Sheetal Deo was shocked when she got a letter from her Queens apartment building’s co-op board calling her Diwali decoration “offensive” and demanding she take it down. “My decoration said ‘Happy Diwali’ and had a swastika on it,” said Deo, a physician, who was celebrating the Hindu festival of lights.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said Tuesday it would back proposed federal legislation to safeguard same-sex marriages, marking the latest show of support for the measure from conservative-leaning groups.

This year, Rosh Hashanah fell on\u00a0the same day the Texas State Board of Education\u00a0scheduled a public hearing to discuss religious freedoms.

An interdisciplinary team of researchers have launched a new project to test popular and academic theories about why some people are atheists and others are not.

More Catholic health systems are acquiring or merging with secular ones, which puts God in charge whether patients like it or not.

They thought they were attending a college fair. Then things took a dark turn as girls were allegedly separated and “advised to forgive men who rape and assault them.”

The East Baton Rouge school system in Louisiana has been accused of tricking hundreds of high school seniors into attending a religious event this week disguised as a college and career fair.

The percentage of Hispanics in the U.S. who identify as atheist or agnostic grew in the past 12 years.

Everyone can think of at least one belief system which is detrimental to human welfare. What I mean by "detrimental" in this context is that it leads to unnecessary pain and suffering. This does not mean it could not still have some positive attributes. But whatever positives might apply cannot make up for the harm caused.

Eliza Campbell had spent her entire life as a practicing member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She was born in Utah, a state in which the majority of residents belong to the church, and attended Brigham Young University, a private institution owned and operated by the church.

Pope Francis says he has taken it on himself to rid the Catholic Church of sexual abuse, telling CNN's partner channel CNN Portugal that he was "responsible that it doesn't happen anymore."

Across the United States, young adults are becoming less religious.

Anew Gallup poll out today finds that the percentage of Americans who believe in God is at an all-time low. In 2017, 87% of Americans said they believed in God. That number has now dropped to an astonishing 81%, according to the group’s Values and Beliefs poll, which is all the more fascinating considering that the number hovered over 90% between 1944 and 2011, when there was no shortage of national crises.

Across the United States, young adults are becoming less religious.

A video producer claims he was fired after he complained that an obscure group based in the Sierra foothills dominated a business unit at Google.

Leah Remini criticized Tom Cruise as his newest film, "Top Gun: Maverick," continues to dominate the box office. Despite "Top Gun: Maverick" hitting theaters less than three weeks ago, the film scored $100 million during opening weekend and garnered high praise from fans. However, Remini blasted the film and Cruise in a Twitter post over his connection to the Church of Scientology.

Comedian Bill Burr has lashed out at critics of Scientology for giving the religion "more s**t than it deserves." Burr defended Scientology during the latest episode of his Monday Morning Podcast. The comedian made the remarks while speaking about a recent trip to Sacramento, California—a city that he noted had "a bad reputation" before recalling walking by two bail bonds offices and a Scientology building within three blocks of one another.

Church attendance has sharply declined and the number of people who express interest in religion is decreasing. Why are atheism and agnosticism becoming increasingly popular? Is the human brain evolving away from religiosity?

From talk of a ‘poisonous doctrine’ to mistaken beliefs that he hailed from Africa, Western thinkers got Buddhism wrong for a long time.