Thirty-eight former students of a Manhattan high school operated by Yeshiva University are suing the university over their claims they were sexually abused

China has begin five-day Confucian culture immersion courses for religious leaders in the sage's hometown as part of a campaign to extend government control through a process of sinicization

A study predicts that Germany's two main Christian churches will lose millions of members over the coming decades and have to tighten their financial belts as a result

Pakistan's military spokesman announces plans to bring over 30,000 religious schools under government control

The New York City Health Department has ordered all Orthodox Jewish schools in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn to exclude non-vaccinated students from classes during the current measles outbreak

Pope Francis has issued sweeping new sex abuse legislation for Vatican personnel and Holy See diplomats, requiring the immediate reporting of abuse allegations to Vatican prosecutors

Former cardinal Theodore McCarrick established a reputation as a globe-trotting human rights advocate before being brought down by sex abuse scandals

Two newspapers are reporting that about 380 Southern Baptist church leaders and workers have been accused of sexual misconduct since 1998, leaving more than 700 victims

Greece's prime minister says a potential move by Turkey to allow the reopening of an Orthodox seminary on an island off Istanbul would help bring ordinary Greeks and Turks closer

More than 130 people who say they were sexually abused as children at a now-defunct charity school in Haiti have reached a $60 million settlement with a Connecticut Jesuit school and other defendants