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RELIGION October 5, 2016

4 Catholic evangelists killed in Mexico

Four young men found slain on a roadside have been identified as members of Catholic evangelism group, authorities in western Mexico said.

Europe October 5, 2016

Pope Francis implores sports leaders to curtail corruption

Pope Francis implored sports leaders on Wednesday to do a better job of keeping corruption off the playing field.

Europe October 5, 2016

Pope, Anglican leader celebrate 50 years of dialogue

Pope Francis is pushing through with an unusually high-powered month of outreach to other Christians, celebrating 50 years of Catholic dialogue with the Anglican Church in between important visits to Orthodox and Lutheran leaders.

Europe October 5, 2016

World's oldest man celebrates bar mitzvah, 100 years late

The world's oldest man has celebrated his bar mitzvah — 100 years late.

Europe October 5, 2016

German minister says plight of stranded Syrians 'a scandal'

Germany's development minister says it's "a scandal" that more than 70,000 displaced Syrians are going hungry and thirsty in a remote desert area on the border with Jordan as the world looks on.

RELIGION October 4, 2016

Attack on bus carrying Shiites in Pakistan kills 4 women

Pakistani police say gunmen have killed four women in an attack on a bus carrying members of the country's Shiite minority in the southwestern city of Quetta.

RELIGION October 4, 2016

Duterte visits synagogue to apologize for Hitler remark

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte visited a synagogue in the Manila metropolis Tuesday to personally apologize to the Jewish community for making a "terribly wrong" comparison between his anti-drug campaign and Hitler and the Holocaust in a recent speech.

Europe October 4, 2016

Pope Francis makes surprise visit to quake zone

Pope Francis has made a surprise visit to the site of the devastating August earthquake in central Italy, praying silently alone amid the rubble in the hardest-hit part of the devastated town of Amatrice.

RELIGION October 4, 2016

Egypt: Senior Muslim Brotherhood leader killed in shootout

Egypt's Interior Ministry says police have killed a senior Muslim Brotherhood leader and another member of the outlawed Islamist group in a shootout in Cairo.

RELIGION October 4, 2016

Pope OKs start of sainthood probe into slain French priest

Pope Francis has authorized the French church to start the preliminary sainthood investigation for the Rev. Jacques Hamel, whose throat was slit by Islamic militants as he celebrated Mass in July.