Religion / Belief

By Michaela Cabrera PARIS (Reuters) - French court artist Elisabeth de Pourquery stared intently into the eyes of the self-avowed...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Bosnia's international peace envoy said he supported electoral reform that would bring the country closer to European...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan in talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and other...

ABUJA (Reuters) -Nigerian police denied killing members of a banned Shi'ite Muslim group who had gathered in the capital Abuja...

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine marked the 80th anniversary on Wednesday of the mass shooting of civilians at the wooded ravine...

By Ana Isabel Martinez MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Thousands of women demonstrated in several Latin American cities on Tuesday to...

WARSAW (Reuters) -Three Polish regional councils voted on Monday to repeal motions declaring their provinces "LGBT-free zones," state-run news agency...

(In Sept. 24 story, corrects paragraph 9 to remove reference to Rafiki being nominated for an Oscar) By Ayenat Mersie...

By Moira Warburton VANCOUVER (Reuters) - The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops on Friday officially apologized for their role in...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia declared two organisations linked to the Church of Scientology "undesirable" on Friday, paving the way for...

By Philip Pullella and Douglas Busvine ROME/BERLIN (Reuters) -The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cologne will take a "spiritual time-out" from...

By Adnan Abidi MALANA, India (Reuters) - To visit the Indian village of Malana deep in the Himalayas, a COVID-19...

WARSAW (Reuters) - Former Polish bishop Edward Janiak, who resigned last year after being accused of shielding priests known to...

By Mahmoud Mourad CAIRO (Reuters) - Clerics from Egypt's ancient seat of Sunni study Al-Azhar, who spent years teaching in...

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's parliament on Wednesday passed a law defining the concept of anti-Semitism and establishing punishment for transgressions....

By Jiraporn Kuhakan BANGKOK (Reuters) - A group of Thai monks and volunteers wearing protective clothing carefully navigate the bumpy...

By Daren Butler ISTANBUL (Reuters) - When President Tayyip Erdogan opened a new court complex this month, Turkey's senior cleric...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand is considering whether to deport a transgender businesswoman who was convicted this month of illegal entry...

By Cate Cadell URUMQI, China (Reuters) - When Ziba Murat last saw her mother, retired Uyghur doctor Gulshan Abbas, at...

By Crispian Balmer VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis has joked that some people in the Church hoped he would not...