Christian World

At the denomination's annual meeting, an overwhelming majority of its 12,700 delegates voted to uphold the ouster of the Saddleback Church in California, one of the convention's largest congregations

Robertson, famous for blaming Ariel Sharon's stroke on withdrawing from Gaza, was a controversial figure.

Francis, 86, underwent a three-hour operation on Wednesday to repair an abdominal hernia

Pope Francis will have his operation under general anesthetic.

Armenian Patriarchate tells The Media Line that the patriarch was deceived by the priest.

The district ultimately removed the Bible from elementary and middle schools, citing "vulgarity and violence" in its texts, but would allow it in high school libraries.

Vatican guards handed him over to Italian police, who detained him and ordered him expelled from Italy.

Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster died at the age of 95 but 4 years later, her body seemingly hasn't decayed. This "incorruptibility" has in the past been seen as a sign of sainthood.

Francis did not take a position on the return of territories as a fundamental condition for peace, something on which Ukraine and many of its Western backers insist.