Religion and Spirituality

The former plant manager of Agriprocessors, Inc., the nation's largest kosher meatpacking plant, has been arrested on federal conspiracy charges.

The lawsuit filed against God by Neb. State Sen. Ernie Chambers has been dismissed.

Previously unknown details about the life of Pope John Paul II are presented in a new documentary, including the fact that he was injured in a 1982 stabbing.

The Vatican has canonized Sister Alphonsa, a nun who died in 1946, as India’s first female saint.

Two research teams have recently reached different conclusions about the purpose of Stonehenge after studying its bluestones.

A voodoo priestess says Annette Kesting, a county commissioner in Georgia, bounced checks when paying to have a curse put on rival Woody Thompson.

As of next July, the world’s oldest version of the Christian Bible will be completely available online.

A former Nasdaq trader who abandoned Wall Street for a Bulgarian monastery believes the current crisis should cause financiers to focus on what’s really important in life.

A priest and a goat arrived at Wrigley Field Oct. 1 to exorcise the team’s famous “Curse of the Goat,” one of sports’ most celebrated explanations for franchise futility.

Hundreds have been killed or injured during a stampede at a religious festival in Western India on Tuesday.

This Sunday, more than 30 pastors nationwide will sermonize about their presidential pick, challenging a law barring tax-exempt organizations from partisan politics.

The market volatility of the past two weeks has led the eyes of some Wall Street workers away from tanking share prices toward a higher authority.

The U.K.’s National Health Service has reported a doubling in the performance of a type of vaginal cosmetic surgery. Women’s reasons include appearance and cultural mores.

The Indian government is being criticized by Western organizations for its failure to stop several incidents of anti-Christian violence over the last month.

Lepers who have chosen to remain isolated on a Hawaiian peninsula will need to prepare for the canonization of a former missionary.

A year after a wealthy family in Britain fled their estate—the allegedly haunted Clifton Hall—the bank reclaims their property.

A new study of America’s religious beliefs and moral values yields surprising findings about belief in angels.

After a historic excavation of Stonehenge, archaeologists say that construction began 300 years later than previously estimated and theorize that it was a place of healing.

The Little Audrey Santo Foundation has started a petition for the beatification of a woman who spent most of her life comatose after nearly drowning at age three.

Tony Alamo, whose Arkansas compound was raided over the weekend, has had several incidents with law enforcement officers, who he claims are acting for the pope.

Criminal charges against the owner and managers of the United States’ largest kosher meat producer have raised ethical concerns regarding kosher mandates and standards.

The Church of England has created a Web site extolling the naturalist’s teachings, recognizing the value of science in conjunction with faith.

Palin has support from older evangelical Christians but stirred debate among young evangelicals, some of whom say she represents a step backward.

The Vatican has issued some uncharacteristically modern statements recently, but the Pope stressed traditional Catholic values this week, including an anti-euthanasia message.

Astrologers in Thailand are cashing in on the country’s current political crisis as people seek answers to the instability. But seeing political strategy in the stars is nothing new.

Rising Islamism and nationalism within Turkey are hurting Istanbul’s once robust Orthodox Christian community. Possible EU accession has brought the situation into the limelight.

The Church of Scientology faces a possible national ban in a civil case that highlights the tension surrounding the organization in France and Germany.

Saudi Arabia’s highest religious authority issued a fatwa against the celebration of birthdays, saying they are not permitted in Islam. Other Muslims, including one cleric, disagree.

Since the April raid at the Yearning for Zion Ranch, 235 children's custody cases out of 440 have been dropped. Officials say more dismissals are on the way.

A Vermont town has struck down a law against fortune-telling, determining it violated the First Amendment right to freedom of religion.