RELIGION September 19, 2018 India bans instant divorce by Muslim men India's government on Wednesday approved an ordinance to implement a top court ruling striking down the Muslim practice that allows men to instantly divorce.
VIDEO September 19, 2018 New Yorker focuses on Sarah Sanders' faith Fox & Trends with Carley Shimkus.
RELIGION September 18, 2018 Pope gives bishops more decision-making options Pope Francis decreed on Tuesday that ordinary Catholics should be consulted about issues facing the Catholic Church and that bishops gathering for periodic meetings can make binding decisions on church teaching.
RELIGION September 18, 2018 Pope role in study of Argentine sex abuse case in spotlight Pope Francis' role in Argentina's most famous case of priestly sex abuse is coming under renewed scrutiny as he faces the greatest crisis of his papacy over the Catholic Church's troubled legacy of cover-up and allegations he himself sided with the accused.
RELIGION September 17, 2018 Report links half of Dutch cardinals and bishops to abuse A media report linking half of the cardinals and bishops who served in the Netherlands between 1945 and 2010 to abuse cases has drawn the country's Catholic Church into the church's global sex abuse and cover-up scandal.
Middle East September 17, 2018 Egypt says it fights fake news, critics see new crackdown Echoing some of President Donald Trump's rhetoric, authorities in Egypt are taking aim at an alleged barrage of "fake news" they say is meant to sow division and undermine the rule of general-turned-president Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi.
Middle East September 16, 2018 Palestinian teen fatally stabs American-Israeli activist in West Bank A well-known American-born activist on behalf of Israeli settlers was stabbed to death outside a West Bank mall Sunday, reportedly by a 17-year-old Palestinian attacker.
RELIGION September 15, 2018 Pope paying tribute in Sicily to priest slain by Mafia Pope Francis appealed to Mafiosi to renounce their quests for power and money as he visited Sicily on Saturday to honor a priest slain by mob henchmen for trying to protect youths from the evil clutches of organized crime.
Middle East September 14, 2018 Russian church rebuffs Orthodoxy's leader after Ukraine move The Russian Orthodox Church on Friday announced a rebuff to the leader of the worldwide Orthodox community, saying it would not participate in events headed by the Istanbul-based Ecumenical Patriarchate due to a dispute over control of the church in Ukraine.
RELIGION September 14, 2018 Dalai Lama meets alleged victims of abuse by Buddhist gurus Four people who say Tibetan Buddhist teachers abused them physically or psychologically presented the Dalai Lama with written accounts from 12 alleged victims and appealed to him Friday in the Netherlands to address the problem.