They can even help establish powerful cultural traditions. Especially before the age of movie rentals and DVDs, there were a few things you could always count on happening every year: that is, families gathering around the TV to watch A

Each year, Compassion International dedicates a Sunday for its sponsors and church pastors nationwide to challenge their congregations to help meet the needs of poor children around the world. Last year, nearly 21,000 children found sponsors through Compassion Sunday. This

The Dove Awards, hosted by the Gospel Music Association, is considered the Christian version of the Grammy's. The awards are billed as Christian and Gospel music's highest honor. Audiences turning into the live ceremony this week at the Grand Ole

The conference, which was organized by The Joshua Fund, a D.C.-based evangelical organization, gathered Christians from around the world to pray for the peace of Jerusalem and highlighted support for the Jewish State, which it called a "biblical obligation."

The Compassion Forum, organized and sponsored by Faith in Public Life, will not be a debate, but rather a conversation with the candidates about how their faith and moral convictions influence their positions on issues such as domestic and international

She is Just Like Any Other Child'The baby with two faces, two noses, two pairs of lips and two pairs of eyes was born on March 11 in a northern Indian village, where she is doing well and is being

Agents searching a 1,700-acre polygamist compound in West Texas found a bed in the soaring limestone temple and prosecutors believe it was used for male members to have sex with their underage wives after sect-recognized unions. The discovery was revealed

HE was many miles from home - a Roman soldier posted to Manchester, perhaps feeling cold and lonely, longing for loved ones left behind.He was called Aelius Victor. And now after 2,000 years an altar he built to keep a

In seventh century England, a woman's jewelry-draped body was laid out on a specially constructed bed and buried in a grave that formed the center of an Anglo-Saxon cemetery, according to British archaeologists who recently excavated the site in Yorkshire.

Archaeologists carrying out an excavation at Stonehenge say they have broken through to a layer that may finally explain why the site was built.

The Trajan Column, one of Rome's most famous monuments, will be shown next year under a totally new light. Italian researchers announced they plan to restore the column's original bright colors by "painting" it with light beams.

In ancient times the Appian Way, which links Rome to the southern city of Brindisi, was known as the regina viarum, the queen of the roads. But these days its crown appears to be tarnished by chronic traffic congestion, vandalism

A rare 2,000-year-old Roman skull has been returned to the cave beneath the Yorkshire Dales where it was discovered by divers in 1996.

VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI has asked the faithful to pray for the success of his coming trip to the United States. The pope asked pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square on Sunday to pray that his visit will

My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word. Keep me from deceitful ways; be gracious to me and teach me your law. I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I have set my heart on your

Let go of the past! Let go of the future! Let go of the present and cross over to the farther shore of existence. With your mind wholly liberated, you shall come no more to birth and death. - Buddha...

ELDORADO, Texas (AP) -- Authorities searching the compound of a polygamist sect in West Texas found a "cyanide poisoning document" among the dozens of items it seized during a weeklong search. Also seized were school and medical records, including some