Religion / Belief
Biden and China’s Xi will hold virtual meeting on Monday
By Michael Martina, David Brunnstrom and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden will hold a virtual meeting with...
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World has become deaf to plight of the poor, pope says in Assisi
By Yara Nadi and Philip Pullella ASSISI, Italy (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Friday that the world had become...
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Portugal’s Catholic bishops announce independent child sexual abuse commission
By Catarina Demony and Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's Roman Catholic Church said on Thursday it would create an...
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Vienna opens first public memorial listing Holocaust victims’ names
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria on Tuesday opened its first public memorial listing the names of all 64,440 Austrian Jews killed...
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Pope condemns attack on Iraqi PM as vile act of terrorism
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Tuesday condemned the drone attack on Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi's residence as...
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French Catholics agree to sell property to compensate abuse victims
PARIS (Reuters) - France's Catholic Church said on Monday it would sell real estate and, if needed, take out loans...
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U.N. investigator ‘hopeful’ Facebook will hand over more Myanmar information
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The head of a U.N. team of investigators on Myanmar said on Friday...
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Vatican confirms December Pope trip to Cyprus and Greece
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican on Friday officially announced that Pope Francis will visit Cyprus and...
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Italian nun becomes highest ranking woman in Vatican
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis has for the first time named a woman to the number...
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Demoted Amazon police chief turns to song to save the rainforest
By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - Alexandre Saraiva, a police chief in Brazil's Amazon region for a decade, was discharged...
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Factbox: Ethiopia’s war also takes toll on its cultural heritage
By Ayenat Mersie NAIROBI (Reuters) - The year-old conflict in northern Ethiopia has taken a toll on the country's ancient...
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Dreams on hold: Afghan girls, women desperate to get back to class
By Zohra Bensemra KABUL (Reuters) - To fill her days and keep her mind occupied, university student Hawa sits by...
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Haitians hold voodoo rituals to honor ancestors amid crisis
By Gessika Thomas PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haitians honored their ancestors to mark the Day of the Dead on Tuesday in...
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World should respond to climate change as if hit by a global war, pope tells COP26
GLASGOW (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Tuesday that the twin wounds inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change...
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Pakistan to allow banned Islamist group to contest votes to end clashes
By Asif Shahzad and Mubasher Bukhari ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan is to free more than 2,000 jailed activists of a...
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Explainer: Who are the Pakistani Islamists shouting “death to blasphemers”?
By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Thousands of activists from the banned Tehrik-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) have clashed with security forces...
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In heart of Mexico City, tourists embrace Day of the Dead celebrations
By Josue Gonzalez MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Foreign tourists and Mexicans taking part in Day of the Dead celebrations flocked...
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Pope, at military cemetery, tells arms manufacturers: ‘Stop!’
By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) -Pope Francis, in a visit to a military cemetery on the day Catholics remember their...
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“We are not deleting them”: Afghanistan’s Taliban promise progress on girls’ schooling soon
By Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's Taliban government said it would announce good news soon on older girls...
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Poles visit cemeteries on All Saints Day
LUBLIN, Poland (Reuters) - Poles lit candles and laid flowers on their loved ones' graves on Monday to celebrate All...
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