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RELIGION August 25, 2018

The Latest: Plane carrying pope touches down in Ireland

The Latest on Pope Francis' trip to Ireland (all times local): 10:35 a.m.

RELIGION August 24, 2018

Dutch premier distances govt from anti-Islam cartoon contest

The Dutch prime minister on Friday distanced his government from a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest being organized later this year by anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders.

Islam August 24, 2018

Germany's Salafist Muslim children being radicalized faster and younger: intelligence report

Germany faces a growing threat from children raised in Salafist families, according to the country’s domestic intelligence service.

RELIGION August 24, 2018

Irish abuse survivor demands accountability even at Vatican

A prominent Irish survivor of priestly sexual abuse told a Vatican-sponsored conference Friday that the Holy See must put in place "robust structures" and strong sanctions to hold accountable bishops and Vatican officials who fail protect children from predator priests.

RELIGION August 24, 2018

A year later, fractured Rohingya community sees little hope

Forged over generations in villages in Myanmar, Rohingya communities are now held together in calls over crackling phone lines.

RELIGION August 23, 2018

Priest urges Vatican family conference to welcome gays

One of the Catholic Church's leading advocates for gays told a Vatican-sponsored conference Thursday that LGBT Catholics deserve to be loved, listened to and welcomed by the church and not ostracized and condemned.

RELIGION August 23, 2018

Irish church's fall from grace haunts pope's Ireland trip

When St. John Paul II visited Ireland in 1979, the Catholic Church wielded such power that homosexuality, divorce, abortion and contraception were barely spoken of, much less condoned.

RELIGION August 23, 2018

After grim 2016, Turkish tourism makes a comeback

Tourists have returned in droves to Turkey, helped this summer by the sharp fall in the value of the Turkish lira following economic uncertainty and a rift with the United States.

RELIGION August 23, 2018

Indonesia's main Muslim group criticizes blasphemy sentence

Indonesia's largest Muslim organization has criticized the blasphemy conviction and imprisonment of a Buddhist woman who complained that the call to prayer from her neighborhood mosque was too loud.

RELIGION August 23, 2018

Voice recording of ISIS leader al-Baghdadi purportedly emerges nearly year after thought killed in strike

An audio recording of the Islamic State leader – who was previously reported dead from Russian airstrikes – resurfaced Wednesday evening on a website run by the extremist group.