From the Associated Press. TYLER, Texas – Investigators say DNA evidence collected at the site of one of several Texas churches destroyed by arson links one of two suspects to the blaze, and they...

From the Associated Press. VATICAN CITY – The Vatican says the number of Catholics as a percentage of the worldwide faithful is growing slightly. The Holy See says that from 2007 to 2008 Roman...

From the Associated Press. DALLAS – Investigators have determined that two rural church fires on the same night this week in east Texas were the acts of an arsonist. The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol,...

From the Associated Press. VATICAN CITY – A scandal in Italy's Catholic Church has morphed into a tale of Vatican intrigue complete with forged documents, reports of dueling cardinals and a papal...

From the Associated Press. TYLER, Texas – A spate of recent fires that destroyed or damaged several churches in eastern Texas were intentionally set, likely by the same person or group, federal...

From the Associated Press. STRASBOURG, France – A Jewish cemetery in eastern France was desecrated Wednesday, with at least 18 gravestones marked with swastikas and overturned, police and Jewish...

From the Associated Press. AVON, Colo. – A Colorado man says marijuana is the main sacrament of his religion and a drug charge against him violates his First Amendment rights. Trevor Douglas of...

From the Associated Press. EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A bitter dispute over abortion that prompted Rhode Island's Roman Catholic bishop to ask Rep. Patrick Kennedy not to receive Holy Communion has...

From the Associated Press. VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI called Wednesday for greater international efforts to ensure basic human rights for children, saying he was praying for all young people...

From the Associated Press. WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a student who complained that high school officials violated her constitutional rights when they turned off her...

From the Associated Press. As word spread that a gunman had opened fire at Fort Hood leaving a trail of carnage, a chilling realization swept across the U.S. Muslim community: He has an Islamic name. From...

From the Associated Press. SEATTLE – Naveed Haq wasn't insane — just angry — when he stormed a Seattle Jewish center in 2006, killing one woman and wounding five others as he railed against Israel...

From the Associated Press. VATICAN CITY – The Vatican announced Tuesday it was making it easier for Anglicans to convert to Roman Catholicism — a surprise move designed to entice traditionalists...

From the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA – U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito voiced frustration Tuesday over what he called persistent questions about the court's Roman Catholic majority. Alito...

From the Associated Press. SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Two of the men charged with setting a Springfield church fire after President Barack Obama's election have pleaded not guilty to state charges in a 2003...