A team of advertising executives in the United Kingdom have come up with a novel approach to educating the country about the real meaning of Christmas and the Nativity of the Lord.

"Behold! The angels said: 'O Mary! God giveth thee glad tidings of a Word from Him. His name will be Jesus Christ, the son of Mary, held in honour in this world and the Hereafter and in (the company of) those nearest to God.'" Before searching for this quote in the New Testament, you might first ask your Muslim co-worker, friend or neighbour for a copy of the Qur'an, Islam's revealed text. The quote is from verse 45 of chapter 3 of the Qur'an.

Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims are performing the ritual "stoning of the Devil," Monday, at Muzdalifa, outside of Mecca, in one of the high points of the annual Hajj. Pilgrims will also sacrifice a lamb to mark the day Muslims call Eid al- Adha, or "Feast of the Sacrifice."

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.

Pilgrims pray during Friday prayers inside the Grand mosque in Mecca, 05 Dec 2008. Millions of Muslims from all over the world are taking their first steps in the annual Hajj pilgrimage. Officials in Saudi Arabia say 2.5 million Muslims have come to the holy city of Mecca for the start of the annual rite Saturday.

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.

Indian Muslim leaders recently endorsed a religious decree by the Deobandi movement, the Taliban’s spiritual fathers, denouncing terrorism as un-Islamic. Now, the Deobandi political leader has told RFE/RL that he will convene Muslim clerics across South Asia to endorse the fatwa. Is this a turning point for the Taliban?

In what must rank as a pinnacle in irresponsible journalism, Lisa Miller’s "Belief Watch" column in this week’s Newsweek actually asks the question: Is Obama The Antichrist?

A Roman Catholic Priest in South Carolina told parishioners this week that they should not receive holy communion any longer if they voted for president-elect Barack Obama.

More than 1,000 protesters showed up to demonstrate in front of the Los Angeles temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Friday, November 7, to protest the church's involvement with the passing of Proposition 8, an amendment to the California constitution banning gay marriages (which were recently made legal by a court order). Protesters have claimed that the church as an institution made small cash donations to the Proposition 8 campaign.

From Barack Obama's controversial pastor to Sarah Palin's "secret religion", religious values have continued to play a dominant role in the presidential election since John F. Kennedy became the first Catholic elected to president in 1960.

Bishop Peter J. Jugis of Charlotte and Bishop Michael F. Burbidge of Raleigh have released Oct. 3 a survey of N.C. political candidates relating to church social teaching. Additionally, they have released Sept. 23 a joint statement on voter participation.