A new survey has revealed that atheists know more on average about religion than religious followers.
In the early 1800s Buddhist monks practiced a long and turturous process of self mummification.
The Pope's astronomer has said that he believes intelligent alien life with souls may be living among the stars.
Attention has been drawn to a telephone pole in Louisiana on which the ivy has formed a shape similar to that of Jesus.
A new order of service has generated significant controversy by rendering God genderless.
Professor Stephen Hawking has contended that the universe wasn't created by God but by physics.
In the small village of Medjugorje in Bosnia-Hercegovina the Virgin Mary has reportedly appeared every day.
Controversial new research conducted by a team at Indiana university has suggested that prayer really can heal.
Bone fragments believed to belong to St John the Baptist have been discovered in Bulgaria.
A Vicar has told parishoners to swear more because he believes it to be how Jesus would have spoken.
An atheist group has held a "de-baptism" ceremony using a blow-dryer to reverse the baptisms of non-believers.
A woman from St. Louis has attributed her recovery from cancer as a miracle and is trying to have it certified as one.
A new study has revealed that religious extremism could be driven by anxiety and uncertainty.
Scholar Gunnar Samuelsson has put forward the controversial claim that Jesus did not die on the cross.
In a recent poll over 40% of Americans believe that Jesus will return to the Earth by the year 2050.
The oldest known images of some of Christ's apostles have been discovered by art restorers in Rome.
Thousands have flocked to a church in Argentina where an image of Christ is said to be oozing blood.
Italian saint Santa Rosa who died 700 years ago is thought to have suffered a fatal blood clot in the heart.
The Pope visited Turin this week to view the famous shroud which has gone on display for the first time in ten years.
Fundamentalist Christian explorers believe they've found the remains of Noah's Ark on Mount Ararat.