RELIGION September 26, 2017 Kabul catwalk: Afghan models show off traditional clothing Amid tight security, over two dozen young models, including six women, strutted down the catwalk in the garden of a private Kabul villa, proudly displaying the traditional clothing and costumes of Afghanistan's many ethnic groups.
RELIGION September 26, 2017 Romania: Orthodox synod meets to discuss bishop sex scandal The Holy Synod of Romania's Orthodox Church is meeting to discuss what action to take against a bishop who was seen on video engaging in sexual acts with a male student.
RELIGION September 26, 2017 Vietnam criticizes US religious freedom report Vietnam has criticized the U.S. State Department's annual international religious freedom report, describing it as containing partial and false information about Vietnam.
World September 25, 2017 North Korea: How Christians survive in the world's most anti-Christian nation For 16 years, North Korea been ranked the “most oppressive place in the world for Christians,” and this week the U.S. State Department re-asserted it as one of the world’s worst religious persecutors – torturing and executing those even suspected of worshipping outside their dictatorship.
RELIGION September 25, 2017 Danes charge imam for comparing gays to pedophiles. Danish prosecutors have charged a 49-year-old imam for making public remarks against homosexuals, whom he compared to pedophiles.
RELIGION September 25, 2017 Barcelona's victims: A snapshot of the world The dead and injured in Barcelona were a snapshot of the world — men, women and children from at least two dozen nations — testifying to the huge global appeal of the sun-kissed city with its bounty of must-visit sites and star-studded football team.
RELIGION September 25, 2017 Romania: bishop involved in "sex tape" scandal resigns Romania's Orthodox Church says a bishop who was seen on video engaging in sexual acts with a male student has resigned from his position.
RELIGION September 25, 2017 Church officials oppose show by singer facing drug charges The leadership at Guam's Roman Catholic Church is protesting plans by one of its schools to proceed with a concert by singer Yvonne Elliman-Alexander after she was arrested in the U.S. territory and charged with drug possession.
RELIGION September 25, 2017 Philippine churches to ring bells to protest drug killings A leader of the dominant Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines has ordered bells to be tolled every night for three months in a northern region to raise alarm over a renewed police crackdown that has left more than 80 drug and crime suspects dead in just a week.
RELIGION September 25, 2017 Turkey to stop teaching evolution in schools, report says Young students in Turkey will no longer be taught about evolution, as the country’s government has decided to phase out education about the theory.