NEWARK, N.J., Sept. 23 - Avoiding further controversy in the worldwide Anglican family, the Episcopal Diocese of Newark on Saturday chose a Massachusetts priest as their new bishop, rather than an openly gay candidate on the ballot.

The commercialization of Ramadan is on the rise, but Muslim Americans have found a balance of spirituality and holiday rituals. By Omar Sacirbey

Parents want their children to think for themselves. Just not yet. Before their offspring come to that stage, most mothers and fathers lay down some no-nonsense, no-argument essentials. They raise their sons and daughters according to their own beliefs. They

When sex is discussed in religious circles, the conversation is usually about morality: what you should and shouldn't do. But apparently for many Americans, sex is not just moral, physical or emotional-it's spiritual. In a new online survey conducted by

In Neale Donald Walsch's bestselling book "Conversations With God," the author describes how, at a low point in his life, he wrote a letter to God--and God responded, beginning a transformative dialogue with him. "Conversations With God" is now set

If there's one thing American Jews and Muslims have in common, it's that they share a very similar relationship to corporeal forms of atonement. Roughly half of the American Muslim community fasts in the month of Ramadan. The same number

It's 15 acres and $16 million of bible themed kitsch for the faithful trekking to Orlando, Florida. Visitors can buy Holy Land T-shirts, biblical cookbooks and see a Moses look-alike roaming the grounds. You can also gawk at the daily

Religious groups have been asked to use dialogue and improve relations with each other to prevent conflicts that can lead to loss of lives.

The political parties' forum on Constitution review has been expanded.

On Wednesday, September 20, the Commission investigating the issues surrounding the irregular disposal of Muslim properties concluded its mandate and handed over its report to Al Haji Muhammad Ali Adrama, Chairman, Uganda Muslim Supreme Council, UMSC.

Nyeri Catholic Archbishop John Njue has expressed concern over rising political temperatures in the country and urged leaders to stop divisive utterances.

Catholic bishops have now changed tune over the constitutional review and rejected calls for both minimum and comprehensive reforms before the General Election due next year.

Catholic bishops yesterday asked the Government to punish all those implicated in corrupt deals.

Culture and Customs of Uganda

had me on the show this week to talk about my old gang The Family. Mike presents the liberal Christian counterpoint to fundamentalism in the new movie Jesus Camp. I might argue some points with him, but it's refreshing to

Ukraine-Georgia - On 6 September 2006, Bishop Hurii (Kuzmenko) of Zhytomyr and Novohrad-Volynskyi, head of the Department on Youth Issues at the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), finished an official visit to Georgia. The aim of

Chernivtsi - The recent sobor (assembly) of the Russian Orthodox Old Believers' Church, held in the southwestern Ukrainian village of Bila Krynytsia, Chernivtsi Region, on 14-16 September 2006, made a number of decisions, including a condemnation of artificial insemination.

Lviv - The session of the Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), which discussed the education of priests, was held in Briukhovychi, near western Ukrainian Lviv, from 13 to 20 September 2006.

Kyiv - Ukrainian scholars suggest that, alongside the theory of evolution, the creational theory of human origin, according to which man was created by God, should be included in school text books. So Dr. Vladyslav Olkhovskyi, head of the Department

As the Ramadan fasting begins, cost of fruits at various markets within Abuja and its environs has gone up, but prices of other food items remain stable.