RELIGION June 15, 2017 Cubans brace for worst as Trump takes aim at Obama opening Church bells rang out and Cubans strung American flags from their windows when President Barack Obama announced in December 2014 that the U.S. would stop trying to push Cuba toward collapse.
World June 15, 2017 Egypt arrests dozens ahead of proposed protests A senior constitutional panel in Egypt has concluded that two courts, which ruled to annul an agreement to transfer control of two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia, had acted within their jurisdiction.
RELIGION June 15, 2017 In Burkina Faso, living with risk of terror is new reality Gaetan Santomenna lost his wife, his 9-year-old son and his mother the night jihadists attacked his cafe in Burkina Faso's capital before striking a nearby hotel.
RELIGION June 15, 2017 Secretary of 2 popes sheds light on their daily lives St. John Paul II discussed stepping down as pope with his aides but was advised against it in the interest of the Catholic Church, his former secretary said in a book recently published in the pope's native Poland.
RELIGION June 14, 2017 Pope again flexes papal muscle to keep tabs on cardinals Pope Francis is once again flexing his papal muscle by seeking to keep tabs on cardinals who live in Rome.
RELIGION June 14, 2017 Global religious leaders join for online friendship appeal Global religious leaders have contributed to an online appeal calling on people to make friends with followers of different faiths in the hope that it will foster mutual understanding and ease tensions around the world.
RELIGION June 14, 2017 Austria: More than 300 Muslim clerics call for tolerance More than 300 clerics representing the majority of Austria's Muslims are expressing support for a declaration condemning extremism and terrorism and urging their followers to integrate by actively participating in Austrian society.