In a letter, Pope Francis has told bishops around the world they must stick to a policy of zero tolerance for clergy who sexually abuse children.
Russian parents are complaining about attempts of a regional education department to impose religious propaganda on their children through a textbook.
Report finds that a strict adherence to Jewish law treats child abuse survivors as outcasts and discouraged them from contacting secular authorities.
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to review a Kansas nonprofit group’s lawsuit claiming that science standards for Kansas public schools promote atheism.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has offered $132 million to settle hundreds of child sex abuse claims against its clergy.
The last Associated Press investigation about Islamic State shows that most ISIS recruits (self-evaluation) have only a basic knowledge of Islam.
In Ohio, a youth pastor raped a 16-year-old girl, but the church expected the girl to apologize to the rapist's wife.
Youngstown Ohio Schools CEO removed controversial creation videos from the curriculum.
The Church in Wales recently paid about £60,000 in compensation to a congregant who was sexually abused by a pedophile vicar.
A principal in New York sparked outrage among staffers, students and parents after a bizarre wall mural in her school depicted her as a Hindu goddess.