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RELIGION March 14, 2019

India, Pakistan officials meet to discuss border opening

Indian and Pakistani officials are meeting amid easing of tensions to discuss opening a visa-free border crossing to allow pilgrims to easily visit a Sikh shrine close to the border with Pakistan.

RELIGION March 13, 2019

Lawmaker protests anti-Semitic paper on parliament grounds

An opposition lawmaker in Poland is demanding explanations from the parliament speaker about why a right-wing weekly with an anti-Semitic headline was available at parliament's hotel.

Middle East March 13, 2019

Iranian president meets Iraq's most senior Shiite cleric

Iran's official IRNA news agency says President Hassan Rouhani has met with Iraq's most senior Shiite cleric — the first such meeting for an Iranian leader.

RELIGION March 13, 2019

Pope anniversary marked by Pell sentencing, scandal fallout

Pope Francis is marking his sixth anniversary as pontiff with prayer, attending a weeklong spiritual retreat while elsewhere in the world one of his cardinals is sentenced for sex abuse and a new poll finds American Catholics are increasingly questioning their faith because of the scandal.

RELIGION March 12, 2019

AP PHOTOS: The most senior Catholic convicted of child abuse

The conviction and sentencing of Cardinal George Pell represent a remarkable downfall for the man who was Pope Francis' former finance minister and third-highest ranking Catholic in the Vatican.

RELIGION March 12, 2019

Timeline of Cardinal George Pell's career and accusations

An Australian judge has sentenced Cardinal George Pell to 6 years in prison on convictions of sexually abusing two choirboys in a cathedral when he was archbishop of Australia's second-largest city more than 20 years ago.

RELIGION March 12, 2019

Australian cardinal sentenced to prison for child sex abuse

An Australian judge has sentenced the most senior Catholic to be convicted of child sex abuse to 6 years in prison for molesting two choirboys in a Melbourne cathedral more than 20 years ago.

Middle East March 12, 2019

Clashes break out at sensitive Jerusalem holy site

Israeli police say they have closed the entrances to Jerusalem's most sensitive holy site after Palestinian suspects threw a firebomb at a police station.

RELIGION March 12, 2019

US envoy calls China's Muslim camps 'horrific,' wants probe

A U.S. envoy on religion has described China's internment of an estimated 1 million Muslims as a "horrific situation."

Middle East March 12, 2019

Christians condemn acquittal of suspected Jerusalem vandals

Christian authorities in Jerusalem are denouncing the acquittal of two Jewish youths suspected of vandalizing a famous monastery.