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A suspended Catholic priest in Davenport will return to the ministry after a diocese investigation did not substantiate an allegation that he inappropriately touched a minor in 1990.

An official Israeli committee on Thursday handed the government its proposal for ending a contentious system that grants Jewish ultra-Orthodox seminary students automatic exemptions from military service, setting the stage for what could become the first major conflict in the new Israeli coalition government.

The North American branch of the 'Irish' Christian Brothers will pay $16.5 million to more than 400 people who were sexually molested as children by members of the Roman Catholic order that operates schools and orphanages around the world.

In one of their most dramatic choices in a century, local leaders of the Boy Scouts of America voted Thursday to ease a divisive ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted into the nation's leading youth organization.

This film image released by HBO shows Michael Douglas, left, as Liberace, and Matt Damon, as Scott Thorson in a scene from "Behind the Candalabra," premiering Sunday at 9 p.m. EDT on HBO.

A Ukrainian court on Thursday banned what would have been Ukraine's first-ever gay pride demonstration, upholding a suit by city authorities, who argued the rally would disturb annual Kiev Day celebrations and could spark violence.

It may not be the norm in central Texas, but chances are someone you know may actually be an atheist.

In the homily to his morning Mass Wednesday, Pope Francis said that Christians must stop perpetuating narrow definitions of 'good' and embrace atheists as God does - for the work they do to make the world a better place, reports Raw Story.

Tribune File Photo Volunteers from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints help a homeowner clean up debris in the Cornerstone area in Windsor back in 2008.

El Salvador's president meets with Pope Francis on Thursday amid mounting indications that the stars have finally aligned to beatify assassinated Archbishop Oscar Romero.

Scholars around the Muslim world were alarmed five years ago by news reports that Turkey planned a new, possibly heretical compilation of the Prophet Mohammad's sayings that might scrap those it thought were out of date.

The transport department is willing to engage with various sections of the South African community about the contentious e-tolling system, it said on Wednesday.

Pope Francis has issued his first appeal directed at Catholics in China, long the source of concern for his predecessor Benedict XVI.

A collection of raw and homemade footage and images depicting the destruction a massive tornado left in Moore, Oklahoma.

US Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday night lauded the influence of Judaism on the United States, specifically mentioning the efforts of Jews on gay rights issues, according a report on the Politico website.

A Vatican spokesman on Tuesday refuted claims that Pope Francis performed an exorcism on a man in St.

In Moore, Okla., at least 24 people - including nine children - were killed, and more than 200 people were injured by the 200-mph winds across 17 miles.

Organizations including the Greater Miami Jewish Federation and Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami are taking donations online and through the mail.

A Roman Catholic priest who was removed from public ministry in 2009 after an allegation of past child sex abuse later deemed "credible" by his bishop has now been indicted on a federal charge of possessing child pornography.

American Atheists , an atheist organization based out of Cranford, N.J., say they plan to send books on atheism to Georgia state parks.