RELIGION June 21, 2018 Imprisoned Bahrain opposition leader acquitted in spy case A prominent Shiite cleric in Bahrain who led a now-shuttered opposition party was acquitted Thursday of spying charges with two colleagues, marking a rare victory for activists in the island kingdom amid a yearslong clampdown on dissent.
RELIGION June 20, 2018 Pope backs US bishops who called border separations immoral Pope Francis backed the Catholic bishops in the United States who condemned the practice of separating children from parents after families are caught crossing the U.S-Mexico border illegally, according to an interview published Wednesday.
RELIGION June 20, 2018 India takes direct control in Kashmir after alliance ends India's federal government took direct control of Kashmir state Wednesday after the ruling Hindu nationalist party ended its long-troubled alliance there with a Kashmiri political party.
RELIGION June 20, 2018 The Latest: Clerics in Cyprus call for support of refugees The Latest on global migration and World Refugee Day (all times local): 1:15 p.m. Christian and Muslim religious leaders in Cyprus have for the first time issued a joint call for acceptance and support of refugees arriving to the small, ethnically divided island nation.
VIDEO June 19, 2018 Texas church forced to remove 'Christian Nation' billboard First Baptist Church Pastor Robert Jeffress accuses Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings of 'hostility' toward the church over the removal of his 'America Is a Christian Nation' billboard.
RELIGION June 19, 2018 Dozens missing after ferry sinking at Indonesia's Lake Toba Rescuers searching Tuesday for dozens of people missing after a ferry sank on Indonesia's Lake Toba have found bags, jackets, an ID card and other items in the waters but no new survivors, casting a tragic pall over holidays marking the end of the Muslim holy month.
RELIGION June 19, 2018 Australian bishop to be sentenced next month for cover-up A prosecutor told an Australian court on Tuesday that the most senior Roman Catholic cleric in the world to be convicted of covering up child sex abuse must be jailed to send a message that such institutional cover-ups will no longer be tolerated.
RELIGION June 18, 2018 The Latest: Rescued migrants in Spain seeking French asylum The Latest on the immigration debate in Europe (all times local): 1:20 p.m.
RELIGION June 18, 2018 Afghan Sikh leader holds out hope for dwindling minority Avtar Singh Khalsa will represent Afghanistan's tiny Sikh and Hindu minority in the next parliament, where he says he hopes to serve the entire country.
RELIGION June 17, 2018 Papal envoy asks forgiveness in divided Chilean diocese A papal emissary has asked forgiveness from Roman Catholics in a region of Chile where people had been protesting a bishop who was once a lieutenant of the country's most notorious predator priest.