Where did this tuba-playing, kettle-wielding social force come from, and what's it all about?

France's peculiar aversion to public religiosity is rooted in a sordid history of sectarian violence.

At least 50 detained in fresh crackdown on house churches, reportedly promoted by new video and book releases.

Plus: Passion ad refused as Gibson reportedly drops his blood be upon us line, more on banning evolution in Georgia, Catholic school's experiments on aborted fetuses, and other stories from online source around the world.

Why my husband finally refused to end my life during my two-month coma.

The co-author of A Matrix of Meanings talks about spirituality on screen.

Boris Trajkovski promoted peace in a country divided by Orthodox Christian and Muslim distrust.

Plus: Was Christian network stiffed in station bid? The James Ossuary is back in the news, and other stories from online sources around the world.

Plus: Another challenge, but a silent one, to the traditional definition of marriage.

Plus: Are gays going back into the closet? And many other articles on gay marriage and related topics.

Plus: Southern Baptist exec committee votes to leave world alliance, more on the Baptist minister killed in Iraq, troubles for the Federal Marriage Amendment, and other stories from online sources around the world.

Also: 60 Minutes' apparent cluelessness on evangelicals. Did Kurt Warner fumble comments on faith vs. football? And other stories from online sources around the world.

Troubling spite in the debate over The Passion shows that the church needs to take anti-Semitism more seriously.

Institutionalizing homosexual marriage would be bad for marriage, bad for children, and bad for society.

Mel Gibson's movie raises again the question: How much can we know historically about Jesus' life and times?

Plus: Didja hear Mel Gibson made a movie about Jesus? And many, many other stories from online sources around the world.

Plus: John Kerry endorses amendment against gay marriage, and other stories from online sources around the world.

Moviegoers must wait a few more days for The Passion of the Christ, but the reviews are already coming in. Plus: Mel Gibson talks to PrimeTime, and the Passion debates continue. Meanwhile, Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore have 50 First Dates, and one Christian film critic wonders why viewers are ignoring Peter Pan.