Religion / Belief

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Health workers have a non-negotiable right to exercise conscientious objection by refusing to...

ROME (Reuters) - Italy's highest appeals court on Wednesday overturned an arrest warrant for an Italian broker on trial at...

KABUL (Reuters) - Aid agencies delivered food, blankets and cash to hundreds of displaced families in Kabul on Wednesday as...

By Patpicha Tanakasempipat and Panu Wongcha-um BANGKOK (Reuters) - Two Buddhist monks in Thailand have become social media stars with...

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope John Paul I, who reigned for only 33 days in 1978, will be...

PARIS (Reuters) - France's top bishop said on Tuesday that the secrecy of the confession should not take precedence over...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's largest mosque will be permitted to broadcast the call to prayer over loudspeakers on Friday afternoons,...

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Sunday launched a two-year worldwide consultative process that could change...

BAMAKO (Reuters) -A Colombian nun who was kidnapped in 2017 by Islamist militants in Mali has been freed, Mali's presidency...

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis met on Saturday with U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Catholic...

By Fayaz Bukhari SRINAGAR (Reuters) - Security forces in Indian Kashmir have detained more than 300 people for questioning in...

By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) -Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa used her new prominence to criticise Facebook as a...

By Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) - The Nobel Peace Prize for Philippine journalist Maria Ressa was hailed by many...

OSLO (Reuters) - Philippines journalist Maria Ressa, who won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday with Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov,...

By Daren Butler and Birsen Altayli ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Six Turkish opposition parties are stepping up collaboration in their bid...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is ready to protect its ally Tajikistan in the event of any incursions from neighbouring Afghanistan,...

By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis, closing a peace meeting of world religions, called the arms trade a...

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday the response to climate change would...

PARIS (Reuters) - France's top bishop has been summoned by the interior minister after saying that the pact of secrecy...

By Annegret Hilse NEURUPPIN, Germany (Reuters) - A former SS guard, now 100 years old, hobbled into a German courtroom...