Wednesday that his new pulpit may carry a high profile, but he resolved to remain the "same kind of priest and preacher" he's been for three decades.

Authorities are on the scene of a massive Easter fire that's damaged dozens of buildings on the grounds of a Christian center in New Hampshire.

In an unusually personal letter, Benedict XVI admits mistakes in the handling of a Holocaust-denying bishop.

An Alabama church, whose congregation has grown dramatically under a new pastor, has run up against the sensibilities of a conservative community with a monthlong focus on sex.

America is a less Christian nation than it was 20 years ago, and Christianity is not losing out to other religions, but primarily to a rejection of religion altogether, a survey published Monday found.

Many Muslims seem to believe that it is OK to teach hatred and violence in the name of their religion, and at the same time expect the world to respect Islam as "a religion of peace, love and harmony." A recent film, "Fitna", by Dutch parliament member Geert Wilders has shed light on this issue.

Christians are soldiering on in the battle over God's existence by putting ads on London's famous red buses urging people to have faith.

Pope lifts excommunication of four ultra-traditionalist bishops, angering Catholics, Jews.

A megachurch paid a 20-year-old man to keep silent about a sexual relationship he had with disgraced evangelical pastor Ted Haggard, a senior church pastor said.