RELIGION

Orthodox Christians around the world celebrated the Easter or the Holy Pascha.

Scores of Hindu devotees took a holy dip in the river Ganges early on Friday morning (April 26), following last night's lunar eclipse, in order to cleanse their souls and achieve salvation.

Martin Andrews claims that stain on his t-shirt has formed to look like the Son of God.

New Zealand on Wednesday (April 17) became the first country in the Asia Pacific region to legalise same sex marriages after its parliament voted overwhelmingly to extend gay and lesbian couples the right to tie the knot.

British-based Sikhs joined in the celebrations by hosting mass parades across the UK.

A woman form Oklahoma believes, in an incredible experience, she encountered GOD when she died for nine minutes.

Christians around the world observed Good Friday, marking the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

Filipino Catholics indulge in bloody self-flagellation and crucifixion on Good Friday despite entreaties from the country's bishops.

Penitents throughout mainly Roman Catholic country take part in annual ritual.

Christians celebrated Palm Sunday (March 24th) in Jerusalem and the West Bank marking the beginning of Holy Week ahead of Easter.

The new Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, was officially enthroned at Canterbury Cathedral on Thursday (March 21st).

Church says bill allowing belief ceremonies is “completely nonsensical”.

Pope Francis greeted hundreds of thousands of people in St. Peter's square on Tuesday (March 19th) as he drove on his popemobile, for the first time, through the cheering crowds.

Pope Francis is to meet his predecessor, Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger (formerly Pope Benedict XVI) for lunch on Saturday 23 March.

New pope urges Catholic Church to go back to its gospel foundations in his first public Mass to Cardinals inside Sistine Chapel.

The first batch of freshly-printed pictures of Pope Francis went on sale in souvenir shops around the Vatican on Thursday as eager tourists and pilgrims rushed to buy them for relatives and friends back home.

Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina was elected in a surprise choice to be the new leader of the troubled Roman Catholic Church on Wednesday, the first non-European pontiff in nearly 1,300 years, and said he would take the name Francis I.

Iranian President criticised for breaching strict Islamic codes with 'inappropriate' behaviour.

Thick black smoke billowed into the night sky from the Sistine Chapel's chimney on Tuesday, signalling an inconclusive first vote in the conclave to elect a new pope at a time of strife and scandal for the Roman Catholic Church.

Secretive conclave inside Vatican's Sistine Chapel likely to go on for days as there is no clear frontrunner.

Muscovites on Monday enjoyed day one of the traditional week-long carnival Maslenitsa, ushering in spring and leading to Russian Orthodox Lent.

Latest lads' mag features glamour model in priestly regalia alongside 'For God's Sake' headline.

BBC Radio 4's early Easter message on theme of abandonment accused of blasphemy by Christian groups.

Saudi Arabia says jihad education will help students understand Islam better.

Roman Catholic cardinals prayed together on Monday as they began preliminary meetings to sketch an identikit for the next pope.

The Pope's final message to the faithful before his retreat from public life was broadcast globally to his million-strong Twitter followers on Thursday.

200,000 people gather at Vatican for Pope Benedict XVI’s last address.

The Vatican has acknowledged that Pope Benedict XVI had a surgery to replace the batteries of a pacemaker

Pope Benedict XVI has announced his resignation from the Papacy and becomes the first in over 600 years to take this step