Middle East November 14, 2018 Lebanese civil war rivals end decades of hostility Two rival Lebanese Christian leaders reconciled Wednesday ending four decades of enmity triggered by a massacre of dozens during Lebanon's 1975-1990 civil war.
VIDEO November 13, 2018 Bishops weigh anti-abuse strategy despite Vatican delay American Catholics angered after Vatican asks bishops to hold off discussing sex abuse; reaction from ӣƵ religion contributor Father Jonathan Morris.
VIDEO November 13, 2018 US bishops delay action on sexual abuse at Vatican's request U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops had planned to vote on two measures to combat the church sexual abuse crisis before the Vatican stepped in; Lauren Green reports on the delay.
RELIGION November 13, 2018 Mahathir slams Myanmar's Suu Kyi for handling of Rohingya Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed sharply criticized Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday for her handling of an ethnic crisis that led to mass killings and the exodus of more than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims from her country.
RELIGION November 13, 2018 Amid crisis, pope gives Vatican's sex abuse expert new role Pope Francis is giving a prominent new role to the Vatican's most trusted sex crimes investigator in a sign that he's looking to improve the Holy See's response to abuse at a time when the church and papacy are facing a credibility crisis.
VIDEO November 12, 2018 Vatican delays vote on clergy sex abuse reform An abrupt change of plans at the Catholic bishops' bi-annual meeting in Baltimore; religion correspondent Lauren Green reports.
RELIGION November 12, 2018 Explosion in Kabul targets anti-Taliban rally, killing 3 An explosion struck near an anti-Taliban rally in the Afghan capital on Monday, killing at least three people, officials said as authorities reported that the insurgents killed at least 20 members of the country's security forces over the past 24 hours in eastern Ghazni province.
RELIGION November 12, 2018 Fake images show acquitted Christian woman leaving Pakistan The Pakistani government, already struggling with a crisis surrounding Aasia Bibi, a Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy charges after eight years on death row, now has to deal with "fake" images on social media purporting to show her leaving the country or out of Pakistan.
VIDEO November 11, 2018 Man credits faith for disappearance of suspected brain tumor Paul Wood shares his incredible story.
Asia November 10, 2018 Burma doubles down on claims to justify treatment of Rohingya minority Repatriation efforts for Rohingya Muslims who have fled from Burma to Bangladesh in the face of alleged ethnic cleansing – even genocide – at the hands of the Buddhist-majority Burmese military are slated to begin this month. However, much of the international community and human rights groups have expressed grave concern that a return is only a recipe for further persecution. Yet even as allegations of widespread abuse pile up, the government of Burma – officially now known as Myanmar – and its permanent representative to the United Nations are doubling-down with the narrative that they are merely attempting to stop violent Islamic “extremism” from spreading.