RELIGION September 19, 2017 The Latest: Indonesians protest Myanmar Rohingya's plight The Latest on violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state and the flood of ethnic Rohingya refugees into Bangladesh (all times local): 4:10 p.m. Thousands of Indonesian Muslims have held a rally near Borobudur, one of the world's famed Buddhist monuments, to condemn violence in Myanmar against minority Rohingya Muslims.
RELIGION September 19, 2017 Amnesty says 'horrific' violence in Central African Republic Rebels in a volatile region of Central African Republic are raping women and killing their male relatives in a "horrific surge" of violence that is now clearly along sectarian lines, Amnesty International warned Friday.
RELIGION September 18, 2017 Rains delay pope's arrival in Colombia's second city Pope Francis has arrived in the rain-soaked Colombian city of Medellin to console orphans, the poor and the sick and to rally priests and ordinary Colombians to look beyond rigid church doctrine in caring for those living on the margins of society.
RELIGION September 18, 2017 Palestinian seek ouster of Greek Orthodox patriarch Palestinian Christians have protested against the Greek Orthodox patriarch of the Holy Land, demanding the resignation of Theophilos III for allegedly selling church land to Israelis.
RELIGION September 18, 2017 Shattered by war, Sunni Arabs despair over future in Iraq Fawaz Saleh Ahmed has been secretly sneaking into his own village in northern Iraq to visit his home.
RELIGION September 18, 2017 Ruler of United Arab Emirates returns home after trip abroad The ruler of the United Arab Emirates has returned to his country after a private trip.
RELIGION September 18, 2017 Pope honors 'slave of the slaves' in Colombia's slave port Pope Francis is wrapping up his Colombia trip with a deeply personal final day honoring St. Peter Claver, a fellow Jesuit who ministered to thousands of African slaves who passed through the port of Cartagena during Spanish colonial times.
RELIGION September 18, 2017 Pakistan: Thousands rally in solidarity with Rohingyas Thousands of supporters of Pakistan's main Islamic Jamaat-e-Islami party have gathered in Karachi to protest Myanmar's treatment of its Rohingya Muslim minority.
RELIGION September 18, 2017 French government condemns attack on Jewish family French authorities and Jewish groups say a Jewish family was beaten, tied up and robbed in what the government described as an intentionally anti-Semitic act.
RELIGION September 18, 2017 'Proof' of Rohingya-set fires in Myanmar fails inspection A Buddhist abbot told reporters he had photographic proof that Rohingya Muslims had burned their own village in Myanmar.