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RELIGION May 15, 2018

Egypt orders 15 more days detention for subway protesters

Egyptian prosecutors have ordered 20 people be detained for 15 more days pending an investigation, after their arrest for taking part in rare protests against a decision to hike fares on Cairo's subway system.

VIDEO May 14, 2018

Pastor Robert Jeffress on controversy over embassy prayer

Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ contributor and senior pastor at the First Baptist Church of Dallas join 'Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ @ Night' from Jerusalem to respond to critics of his prayer at the new U.S. embassy in Israel.

RELIGION May 14, 2018

Church sets dialogue with Nicaragua's government this week

Nicaragua says it welcomes a visit by the Organization of American States' Human Rights Commission, and Roman Catholic bishops announced Monday that a dialogue with the government will start this week.

RELIGION May 14, 2018

Chilean bishops open to resignations, reparation for abuse

Chile's Catholic bishops say they're open to whatever Pope Francis proposes to overhaul the Chilean church, which has been devastated by a clergy sex abuse and cover-up scandal, including removing bishops, reforming seminaries and paying financial reparation to victims.

RELIGION May 14, 2018

German far-right lawmaker convicted, fined for incitement

A former regional leader of the Alternative for Germany party has been convicted of incitement to hatred over online posts targeting Muslims.

RELIGION May 14, 2018

Neighbors say family that bombed churches well off, friendly

The Muslim family that carried out suicide attacks on three churches in Indonesia's second-largest city, killing a dozen people as well as its two young daughters, lived comfortably in an upper-middle class suburb and was on friendly terms with a Christian neighbor.

RELIGION May 14, 2018

Vatican's Inquisition, Index of Banned Books open for study

The Vatican's doctrine office, once responsible for the Inquisition, the Index of Prohibited Books and famous for its centuries of secrecy, is reminding scholars that it's actually a fairly accessible and transparent place.

RELIGION May 14, 2018

Chileans denounce suffering sex abuse by Marists, priests

Even as Pope Francis apologized for his failures in connection with Chile's most famous case of clerical sex abuse, the pope and that country's deeply discredited Catholic Church are under mounting pressure to address another, even bigger sex scandal.

TERRORISM May 13, 2018

Deadly church bombings carried out by members of one family, Indonesia official says

Six suicide bombers from one family — including children and teens — rode in on motorcycles and attacked three churches in Indonesia during Sunday Mass, killing at least 13 people and wounding dozens more, police and media reports said.

RELIGION May 13, 2018

The Latest: Indonesia says church bombers from 1 family

The Latest on suicide bombings at three Indonesian churches (all times local): 5:40 p.m. Indonesia's national police chief says the suicide bombers who attacked three churches in the country's second-largest city were members of one family, including children and teens.