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Europe March 24, 2017

The Latest: Polish premier to sign declaration at EU summit

The Latest on the upcoming European Union summit (all times local): 1:15 p.m.

RELIGION March 24, 2017

Historic restoration of Jesus' burial shrine completed

The tomb of Jesus has been resurrected to its former glory.

VIDEO March 24, 2017

Jesus’ tomb resurrected before Easter

Jesus tomb renovation complete

Europe March 24, 2017

Pope urges EU: Resist 'false' security promised by populists

Pope Francis urged European leaders on Friday to resist the "false forms of security" promised by populists who want to wall themselves off and instead bank on a future of greater solidarity and union.

RELIGION March 24, 2017

Pakistani police prevent clerics' rally against blasphemy

Pakistani police have blocked a rally by clerics in Islamabad seeking to press their calls for the death of social media activists accused of insulting Islam.

RELIGION March 24, 2017

Israel police arrest suspect in threats on US Jewish targets

Israeli police say they have arrested a 19-year-old Israeli Jewish man as the primary suspect in a string of bomb threats targeting Jewish community centers in the U.S.

US March 24, 2017

Arab autocrats: Exiled, killed or fighting for survival

Egypt's ousted former President Hosni Mubarak was released Friday after six years in custody but he is not the only autocratic ruler in the Middle East that was caught up in Arab Spring revolts that swept across the region in 2011.

Europe March 24, 2017

UN rights council approves fact-finding mission in Myanmar

The U.N.-backed Human Rights Council has approved a resolution by consensus to "dispatch urgently" an international fact-finding mission to Myanmar to probe alleged abuses by military and security forces, particularly in Rakhine state.

RELIGION March 24, 2017

Hamas TV channel builds Jerusalem set in Gaza

Quiet on the set! Surrounded by militant training sites on uprooted Jewish settlement lands, the first movie set in the Gaza Strip is growing, depicting the history-rich, volatile alleyways of Jerusalem's Old City.

VIDEO March 24, 2017

Lauren Green takes readers on journey of spiritual discovery

Religion correspondent talks new book