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Middle East December 20, 2018

Brussels Jewish museum shooting suspect appears in court

A man accused of shooting dead four people at a Jewish museum in Belgium in 2014 after fighting alongside extremists in Syria appeared in court Thursday amid high security, as preparations began for his trial next month.

VIDEO December 19, 2018

Timothy Cardinal Dolan previews his Christmas midnight mass message for Americans: 'All is calm, all is bright'

The archbishop of New York says to leave the stress of the holiday season behind and be present with loved ones and God's word.

RELIGION December 19, 2018

Pope accepts resignation of LA bishop accused of misconduct

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of a Los Angeles auxiliary bishop, Monsignor Alexander Salazar, following allegations of misconduct with a minor in the 1990s, officials said Wednesday.

RELIGION December 18, 2018

Cuba eliminates gay marriage language from new constitution

Cuba's government said Tuesday that language promoting the legalization of gay marriage will be removed from the draft of a new constitution after widespread popular rejection of the idea.

RELIGION December 18, 2018

Vatican committee: Church credibility at risk over sex abuse

Organizers of an upcoming Vatican summit on sex abuse prevention are warning that the credibility of the Catholic Church is in jeopardy over the abuse scandal and are urging participants to meet with victims personally before coming to Rome.

RELIGION December 18, 2018

Pope shakes up Vatican communications operations

Pope Francis announced Tuesday a shakeup of the Vatican's communications operations, replacing the longtime editor of the Holy See newspaper and naming a prominent Italian journalist to coordinate the editorial line of all Vatican media.

RELIGION December 17, 2018

US sportswear traced to factory in China's internment camps

Chinese men and women locked in a mass detention camp where authorities are "re-educating" ethnic minorities are sewing clothes that have been imported all year by a U.S. sportswear company.

RELIGION December 17, 2018

Onetime Indian politician convicted in 1984 anti-Sikh riots

An Indian court on Monday convicted a former politician for his role in riots that swept India in 1984, leaving thousands of Sikhs dead in bloody pogroms, and sentenced him to life in prison.

RELIGION December 17, 2018

Locked away, forgotten: Muslim Uighur wives of Pakistani men

The last time Chaudhry Javed Atta saw his wife was over a year ago — the Pakistani trader in dried and fresh produce was leaving their home in northwestern China's heavily Muslim Xinjiang region to go back to his country to renew his visa.

The Americas December 16, 2018

Preschool that refused atheist family who complained about Christmas, Hanukkah celebrations is forced to pay

An atheist family in Canada whose child was barred from re-enrolling in school -- after the parents complained about holiday celebrations in the classroom -- was awarded nearly $12,000 Canadian (roughly $9,000 U.S.) by a British Columbia human-rights body in the family's lawsuit against the school.