Christianity
Activists hail legacy of South Africa’s Tutu as they pay last respects
By Sisipho Skweyiya CAPE TOWN (Reuters) -Young activists hailed Archbishop Desmond Tutu as a role model for fighting global injustice...
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Mourners pay respects to South Africa’s anti-apartheid hero Tutu
By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN (Reuters) -Hundreds of mourners queued on Thursday to pay their respects to Archbishop Desmond Tutu...
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Exclusive-Historic conclave: Chinese bishops, priests brief Hong Kong clerics on Xi’s view of religion
By Greg Torode HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese bishops and religious leaders briefed senior Hong Kong Catholic clergymen on President...
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Tears for Tutu, giant of struggle and neighbour who brought round groceries
By Nqobile Dludla JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Mourners held a candlelight prayer ceremony outside the Soweto home of late Archbishop Desmond...
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India refuses to renew foreign funding OK to charity; religious protests
By Manoj Kumar and Rupam Jain NEW DELHI (Reuters) -The Indian government on Monday "refused" to renew a permission that...
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Pope says Italy’s plunging birthrate is a ‘tragedy’
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis bemoaned Italy's plunging birthrate on Sunday, warning that the decline represented a threat to...
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WITNESS-What I learned photographing the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu
By Sumaya Hisham , (Reuters) - My earliest memories of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu are from newspaper clippings and video...
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Shun polarisation, try dialogue to heal divided world, pope says at Christmas
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis in his Christmas message on Saturday decried increasing polarisation in personal and...
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Bethlehem celebrates muted Christmas with few pilgrims to bring cheer
By Stephen Farrell BETHLEHEM (Reuters) - The bells of Bethlehem rang out under grey skies on Christmas morning across streets...
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Lebanon’s top Christian cleric issues elections plea
Beirut (Reuters) - Lebanon's top Christian cleric, Bechara Boutros Al-Rai, stressed the importance of the country holding legislative elections next...
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Look beyond the lights and remember the poor, pope says on Christmas eve
(In paragraph 6, fixes typo to say "than," not "that) By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis, leading the...
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Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew diagnosed with COVID-19
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual head of some 300 million Orthodox Christians worldwide and based in Istanbul,...
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Be humble, pope tells Vatican administrators in toned-down Christmas greeting
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis told Vatican administrators in his annual Christmas greetings on Thursday to...
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Pope shakes up Vatican development office, accepts African cardinal’s resignation
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of a prominent African cardinal who was...
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India’s Modi calls meeting of state chiefs on fighting Omicron variant
By Neha Arora NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to hold discussions with state chiefs...
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Pope and Moscow envoy discuss next meeting with Russian Orthodox patriarch
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis and a senior leader of the Russian Orthodox Church held talks...
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All Europe must share responsibility for migrants, pope says
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - All European countries must share the responsibility for taking in migrants and helping...
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Spend on education, not weapons, pope says in annual peace message
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Nations should divert money spent on armaments to invest in education, Pope Francis...
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A Wing and a Prayer: Australia’s bush-pilot pastor takes off again
By Loren Elliott BROKEN HILL, Australia (Reuters) - During the Australian outback summer, Christmas spirit does not travel by sleigh....
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Domestic violence against women ‘almost satanic,’ Pope Francis says
By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis has said that men who commit violence against women engage in something...
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