Religion / Belief
Language ‘speed dating’ attracts Jewish and Palestinian students in Jerusalem
By Rinat Harash JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A small group of Israelis and Palestinians in Jerusalem, a city of political, religious...
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Emotional Biden praises Pope Francis’ style of Catholicism
By Jeff Mason and Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) - An emotional U.S. President Joe Biden, who has come away from...
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Indonesia’s rain-averting shamans back in business after pandemic hiatus
By Heru Asprihanto and Adi Kurniawan BEKASI, Indonesia (Reuters) - Seated cross-legged amid a fog of incense and platters of...
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Mexicans return to Day of the Dead celebration with a vengeance
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Thousands of Mexicans crowded into the main avenue of Mexico City for a lively Day of...
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Biden receives communion at Rome Mass, a day after meeting pope
By Jeff Mason ROME (Reuters) - Joe Biden received communion while attending Mass on Saturday evening in the American church...
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Pope Francis agrees to make first papal visit to India since 1999
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis has accepted an invitation from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to...
Read morePolish far-right say they will march on Independence Day despite ban
WARSAW (Reuters) - The organisers of an annual far-right march in Warsaw to mark Poland's Independence Day said on Friday...
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South Korea’s Moon meets pope, urges him to visit North Korea
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -South Korean President Moon Jae-in met Pope Francis on Friday, giving him a cross...
Read moreOne child killed, one wounded in clash in Indonesia’s Papua; hundreds flee
(Reuters) - A child was killed and one wounded in Indonesia's easternmost Papua region, a security spokesman said, in a...
Read moreFive youths suspected of planning Islamic State-inspired attack in Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) - German anti-terrorism forces on Thursday raided the homes of five young people west of the city of...
Read moreItalian upper house Senate brings down LGBT+ protection bill
By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) - The Italian Senate voted on Wednesday to block debate over a bill that would...
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Pope to visit Canada to help reconciliation over indigenous schools scandal
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis has accepted an invitation to visit Canada, where he faces calls for...
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Biden to meet pope amid pressure from anti-abortion U.S. bishops
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Devout Roman Catholic Joe Biden meets Pope Francis in the Vatican on Friday at...
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Congo swears in election chief after disputed nomination
By Hereward Holland KINSHASA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo's constitutional court on Tuesday swore in an electoral commission chief...
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Pope to visit Cyprus and Greece, including Lesbos island, Dec. 2-6
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis will visit Cyprus and Greece, including the Greek island of Lesbos to meet migrants,...
Read moreIslamic State woman who allowed Yazidi child to die gets 10 years in German jail
By Romana Bauer and Riham Alkousaa Munich (Reuters) -A Munich court on Monday sentenced a German woman, who had allowed...
Read moreDozens killed in fighting between Somalia army and former allied group
(Corrects dateline to Oct 24, not Oct 23; adds TV and PIX to story slug) By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters)...
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Don’t send migrants back to unsafe countries, pope says, citing Libya
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Sunday urged countries not to send migrants back to insecure...
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Three Pakistani police killed in clashes with banned Islamists
By Mubasher Bukhari and Asif Shahzad LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) -Three Pakistani police were killed in clashes on Friday with demonstrators...
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Friday prayers resume in Tehran after nearly two-year hiatus due to COVID-19
(Reuters) - Mass Friday prayers resumed in Tehran after a 20-month hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, state TV reported....
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