RELIGION September 9, 2018 German Jewish group condemns 'strongly rooted' extremism The attack on a kosher restaurant in Chemnitz by masked neo-Nazis on the sidelines of an anti-migrant protest shows there's a deep problem with right-wing extremism in the region and should be treated as a call to action, the head of Germany's Central Council of Jews said Sunday.
RELIGION September 9, 2018 AP PHOTOS: Istanbul's historic orphanage awaits salvation Each morning, Erol Baytas checks for further damage on the imposing but derelict timber building on an island off Istanbul that for decades housed orphans from the minority Greek community.
RELIGION September 8, 2018 Egypt court sends 75 to death, 47 to life over 2013 sit-in An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced 75 people to death, including top leaders of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, for their involvement in a 2013 sit-in protest by Islamists that was broken up by security forces in an operation that left hundreds dead.
RELIGION September 8, 2018 Pope tells bishops to fight abuse, culture behind it Pope Francis told newly ordained bishops Saturday that they must reject all forms of abuse and work in communion to fight the clerical culture that has fueled the sex abuse and cover-up scandal rocking his papacy.
RELIGION September 7, 2018 Letter confirms Vatican received McCarrick complaint in 2000 A 2006 letter from a top Vatican official confirms that the Holy See received information in 2000 about the sexual misconduct of now-resigned U.S. cardinal, lending credibility to bombshell accusations of a cover-up at the highest echelons of the Roman Catholic Church.
RELIGION September 7, 2018 Myanmar rejects int'l court's right to Rohingya probe Myanmar's government on Friday rejected an International Criminal Court ruling that it has jurisdiction to investigate allegations that Myanmar security forces violated international law by driving hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims from their homes.
RELIGION September 7, 2018 Salah must tread carefully if he's to reform soccer in Egypt Thanks to his star power and a government keen to keep its most valuable international asset happy, Mohamed Salah has won his latest tussle with Egypt's soccer federation after his demands for better security and improved discipline at the Pharaohs' camps have been met.
RELIGION September 7, 2018 US Defense secretary makes surprise visit to war-weary Kabul U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis arrived on a surprise visit to Afghanistan's war-shattered capital on Friday, the U.S. command in Afghanistan said, just days after a suicide bomber killed 21 people in the city and wounded 90 others.
VIDEO September 6, 2018 New Jersey, New York announce church abuse investigations Prosecutors are going after records to see what role Catholic Church officials may have played in any cover-up; religion correspondent Lauren Green reports from New York.
RELIGION September 6, 2018 Argentina: Raid at school for deaf in clerical abuse probe Argentine authorities raided a Catholic-run school for youths with hearing disabilities Thursday as part of an investigation into alleged sexual abuse of vulnerable children that has shocked Pope Francis's homeland.