It's so far into the Mojave Desert, that some have wondered if any would even know about it, if litigation had not been brought forth. It's known as the "Mojave Cross," and the Supreme Court, whose new term just began, will hear a case on it.

The president of Venezuela just spoke at the UN conference this afternoon and just finished his speech with a song and a testimony to Christ's Kindom and the future of the world.

The New International Version (NIV) Bible, arguably the "world's most popular" Bible will be revised for the first time in 25 years, it was announced Tuesday. The revision is scheduled to be completed late next year and published in 2011.

There was a time when parents tried to teach their kids acceptance. Gainesville, FL high school students have been sent home over the last few days for wearing t-shirts with the phrase “Islam is of the Devil” on teh back. The children wearing the shirts belong to the Dove World Outreach Center, an evangelical “New Testament Church.”

Today the Christian Church throughout the world (except those using the Julian calendar) celebrate Pentecost, the coming of the Holy Spirit.

Today the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of the Immaculate Conception, which is one of the catholic holy days of obligation. The doctrine of the Immaculate conception does not mean that Jesus was born without sin. It rather means that Mary, the Holy Mother Of Jesus was born immaculately, without the original sin, that all of us are born.

A new Master's Programme in the Faculty of Theology of the University of Helsinki will take students to other Nordic countries and to the Mediterranean area discovering the religious roots of Europe.

A few disclaimers before I begin the news about James Dobson, the director of Focus on the Family, and Barack Obama. First, my candidate didn’t make it past the primaries. As for which of the two viable candidates I am leaning towards, I think it makes little difference to this discussion.

Next week (15-20 April 2008), Pope Benedict XVI makes his first official visit to the United States. He is scheduled to meet with President Bush at the White House, deliver an address at the United Nations, and celebrate mass at outdoor stadiums in New York and Washington. The Pope will also visit The Catholic University of America; something his predecessor, Pope John Paul II, did on his first trip to the United States as well.

This meditation on Holy Saturday is based on an ancient Homily. Something strange is happening - there is a great silence on earth today, a great silence and stillness. The whole earth keeps silence because the King is asleep.

Under driving wind and rain, Pope Benedict XVI opted out of carrying a symbolic cross of Jesus Christ to conclude a traditional Good Friday procession.