VIDEO December 20, 2017 Illegal immigrant fighting deportation moves into new church Unitarian Universalist Church in Boulder, Colorado offers sanctuary to 33-year-old mother and her two children.
RELIGION December 20, 2017 Ethics watchdog says Canada PM Trudeau broke conflict rules Canada's federal ethics commissioner has concluded Prime Minister Justin Trudeau violated conflict of interest rules when he vacationed last Christmas at the private Bahamian island owned by the Aga Khan.
VIDEO December 20, 2017 Former Boston Cardinal Bernard Law dead at age 86 Amy Kellogg has more on the former cardinal's death.
VIDEO December 20, 2017 Armed parishioners set to protect Indiana church Officials at Park Chapel Christian Church enhancing safety strategy by adding security team, armed guards during services.
RELIGION December 20, 2017 The Latest: Palestinian leader in Saudi Arabia amid turmoil The Latest on developments related to the U.S. recognition of the contested city of Jerusalem as Israel's capital (all times local): 3 p.m. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has arrived in Saudi Arabia for talks with King Salman and his heir, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, following a U.S. decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
RELIGION December 20, 2017 Vatican envoy: Unilateral moves on Jerusalem threaten peace The top Roman Catholic cleric in the Holy Land says the status of Jerusalem should not be altered by "unilateral decisions," amid protests over the U.S. recognition of the contested city as Israel's capital.
RELIGION December 20, 2017 Bernard Law, former cardinal linked to Boston's church sex abuse scandal, dead at 86 Cardinal Bernard Law, the disgraced former archbishop of Boston, has died at age 86, according to an official with the Roman Catholic Church.
RELIGION December 20, 2017 The Latest: Victims' lawyer says Law's death reopens wounds The Latest on the death of Cardinal Bernard Law, the disgraced former archbishop of Boston who was a central figure in the clergy sex abuse scandal.
RELIGION December 19, 2017 1 of 2 Swedish synagogue firebomb suspects released A Swedish prosecutor says one of two men held for allegedly throwing firebombs at a synagogue in the Swedish city of Goteborg, has been released.
RELIGION December 19, 2017 AP Interview: Iraq patriarch looks to life after war with IS The head of Iraq's Chaldean Church says that battling extremist "mentality" is key to peaceful coexistence among Iraq's religious and ethnic groups as the nation emerges from more than three years of war with Islamic State militants.