Religion / Belief

BERLIN (Reuters) - A German court has ordered a Catholic priest to be held in provisional detention during his trial...

GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet is in talks with China for a possible visit in the...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's foreign ministry said the United Nations human rights chief is welcome to visit Xinjiang but not...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Centenarian Holocaust survivor Margot Friedlaender urged the young generation on Thursday to always remember the Nazi genocide...

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's government handed over a list of almost 1,000 properties claimed by the Catholic Church on contested...

By Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) - Three months before France's presidential vote, Jerome Riviere made a blunt calculation: Marine Le...

By Layli Foroudi PARIS (Reuters) - The French government said this week it was closing down an activist-run media outlet...

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Wednesday that parents of gay children should not condemn...

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis on Wednesday led a day of prayer for peace in Ukraine, calling...

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican on Wednesday hit back at critics of former Pope Benedict, under...

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A cardinal who is a defendant in a Vatican corruption trial stayed away...

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Sunday for the first time conferred the lay Roman Catholic...

HELSINKI (Reuters) - A Finnish Christian democrat MP and former minister of the interior went on trial on Monday for...

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Former Pope Benedict XVI acknowledged on Monday he had been at a 1980...

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis on Sunday called for an international day of "prayer for peace" on...

LONDON (Reuters) - A British lawmaker's claim that she was sacked from a ministerial job partly because of her Muslim...

VIENNA (Reuters) - The head of a foundation set up by Anne Frank's father has criticised an investigation into her...

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican's landmark fraud and embezzlement trial resumes after a long break on...

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - A South African court on Friday postponed a ruling on a lawsuit from descendants of South...

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Conservatives on Friday defended former Pope Benedict against charges of mishandling sexual abuse...