Pope Francis has sharply criticised the Vatican bureaucracy in a pre-Christmas address to cardinals, complaining of "spiritual Alzheimer's" and "the terrorism of gossip".

What if, instead of climbing Mount Sinai to receive the Ten Commandments from God, Moses had turned to the Israelites and asked: Hey, what do you guys think we should do?

In 2013, people just wanted to know how to twerk. It was a more innocent time.

Wealthy Chinese gave fewer gifts in 2013, and the value of the gifts too dropped compared with the previous year, according to Hurun Report's Chinese Luxury Consumer Survey 2014.

More than 1.4 million candidates sat for the 2015 Chinese civil service exam on Sunday.

Would you be more inclined to go to church if services came with a Big Mac and a side of fries?

The Oxford English Dictionary named "vape" - the word used for drawing on an electronic cigarette instead of a burning stick of tobacco – as its 2014 word of the year.

A chance encounter with a rare book changed the course of Subbiah Yadalam’s life.

How people perceive and taste alcohol depends on genetic factors, and that influences whether they "like" and consume alcoholic beverages, according to researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.

Detentions, the kidnapping of bishops, tearing down churches -- these are the actions against Christians China has been guilty of.