RELIGION May 10, 2018 Canadian minister asked to take off turban at US airport A Canadian Cabinet minister says he was subject to a discriminatory security check at Detroit's airport that caused Canada to complain to U.S. government officials.
RELIGION May 10, 2018 Chilean bishops in Rome for expected brow-beating from pope Chilean bishops are arriving in Rome ahead of an expected brow-beating from Pope Francis, who says he was misled about a bishop at the center of a clergy sex abuse scandal.
RELIGION May 10, 2018 Trump signs Holocaust property law that has angered Poland The White House says U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an act that Jewish groups praise as helpful in their efforts to reclaim lost property in Poland, but which the Polish government says is discriminatory toward Poles.
RELIGION May 10, 2018 Report: 3 critically hurt in South Africa mosque attack South Africa's state broadcaster SABC is reporting that three people are in critical condition after an attack on a mosque in the eastern town of Verulam.
RELIGION May 10, 2018 AP PHOTOS: Bosnian Roma celebrate St. George's Day The 1992-1995 war in Bosnia, which led to the death of about 100,000 people, also destroyed the way of life of a highly intertwined multi-ethnic and multi-confessional society, in which Muslims, Catholics, Orthodox Christians and Jews would celebrate each other's main religious holidays throughout the year.
RELIGION May 9, 2018 UN urges Myanmar to punish perpetrators of Rohingya attacks The U.N. Security Council is urging Myanmar's government to fulfill its commitment to hold perpetrators of violence against Rohingya Muslims accountable and to address the root causes that led about 700,000 members of the ethnic minority to flee to Bangladesh.
RELIGION May 9, 2018 Pope marks historic mafia denunciation by St. John Paul II Pope Francis is marking the 25th anniversary of St. John Paul II's historic denunciation of the Mafia with calls for today's young to resist the pull of organized crime.
RELIGION May 9, 2018 Britain's Prince Charles in Greece for 3-day official visit Britain's Prince Charles on Wednesday started a three-day official visit to Greece, the birthplace of his father and kingdom of his paternal great-grandfather.
RELIGION May 9, 2018 Ex-head of Vatican bank goes on trial for embezzlement The former president of the Vatican bank has gone on trial on charges he and his lawyer embezzled 57 million euros ($68 million) from Vatican real estate sales, the latest effort by Vatican prosecutors to prosecute shady financial deals.
RELIGION May 9, 2018 Berlin court upholds ban on teacher's headscarf in classroom A Berlin court has ruled that a law prohibiting a Muslim teacher from wearing a headscarf in a public school doesn't violate her constitutional right to religious freedom.