In a monotheistic trifecta, a stream of Jews, Muslims and Christians celebrate their different holidays in an ultra-tense Old City

Orthodox Father Georgy Edelshtein, born to a Jewish father and Catholic mother, says Ukraine should be allowed to 'build their state as they see necessary'

Prominent Sunni leader Sheikh Ahmad al-Tayyeb condemns attack, saying such acts 'might instigate religious wars'; Copts believed to be among world’s oldest Christian communities

Man who confessed to burning Gothic Nantes cathedral last year was initially arrested, then freed under judicial control, source close to probe says

Historian James Bernauer's book 'Jesuit Kaddish' surprises academic Catholic order with a novel study of its members' anti-Semitism -- and honors those who saved Jews during WWII

Strong voices within the Church call for 'respected' married Amazonian men to be ordained as priests and for the Vatican to reopen a study commission on ordaining women as deacons

Benedict XVI seeks to distance himself from controversial book he supposedly co-authored, supporting ban on married priests as current pope reportedly plans to ease it