Religion / Belief

(Reuters) - Russia's defence minister has proposed that 18th-century tsarist general Alexander Suvorov, revered for repelling Turkish attacks against Crimea...

By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A senior Israeli lawmaker said on Monday the country risked "religious war" after a...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia summoned Britain's ambassador on Monday to explain the raising of a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender...

By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel reaffirmed on Sunday a long-standing arrangement with Muslim authorities that prevents Jewish prayer at...

MANAGUA (Reuters) -A Nicaraguan bishop critical of President Daniel Ortega's government began a hunger strike on Friday after taking refuge...

By Rupam Jain and Saurabh Sharma MUMBAI/LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) - A court case started by five Hindu women in Prime...

MADRID (Reuters) -An internal investigation by the Spanish Catholic Church into alleged child sexual abuse by members of the clergy...

By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) - They didn't sing together but U2 frontman Bono and Pope Francis were in harmony...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli authorities called an early close on Thursday to a religious bonfire festival after dozens of ultra-Orthodox...

By Jose Luis Gonzalez and Cassandra Garrison ASCENCION, Mexico (Reuters) - The Mennonite community in Chihuahua, Mexico, can trace its...

By Angelo Amante and Philip Pullella SAVONA, Italy (Reuters) - Francesco Zanardi has spent the past 12 years documenting sexual...

By Rich McKay (Reuters) - In one of the largest cash settlements involving sex abuse and the Roman Catholic Church...

By Saurabh Sharma LUCKNOW,India (Reuters) - Members of hardline Hindu groups filed petitions in a court in northern India to...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore said late on Tuesday border officials in the city-state had denied entry to an Indonesian Muslim...

By Hamza Ibrahim KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) - Two students were on Monday charged in court with conspiracy and inciting public...

By Saurabh Sharma LUCKNOW,India (Reuters) -A court on Monday banned large Muslim prayer gatherings in one of north India's highest-profile...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli and Palestinian opponents of an Israeli plan to run a cable car over Jerusalem to the...

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Sunday declared 10 people saints of the Roman Catholic Church,...

By Catarina Demony and Miguel Pereira FATIMA, Portugal (Reuters) - Happy but cautious at being able to join a mass...

By Philip Pullella and Anna Mehler Paperny VATICAN CITY/TORONTO (Reuters) -Pope Francis will visit Canada July 24-30, the Vatican said...