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Europe April 15, 2016

Hungary buries remains of Holocaust victims found in Danube

Human remains found in 2011, including many believed to be of Jews shot on the banks of the Danube River near the end of World War II, have been buried in a Jewish cemetery in Budapest.

Europe April 15, 2016

Croatian Jews hold Holocaust vigil amid far-right surge

Croatia's Jewish community has held a separate Holocaust commemoration at the site of a notorious World War II death camp to protest the government's alleged inaction to curb the surge of neo-Nazi sentiment in the country.

VIDEO April 15, 2016

Bernie Sanders attends Vatican conference on social issues

Amy Kellogg reports from Rome

RELIGION April 15, 2016

British royal couple trek to Bhutan's cliff-side monastery

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have visited a famed Bhutanese monastery on their weeklong tour of South Asia.

VIDEO April 15, 2016

Hijab exception? The Citadel considers uniform change

Historical move, if approved

RELIGION April 14, 2016

Uruguay Catholic Church apologizes for sex abuse by priests

The Roman Catholic Church in Uruguay is apologizing for sexual abuses committed by priests 20 years ago that went unpunished because the statute of limitations expired.

Europe April 14, 2016

The Latest: German governing parties agree on migrant plan

The Latest on European efforts to respond to the wave of migration (all times local): 9:55 a.m.

Europe April 14, 2016

Pope, Patriarch to highlight refugees' plight in visit

Last week, dozens of migrants who risked their lives crossing the Aegean Sea to reach Europe were returned from two Greek islands to Turkey — the first of thousands earmarked for return under a European Union deal with Turkey meant to stop the continent's massive refugee flow.

Europe April 14, 2016

Vatican conference urges end to doctrine of 'just wars'

Participants at a Vatican conference have called for the Catholic Church to renounce its "just war" theory and for Pope Francis to write an encyclical on nonviolence and "just peace." Church teaching has long allowed for "just wars" — the use of force to stop an unjust aggression — as long as certain conditions are met.

Europe April 14, 2016

Poland's church, government mark Christianity anniversary

Poland's bishops have opened religious and political celebrations that mark 1,050 years of Christianity in Poland with a debate on its significance for the nation.