Religion / Belief

By Angelo Amante VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis said on Wednesday he was saddened and ashamed by the Catholic Church's...

By Tangi Salaün and Ingrid Melander PARIS (Reuters) -"They were shooting us down like animals. As soon as a mobile...

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -A Vatican court on Wednesday cleared two priests charged in connection with alleged sexual...

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The chief judge at a Vatican trial of 10 people accused of financial...

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -The prosecution at a Vatican trial of 10 people accused of financial crimes, including...

AYUTTHAYA, Thailand (Reuters) - Several temples in Thailand's historic city of Ayutthaya were underwater on Wednesday, as heavy monsoon rains...

By Tangi Salaün and Ingrid Melander PARIS (Reuters) -French clergy sexually abused more than 200,000 children over the past 70...

By Sergiy Karazy and Lewis Macdonald LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Under cobblestone streets in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv,...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis "learned with sorrow" about the content of an investigation into sexual abuse in the...

PARIS (Reuters) - A representative of France's Catholic's bishops on Tuesday asked victims of sexual abuse by clergy for their...

PARIS (Reuters) - An independent commission will on Tuesday shed light on the scale of sexual abuse committed by Catholic...

By Tangi Salaün PARIS (Reuters) - A report on sex abuse by Roman Catholic clergymen in France is set to...

By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) - In a rundown old factory in Belgium, Holocaust survivor Simon Gronowski celebrated his upcoming...

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis and other religious leaders made a joint appeal on Monday for next...

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who stirred worldwide controversy in 2007 with drawings depicting the Prophet Mohammad with...

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican hopes a meeting where world religious leaders will take a common...

PARIS (Reuters) -The French Catholic Church has had an estimated 3,000 paedophiles in its ranks over the past 70 years,...

By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A militia previously allied to the Somali government in its fight against militant group...

ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - A descendant of Russia's former imperial family married his Italian bride on Friday in the...

By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau drew criticism on Thursday for flying to the West...