Vatican September 27, 2017 Holy Communion bread cannot be gluten-free, Vatican says The Vatican said on Saturday that the bread used by Catholics for Holy Communion cannot be entirely gluten free.
RELIGION September 27, 2017 US-led coalition: Amnesty report on Mosul 'irresponsible' The U.S.-led coalition says an Amnesty International report accusing its forces of violating international law during the fight against the Islamic State group in Mosul is "irresponsible."
RELIGION September 27, 2017 Malta OKs same-sex marriages over Catholic Church protest The predominantly Catholic island nation of Malta is set to legalize gay marriage, joining much of Western Europe by eliminating the traditional "you are now husband and wife" declaration in civil ceremonies and replacing it with "you are now spouses."
RELIGION September 27, 2017 Italy uses imams in prisons to deter extremism among inmates Italy's plan to reduce the risk of a jihadi-inspired attack is pinned in small part on El Hacmi Mimoun, an imam who bikes to the prison here every week and exhorts Muslim inmates not to stray from life's "right path" or hate people who aren't Muslim.
RELIGION September 27, 2017 Meet the Greeks who call Mount Olympus spiritual home Silver-haired and soft-spoken, George Klonis worked as a bus driver into his 60s but found his life's purpose at the foot of Mount Olympus.
RELIGION September 27, 2017 Buddhists protest UN human rights envoy in western Myanmar Buddhist demonstrators have protested the arrival of the U.N. human rights envoy to Myanmar for an information-gathering trip in troubled Rakhine state, where security forces have been accused of rights abuses against the Muslim Rohingya minority.
RELIGION September 27, 2017 Another 38 probable mass graves found in Congo, UN says The United Nations says another 38 probable mass graves have been found in central Congo, where deadly violence between troops and militia members has killed thousands of people since August.
RELIGION September 27, 2017 Romanian Nazi victims now eligible for German compensation About 1,000 living survivors of Nazi persecution in Romania are now eligible for compensation from the German government, an organization that negotiates with Germany on behalf of Jews who suffered under the Nazis, said Wednesday The New York-based Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany Conference said Jews who survived the 1941 pogrom in the Romanian city of Iasi and the subsequent "death trains" where many died of suffocation and dehydration can now start receiving monthly payments.
RELIGION September 27, 2017 The Latest: Malta lawmakers legalize same-sex marriage The Latest on the vote to legalize same-sex marriages in Malta (all times local): 7:45 p.m. Lawmakers in the predominantly Catholic island nation of Malta have voted to legalize same-sex marriages.
RELIGION September 27, 2017 Indian environmental agency sets new rules to protect Ganges India's main environmental agency has banned the dumping of any kind of waste within 500 meters (yards) of the most polluted parts of the Ganges, a river considered sacred by devout Hindus.