RELIGION January 15, 2018 Sinn Fein lawmaker quits after video angers Troubles victims An Irish nationalist lawmaker has resigned from Britain's Parliament after sparking outrage by appearing to mock a massacre carried out during Northern Ireland's decades of violence.
RELIGION January 15, 2018 AP Explains: Catholic Church in Chile weakened by scandal When Pope Francis arrives in Chile's capital Monday, he will find a weakened Roman Catholic Church.
RELIGION January 15, 2018 Pope seeks to turn tide of Chilean church bruised by scandal Pope Francis' visit to Chile was always going to be fraught, but it has taken on an unprecedented degree of opposition with the firebombings of Catholic churches ahead of his Monday arrival and protests by Chileans fed up with priest sex abuse and cover-up.
RELIGION January 14, 2018 Gunmen kill Christian in Egypt's Sinai Egyptian security officials say gunmen have shot dead a Christian man in the turbulent north of the Sinai Peninsula, the latest attack to target members of the country's Christian minority.
RELIGION January 13, 2018 Christ statue in Peru damaged by fire days before pope visit A giant Christ statue in Peru's capital that was donated by a construction company at the center of Latin America's largest corruption scandal was damaged Saturday in a fire, days before Pope Francis is set to arrive in the South American nation.
RELIGION January 13, 2018 Suu Kyi says Rohingya mass grave investigation "positive" A state-run newspaper says Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi has called the military's investigation into the deaths of Rohingya Muslims found in a mass grave a "positive indication."
RELIGION January 13, 2018 Pakistan: Slain girl may have been victim of serial killer A Pakistani official says a serial killer may have been behind the rape and murder of young girl whose killing sparked deadly clashes between protesters and police.
RELIGION January 13, 2018 Sex abuse, political turmoil overshadow pope in Chile, Peru Pope Francis' trip to Chile and Peru, originally aimed at highlighting the plight of indigenous peoples and the delicate Amazon ecosystem, is being overshadowed by the Catholic Church's dismal record confronting priestly sex abuse in Chile and political turmoil in Peru.
RELIGION January 13, 2018 On earthquake anniversary, Haitians trying to rebuild Eight years ago, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake upended life in Haiti, killing more than 300,000 people by some estimates and destroying hundreds of thousands of homes.
RELIGION January 12, 2018 Sex abuse, political turmoil overshadow pope in Chile, Peru Pope Francis' trip to Chile and Peru, originally aimed at highlighting the plight of indigenous peoples and the delicate Amazon ecosystem, is being overshadowed by the Catholic Church's dismal record on confronting priestly sex abuse in Chile and political turmoil in Peru.