An Illinois atheist has exhausted his final appeal in a two-and-one-half-year legal effort challenging the use of state funds for the renovation of a 50-year-old, 11-story Christian cross gracing the top of Illinois' tallest peak.

Disregarding the overwhelming counsel of combat veterans, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is set to lift the ban on women in combat.

A West Point think tank responsible for training future U.S. Army officers has released an extensive report warning of a growing domestic threat from “far right” conservative groups it says are prone to violence.

In Egypt a woman and her seven children have been imprisoned for converting to Christianity, while in North Korea, two Christians were killed for their faith.

A British mother whose doctors suggested she should abort her baby chose life instead after watching her pre-born son smile during an ultrasound.

Hundreds of thousands of pro-life individuals will mark the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade with rallies, marches, and prayer vigils, remembering the over 50 million babies who have been aborted since 1973.

Twin brothers in Belgium have become the latest faces of the practice called physician-assisted suicide, renewing the debate over the legalized atrocity known euphemistically as "death with dignity."

The European Court of Human Rights has offered a mixed bag of decisions concerning the rights of Christians in the workplace.

A half-million French citizens, both religious and secular, joined together to protest the socialist government's plan to legalize same-sex marriage.

Iranian-American pastor Saeed Abedini, who grew up in Iran and was training to be a suicide bomber before becoming a Christian and moving to the United States, has been imprisoned in Iran for the past several months and is set to face a religious judge there who has a record of sending people to the gallows.