RELIGION September 19, 2017 Think tanks: religious strife risks future Myanmar violence Two new reports suggest that violence in western Myanmar fueled by tensions between Buddhists and ethnic Rohingya Muslims reflects and reinforces broader anti-Muslim sentiment in the country and could result in more violence elsewhere.
RELIGION September 19, 2017 Pope's Colombia agenda: peace, ecology and the way forward Pope Francis' efforts to consolidate Colombia's peace process with a five-day visit produced a result even before the trip began: a cease-fire between the government and the country's last major rebel group.
RELIGION September 19, 2017 Pope, Catholic Church push rebels, Colombians to reconcile The rebel commander approached church workers at a remote camp in northern Colombia with an unusual request.
RELIGION September 19, 2017 Myanmar's Rohingya beat a perilous path in search of safety As far as the eye can see, they trudge through treacherously deep mud, across rice paddy fields and past rain-swollen creeks into Bangladesh.
RELIGION September 19, 2017 The Latest: Turkey's prez says Muslims worried for Rohingya The Latest on violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state and the resulting flood of ethnic Rohingya refugees into neighboring Bangladesh (all times local): 10:30 a.m.
RELIGION September 19, 2017 Kosovo devotes cathedral to St. Teresa 20 years after death The Roman Catholic cathedral in Kosovo's capital has been consecrated to the saint formerly known as Mother Teresa of Calcutta.
RELIGION September 19, 2017 Vatican declares Mother Teresa a patron saint of Calcutta The Vatican has declared Mother Teresa a patron saint of the Archdiocese of Calcutta at a Mass in the city where she dedicated her life to the poorest of the poor.
RELIGION September 19, 2017 US apologizes for Afghanistan leaflets that offended Muslims A U.S. official has apologized for leaflets dropped in Afghanistan that were deemed offensive to Islam.
RELIGION September 19, 2017 Pope heads to Colombia seeking to heal conflict's wounds Pope Francis is heading to Colombia on Wednesday to try to help heal the wounds of Latin America's longest-running conflict, bolstered by a new cease-fire with a holdout rebel group but fully aware of the fragility of the country's peace process.
World September 19, 2017 Pope Francis opens Colombia trip hoping to encourage peace Pope Francis was welcomed to Colombia on Wednesday in the hope of healing the wounds and divisions left by the region’s longest-running armed conflict.