Pope Francis on Thursday received an invitation to visit North Korea and the pontiff indicated he would consider making what would be a landmark trip to a nation known for severe restrictions on religious practice, according to South Korean officials
The U.S. Justice Department has opened an investigation of child sexual abuse inside the Roman Catholic Church in Pennsylvania.
Kim Jong Un has invited Pope Francis to visit North Korea, according to reports.
Start-ups are working to make "clean" meats like kosher bacon ready as early as next year, the New York Times reports.
Pope Francis has defrocked the Chilean priest at the center of the global sex abuse scandal rocking his papacy, invoking his "supreme" authority to stiffen a sentence originally handed down by the Vatican in 2011.
BRASILIA, Sept 27- On a visit to Israel two years ago, far-right Brazilian lawmaker Jair Bolsonaro leaned back into the River Jordan in a white robe to be baptized in the arms of a fellow congressman and evangelical pastor. While still an avowed Catholic, Bolsonaro is riding a wave of support from Brazil's evangelical Christians, who have helped make him the...
BRASILIA, Sept 27- On a visit to Israel two years ago, far-right Brazilian lawmaker Jair Bolsonaro leaned back into the River Jordan in a white robe to be baptized in the arms of a fellow congressman and evangelical pastor. While still an avowed Catholic, Bolsonaro is riding a wave of support from Brazil's evangelical Christians, who have helped make him the...
Turkey was a stalwart NATO ally bridging Europe and the volatile Middle East. It was before Turkey descended into a financial crisis delivered in no small measure by his authoritarian proclivities and unorthodox stewardship of the economy.
One of Trump's lawyers is involved with pastor Andrew Brunson's defense, and ex-advisor Michael Flynn has reportedly caught Mueller's attention over potentially illegal activity related to the case.
Aug 7- M Karunanidhi, five-time chief minister of India's Tamil Nadu state and one of the dominant figures in the politics of southern India for half a century, died on Tuesday at the age of 94.. An outspoken atheist in a country where politicians often trumpet their piety, Karunanidhi built his political machine as a crusader for social justice, with policies...
Pope Francis has changed church teaching about the death penalty, saying it can never be sanctioned because it "attacks" the inherent dignity of all humans.
SEMBALUN, Indonesia- A powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck the popular tourist island of Lombok in Indonesia on Sunday killing 14 people and sending villagers fleeing from their beds into open fields to avoid collapsing buildings. NABI SALEH, West Bank- A Palestinian teenager released from prison by Israel on Sunday after completing a sentence for...
Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and Turkeys Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Saturday discussed American pastor Andrew Brunson, whose detention in Turkey has become a pressing issue for President Donald Trump, the State Department said. JULY 28, 2018- A prominent Belgrade lawyer who in the past helped to defend late Serbian strongman Slobodan...
New Orleans, July 25- Maria Marroquin Perdomo fretted as she waited with her 11- year-old son, Abisai, in the New Orleans International Airport. A day earlier, the mother and son had been reunited in Texas after being separated by U.S. immigration officials for more than a month, an ordeal that followed a harrowing journey from Honduras. Maybe he didnt come, Marroquin...
Members of the Arab minority have criticized the law as “racist and verging on apartheid,” according to Reuters.
LONDON- A 44- year-old British woman died on Sunday after being exposed to the Novichok nerve agent in western England just a few miles from where Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter were struck down by the same agent four months ago. Trump adviser says two Supreme Court candidates are tougher sell. President Donald Trump on potential nominees to the...
VATICAN CITY, June 27- When Pope Francis wanted to appoint a woman as deputy head of the Vatican press office in 2016, he quickly ran into opposition from the Catholic Church's male-dominated hierarchy. Francis declined to say who had resisted his appointment of Paloma Garcia Ovejero, a 42- year-old Spanish journalist, the only woman with an executive role in...
VATICAN CITY, June 27- When Pope Francis wanted to appoint a woman as deputy head of the Vatican press office in 2016, he quickly ran into opposition from the Catholic Church's male-dominated hierarchy. Francis declined to say who had resisted his appointment of Paloma Garcia Ovejero, a 42- year-old Spanish journalist, the only woman with an executive role in...
The court ordered the top Washington state court to revisit the case in light of its ruling on June 4 in favor of Colorado baker Jack Phillips.
Pope Francis has criticized the Trump administration's policy of separating migrant families at the Mexican border, saying populism is not the answer to the world's immigration problems.
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