The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Italian public schools can continue to display crucifixes in classrooms, providing a final resolution to a case that had sparked concern about ...

Europe’s increasingly muscular brand of secularism has an unofficial capital: Strasbourg, France. Over the past decade, the quaint city of 273,000 near the German border — home to the European ...

Europe's court of human rights ruled Tuesday the display of crucifixes in Italian public schools violates religious and education freedoms under the continent's rights convention. The ruling, which ...

The missionary spirit of young people in France is being rekindled by the surprising success of an association that is restoring wayside crucifixes across the country — and attracting considerable ...

In a decision reminiscent of the U.S. Supreme Court 1962 decision banning of prayer in public school classrooms, the European Court of Human Rights ruled against the Italian government, saying it was ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

ROME – Europe’s court of human rights said Tuesday the display of crucifixes in Italian public schools violates religious and education freedoms, prompting an angry reaction from the Catholic Church ...

A labor rights group alleged Tuesday that crucifixes sold in religious gift shops in the U.S. are produced under "horrific" conditions in a Chinese factory with more than 15-hour work days and ...

Europe's court of human rights says the display of crucifixes in Italian public schools violates religious and education freedoms. STRASBOURG (FRANCE): Europe's court of human rights says the display ...

Perhaps someone should've told Abraham Van Helsing about this. An antique wooden box described as a "vampire slaying kit" is slated to go up for auction in England later this month. The lot, which is ...

A vampire-slaying kit worthy of Buffy Summers herself which once belonged to a British lord sold at auction for more than £13,000 - with not a clove of garlic in sight. The lockable box dating from ...

ALBANY, Ore. (AP) - A pair of Albany teenagers suspended for "gang-related behavior" because they were wearing crucifixes say they were only wearing gifts from their mothers. Jaime Salazar, 14, his ...