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RELIGION November 10, 2017

Report: IS leader may be in eastern Syrian city of Boukamal

A media outlet linked to the Syrian military says the Islamic State group's leader may be holed up in an IS pocket in the eastern town of Boukamal, which government forces and their allies recaptured this week.

RELIGION November 10, 2017

More than 13 million gather in Karbala for Arbaeen

Iraq's top Shiite cleric says more than 13 million have gathered in the holy city of Karbala to mark Arbaeen, the annual commemoration marking the end of the mourning period for the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad's grandson and a central figure in Shiite Islam.

RELIGION November 10, 2017

Pope hopes to shift nuke paradigm: deterrence to disarmament

The Vatican is hosting Nobel laureates, U.N. and NATO officials and a handful of nuclear powers at a conference aimed at galvanizing support for a global shift from the Cold War era policy of nuclear deterrence to one of total nuclear disarmament.

RELIGION November 10, 2017

Islamists rally near Islamabad, demand removal of minister

Hundreds of Islamists have camped out on the edge of Pakistan's capital to demand the removal of the country's law minister over a recently omitted reference to the Prophet Muhammad in a constitutional bill.

RELIGION November 9, 2017

Philippines says government militia killed Italian priest

Philippine state prosecutors say an investigation has shown that government militiamen gunned down an Italian Catholic missionary in a 2011 attack.

RELIGION November 9, 2017

John Paul I closer to sainthood as book debunks conspiracies

Pope Francis has moved Pope John Paul I — the pope who reigned for only 33 days in 1978 — a step closer to possible sainthood.

RELIGION November 9, 2017

New book alleges gay sex in Vatican dorm, shady banking

The Italian journalist who was put on trial by the Vatican for publishing confidential documents has penned a new book alleging a host of Catholic sins, including gay sex in the dormitory of the Vatican's youth seminary.

RELIGION November 9, 2017

Polish priest to sell his Porsche after car sparks scandal

A Polish priest who has faced criticism for driving a Porsche says that he's selling the luxury car and giving the proceeds to the poor.

RELIGION November 9, 2017

Imam in Denmark gets suspended sentence for anti-gay remarks

An imam has been given a two-week suspended jail sentence for making public remarks against homosexuals, whom he compared to pedophiles.

RELIGION November 9, 2017

Pope seeks to defuse Korean tensions, boost nuke disarmament

Pope Francis is seeking to defuse rising nuclear tensions on the Korean peninsula and boost support for disarmament efforts with a Vatican conference that brings together 11 Nobel Peace prize winners, U.N. and NATO officials and a handful of countries with the bomb.