The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that crucifixes should not be displayed in Italian public schools, a decision that has incurred the wrath of the Vatican and politicians alike.

He is both revered and feared. Phra Kru Ba Neua Chai quietly withdrew from a successful career as a Muay Thai fighter to ordain as a Buddhist Monk in 1992. .

Pastor Marc Grizzard and his congregation planned to hold a book burning Halloween night. They claim the burning was a "great success" even after being warned by local authorities that it is against the law.

Animal rights activists are pressuring the Indian and Nepalese governments to ban a mass sacrifice by Hindus of goats and other animals after 50,000 were killed in one week in one city alone.

A Hungarian Bishop, Zoltán Meszlényi, has been recognised as a martyr for his faith by the Catholic Church. Meszlényi is the first of the Hungarian victims of the Stalin-era anti-church persecution to be beatified.

The mayor of a small English town, and his wife, have refused to judge a local Halloween pumpkin-carving contest saying that it "glorifies Satan's angels."

Pope Benedict XVI's announcement last week that would welcome disaffected Anglicans into the Roman Catholic Church has created "some shock waves" but they are not "seismic", says the head of the Anglican Church of Canada.

A calendar featuring sexy photos of scantily clad Mormon moms is causing controversy within the Church and across the country.

A 38-year-old Nigerian woman, Kadijat Mohammed, has been disowned by her parents for not getting married at her age, saying that they are tired of being a host to a parasite who is nothing but a liability to the family.

A human right activist was ordered out of the court for wearing a Beatles T-shirt in the Sharia Court in Kaduna state, Nigeria .