A round-up of news from around the region, including an Imam in PNG saying he is fine with the country being a Christian nation as long as freedom of religion is still respected.

The 54-year-old arrived on Saipan last Monday and told local media ... a fruitful ministry in collaboration with all our clergy, religious men and women, and our lay collaborators,” he said.

Pintér, who is also the Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand from the Episcopal Conference of the Pacific, is making a brief stopover after being in Saipan ... by clergy and religious of our archdiocese.

A common assumption holds that nonreligious Americans vote for liberal candidates. The reality isn’t so simple.

In many places surveyed, 20% or more of all adults have left their childhood religious group. Christianity and Buddhism have ...

Find out what percentage of adults have joined or left Islam, or remained Muslim since childhood, in 13 countries. Pew ...

A Buddhist monastery in Bangladesh has found renown for opening its doors to the needy during Ramadan -- a beacon of ...

Packed pews, rollicking singing and emotional devotions have marked Lent worship services at Notre Dame d'Haiti, the Catholic ...

SAIPAN, Northern Marianas — More than 250 supporters of former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte took part in a rally Friday night at the Civic Center here to demand his return to the Philippines ...

From a gated community for her Zoroastrian faith in Pakistan's megacity Karachi, 22-year-old Elisha Amra has waved goodbye to ...

A new Pew Research study shows that around the world, large portions of adults have left the religious group in which they were raised. Christianity and Buddhism have had especially large losses.

LHASA -- Lawful religious activities are under effective protection, and every effort is made to satisfy the religious needs ...