Ann Marie Somma

Recently, a gay vice principal in a suburban Catholic school was fired from his job for marrying his same-sex partner.

Lent is approaching, the six-week period leading up to Easter when many Christians around the world give up something as a form of penitence.

Jewish and Muslim groups in Denmark are up in arms over the country’s recent ban on Kosher and Halal slaughter, saying it will interfere with their religious practices.

It’s the month of Aquarius, the eleventh astrological sign in the Zodiac.

On Dec. 14, 2012, when the horror of the day was made real - a gunman had shot 26 people, including 20 children, inside Sandy Hook Elementary School, houses of worship swung their doors open to receive and minister to the grieved.

Ron Aguiar knows that the ringing of bullets in a house of worship will soon be followed by the sound of his ringing phone.

Aguiar is a church security expert who advises houses of worship on security strategies.

BLOOMFIELD, Conn. (RNS) Friends of Yiddish has no agenda. No textbooks. No Yiddish grammar rules.

Its members gather every month at the B’nai Tikvoh-Sholom synagogue to speak a language stamped in their hearts and memories.