VATICAN CITY: Three years after the election of Pope Francis, Roman Catholic conservatives are growing increasingly worried that he is quietly unraveling the...
PARIS: For the second time this year France’s Muslims have seen carnage brought to the streets of Paris by a few radical Islamists and fear that they will now...
PARIS: The Roman Catholic archdiocese of Cologne in Germany has disclosed it is worth 3.35 billion euros ($3.82 billion), making it richer than the...
PARIS: Charlie Hebdo, the French satirical newspaper that was victim of a bloody attack Wednesday claiming at least 12 lives, has never pulled its punches...
VATICAN CITY: After winning praise around the world for his fresh and open style, the honeymoon period seems to be over for Pope Francis. A tumultuous...
A change in Germany’s capital gains tax has prompted an exodus from its Catholic and Protestant churches this year as thousands of registered members quit...
MOSCOW: When Pope Francis meets the spiritual head of the world’s Orthodox Christians next week, the speeches and symbolism will focus on how these...
In the year since his surprise election, Pope Francis has raised so many hopes of imminent changes in church teaching that managing all those expectations may...
Violence and discrimination against religious groups by governments and rival faiths have reached new highs in all regions of the world except the Americas,...
LONDON: Reported cases of Christians killed for their faith around the world doubled in 2013 from the year before, with Syria accounting for more than the...
PARIS: France is considering banning performances by a black comedian whose shows have repeatedly insulted the memory of Holocaust victims and could threaten...
PARIS: A French appeals court, ruling in a hotly debated religious rights case, on Wednesday upheld the dismissal of a Muslim daycare worker for wearing a...
PARIS: The Vatican launched a rare review of a German Catholic diocese on Monday following accusations its bishop spent lavishly on a new residence, putting...
TUNIS: The young man at the entrance to Zitouna, the oldest mosque in the Tunis medina, was adamant. Non-Muslims could no longer enter the building, not even...
Tunis: Tunisia's Islamist Prime Minister Ali Larayedh said on Tuesday he was ready to step aside for a caretaker cabinet to hold new elections, but would...
TUNIS: Tunisia's governing Islamists edged closer to negotiations with secular opponents on Thursday by agreeing in principle to a plan for a transition...
TUNIS: Step by step, the once-shunned officials of Tunisia’s old order have returned to the political scene and are turning up the pressure on the...
TUNIS: Tunisia's powerful UGTT trade union federation sought to mediate in the country's political crisis on Wednesday, consulting the secular opposition on...
PARIS: When the world’s first test-tube beef burger was cooked and eaten this week, food critics all asked about its taste. For many Jews, Muslims and Hindus,...
Large majorities in the Muslim world want the Islamic legal and moral code of sharia as the official law in their countries, but they disagree on what it...
PARIS: A rebel Catholic group at the heart of major controversies that plagued former Pope Benedict has begun criticising his successor Pope Francis for the...
VATICAN CITY: Francis of Assisi began his saintly career following what he said was God's command: "Rebuild my Church." The new pope who took his name heard...
VATICAN CITY: Muslims in Europe see hope for better relations with Roman Catholicism after the new pope took the name Francis, recalling the 13th-century...
VATICAN CITY: The conclave to pick a Roman Catholic pope is the dramatic final stage of a secretive election process that quietly began weeks, months or even...
VATICAN CITY: A relaxed and rested Pope Emeritus Benedict read messages from well-wishers and strolled in his retirement palace gardens Friday as cardinals...