RELIGION August 17, 2018 IS deadly new front in Pakistan's decades-old terror war Hafeez Nawaz was 20 years old when he left his religious school in southern Karachi to join the Islamic State group in Afghanistan.
RELIGION August 16, 2018 Vatican in 'shame and sorrow' over abuses in Pennsylvania The Vatican expressed "shame and sorrow" Thursday over a scathing Pennsylvania grand jury report about clergy who raped and molested children in six dioceses in that state, calling the abuse "criminally and morally reprehensible" and says Pope Francis wants to eradicate "this tragic horror."
Vatican August 16, 2018 Vatican responds to Pennsylvania priest abuse scandal with 'shame and sorrow' The Vatican responded Thursday to the report of hundreds of Pennsylvania priests abusing children, saying in a statement: "There are two words that can express the feelings faced with these horrible crimes: shame and sorrow."
VIDEO August 16, 2018 Vatican responds to Pennsylvania abuse accusations The Holy See 'condemns unequivocally' the sexual abuse of minors and says the Catholic Church must 'learn hard lessons from its past.'
VIDEO August 16, 2018 Fallout over Pennsylvania priest abuse scandal How can the Catholic Church begin to make amends?
VIDEO August 16, 2018 Cardinal Wuerl says he won't resign following abuse report Tim Carney says the Archbishop of Washington was dismissive of the Pennsylvania grand jury report that names 300 Catholic priests as having abused children or helped cover up the abuse.
RELIGION August 16, 2018 UN envoy criticizes Bosnian Serb action on Srebrencia The U.N. official focusing on preventing genocide on Thursday sharply criticized the Bosnian Serb legislature's decision to revoke support for a government report acknowledging the massacre of thousands of Bosnian Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica.
RELIGION August 16, 2018 Myanmar panel probing Rohingya crisis pledges independence Members of a commission established by Myanmar's government to investigate human rights violations in western Rakhine state, where 700,000 members of the Muslim Rohingya minority fled brutal army operations, addressed critics Thursday with a pledge to be impartial.
RELIGION August 16, 2018 Gunmen besiege Kabul compound as Afghans mourn Shite dead Gunmen besieged a compound belonging to the Afghan intelligence service in Kabul on Thursday, police said, as the city's Shiite residents held funeral services for the victims of a horrific suicide bombing the previous day that left 34 dead.
RELIGION August 16, 2018 Australian sex abuse victim settles with Catholic order A 74-year-old man with terminal cancer said on Thursday he could die happy after reaching a 1 million Australian dollar ($727,000) landmark settlement against a Catholic religious order for sexual abuse he suffered in Australia more than 50 years ago.