A prayer vigil was held in Indiana this week for an aid worker who has been threatened with beheading by his captors, members of the Islamic State terrorist organization.

A Georgia high school has agreed to remove Bible verses on a monument marking the entrance to its football stadium following a complaint from an atheist group.

Searchers involved in the search for missing University of Virginia student Hannah Graham said in a recent interview that they plan to dig in an area of interest that has been visited by search dogs.

Nina Pham, the first Dallas nurse to be diagnosed with Ebola, is reportedly in \"fair condition\" after contracting the virus last week.

A Carnival cruise ship is reportedly stranded in Belize after one of its passengers is suspected of carrying Ebola specimens.

As lawmakers met on Capitol Hill to discuss the United States' response to the Ebola virus, the second U.S. nurse infected with the virus was flown to a hospital outside of Washington for treatment.

Another church in the U.S. has decided to offer drive-thru prayer to passerby in an attempt to get more people into its church.

Mark Driscoll, the embattled pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, Washington, has reportedly resigned from his role as lead pastor of the megachurch.

The Focus on the Family organization started its \"Bring Your Bible To School\" initiative this week by encouraging students across the country to bring their Holy Book to school on Thursday and discuss the Bible during non-class times.

A student studying at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut is reportedly at a local hospital undergoing tests after showing symptoms similar to those of Ebola.

The recently-released, highly controversial report on the Catholic Church\'s relationship with homosexuality has changed in tone after it was translated from its original Italian to English.