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RELIGION February 21, 2019

Polish activists pull down statue of disgraced priest

Activists in Poland have pulled down a statue of a disgraced late priest after mounting allegations that he sexually abused minors.

Middle East February 21, 2019

Iraqi rapper gives angry youth in city of Basra music outlet

A youth-led protest movement in the southern Iraqi port city of Basra, which saw riots last summer over failing services and soaring unemployment, has found an artistic outlet in the words and beats of homegrown rapper Ahmed Chayeb.

RELIGION February 20, 2019

Nicaraguan poet-priest Cardenal leaves hospital, thanks pope

Renowned Nicaraguan poet and priest Ernesto Cardenal was released from a hospital Wednesday two weeks after he entered for treatment for an infection that provoked other ailments.

RELIGION February 20, 2019

Priest's son demands Vatican attention for clergy's children

The head organizer of the Vatican's sex abuse summit has met with an Irish activist who is seeking to draw attention to another issue the Vatican has long sought to keep quiet: the plight of children of priests.

Asia February 20, 2019

Remote Indian tribe who killed American missionary unlikely to face punishment, State Department says

The reclusive tribe suspected to have killed an American missionary who ventured onto their remote Indian island last year is unlikely to face U.S. sanctions, the State Department says.

isis February 20, 2019

ISIS nightmare prompts some Muslims in the Middle East to convert to Christianity

Almost five years after ISIS slaughtered its way onto the scene in Iraq and Syria – brandishing their extreme yet much-denounced version of Islam – some in the Middle East are coming out to announce their conversion to Christianity, seeking another Abrahamic faith to drown out the nightmares of life under the terrorist tirade.

RELIGION February 20, 2019

Abuse survivors demand Vatican transparency, accountability

Survivors of clergy sexual abuse met with organizers of a Vatican prevention summit Wednesday and demanded transparency, zero tolerance for abuse and for religious superiors to be held accountable when they protect priests who rape and molest children.

Middle East February 20, 2019

Netanyahu strikes election deal with far-right parties

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has struck a preliminary election deal with two fringe religious-nationalist parties in a bid to unify his hard-line bloc ahead of April elections.

RELIGION February 20, 2019

Cyprus Orthodox Church backs Ukrainian church's independence

Cyprus' Orthodox Church says it supports the Ukrainian Orthodox Church's right to independence that was granted by the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople last month, aiming to heal its divisions.

RELIGION February 20, 2019

The Latest: Author links abuse to church culture of silence

The Latest on the Vatican summit on dealing with sex abuse of minors (all times local): 11:20 a.m.