It calls for internationally guaranteed special status for Jerusalem, which is bound to irk Israel.

The filmmaker behind “Innocence of Muslims” — the low-budget film that’s been blamed by many for the wave of violence that erupted in the Mideast this fall — was sentenced to death in absentia in Egypt on Wednesday, NBC News reported. The Egyptian-American filmmaker, who has gone by a number of aliases and was most […]

A pastor leads his flock of ‘cowboys at heart’ each Thursday surrounded by critters.

Spiritual teachers and mystics — I can’t remember who — say that as we mature, we become more interested in recognizing the mystery in life rather than striving to have mastery over it, which we once thought so important. This mystery starts, I suppose, with my mother-in-law. She gave me a gift titled “The Mother […]

Saturday Clothing swap shop closet, 9 a.m. to noon, Elm Street United Methodist Church, 168 Elm St., South Portland. Free. Volunteers and donations are welcome. Sunday “Gratitude for Mother Earth,” 10:30 a.m., ChIME interfaith service at Portland New Church, 302 Stevens Ave., Portland. Final service, 4:30 p.m., Saint Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Kennebunk will hold […]

Legislation was blocked in the Church of England’s governing General Synod earlier in the week.

Her parents file a complaint saying the action illegally targets religious students.

ISLAMABAD – A Pakistani court Tuesday dismissed charges against a Christian girl accused of desecrating the Quran, ending a case that had cast a spotlight on the country’s controversial blasphemy law and renewed questions about the treatment of minorities. The Islamabad High Court concluded there was no evidence to support allegations that Rimsha Masih, 14, […]