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Most people would be reluctant to pick a fight with a revered Buddhist holy man and 14 other Nobel peace prize winners, but that’s...
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A priest kidnapped by Al-Qaeda-linked rebels in northwestern Syria was released on Thursday, the Franciscan Order said, days after his abduction alongside 20 other...
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A Franciscan priest and 20 other Christians have been seized by Al-Qaeda affiliate Al-Nusra Front in a village in northwestern Syria, the Franciscan mission...
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Pope Francis urged bishops to be frank and not afraid to “speak freely” as a synod on the thorny subject of Catholic teachings on...
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Pope Francis on Sunday issued a strong signal of support for reform of the Catholic Church’s approach to marriage, cohabitation and divorce as bishops...
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Tears flowed and prayers filled the air as the annual Muslim hajj pilgrimage by almost two million believers from around the world reached its...
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Cape Town’s mayor on Thursday “suspended” a planned summit of Nobel peace laureates, blaming the South African government’s “intransigence” in refusing to grant a...
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Indian police in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat have arrested more than 200 people after violence between majority Hindus and minority...
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Pope Francis on Thursday sacked a Paraguayan bishop accused of protecting and promoting a priest described by his former church superiors in the United...
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Brazil’s evangelical Christians — rapidly gaining in number and political clout — are giving a boost to the presidential bid of their fellow convert,...