RELIGION June 11, 2018 Vatican-backed family rally to have workshop welcoming gays The Catholic Church's upcoming big family rally in Ireland will feature workshops on hot-button issues facing Catholic families, including priestly sexual abuse, weathering divorce and ministering to lesbian and gay faithful.
RELIGION June 11, 2018 Philippines priest gunned down at the altar in 'outrageously evil act' is latest clergyman to be targeted A Philippines Catholic bishops group is demanding that police capture the “bloody murderers” responsible for the “brutal death” of one of their priests, who they say was gunned down inside a chapel just prior to Mass yesterday.
Christianity June 11, 2018 Christians in Singapore, Korea pray the Trump-Kim summit results in ‘world peace’ Faith-filled believers around the world are praying the historic meeting between President Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un results in lasting peace and stability in the Korean peninsula and throughout the world, but it especially hits home for those in the Korean peninsula and in Singapore, where the monumental summit is taking place.
VIDEO June 11, 2018 Community in Conflict: Hasidic Jews & Backlash Some residents in areas where Hasidic leaders have set up religious boundaries for their community object to what they see as heavy-handed methods to carve out a presence.
RELIGION June 11, 2018 US broadcaster loses Myanmar outlet over Rohingya name A U.S. government-affiliated broadcaster is losing its local partner in Myanmar after refusing demands that it stop using the term "Rohingya" to describe an embattled Muslim minority.
VIDEO June 11, 2018 Community in Conflict: Hasidic Jews & Education A look behind Hasidic Jewish education and the impact it has on both its community and the secular community.
RELIGION June 11, 2018 Tiny ancient Quran on display in Israel for Ramadan A tiny 10th century Quran is on display for the first time as part of a collection of Islamic texts being shown at Israel's National Library to mark the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
RELIGION June 11, 2018 Extremist attacks rise in energy-rich province in Mozambique Mozambique's government has been shaken by beheadings and other deadly attacks by suspected Islamic extremists in a northeastern region touted internationally for its offshore reserves of natural gas.
RELIGION June 11, 2018 Pope begins purge in Chile church over sex abuse scandal Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of the bishop at the center of Chile's clerical sex abuse scandal and two others as he launches the purge of a church that has lost its credibility under an avalanche of accusations of abuse and cover-up.
RELIGION June 11, 2018 Syrian orphans who fled Aleppo find new home Nearly 50 children orphaned by the Syrian war escaped the hell that was their hometown of Aleppo after they appeared in a distressing video and appealed for their lives as government forces moved in under a hail of fire.