Shroud of Turin goes on display amid new research
The Shroud of Turin went on display for a special TV appearance Saturday amid new research disputing claims it's a medieval fake and purporting to ...
Egypt issues arrest warrant for TV satirist
Egypt's state prosecutors ordered the arrest Saturday of a popular television satirist for allegedly insulting Islam and the country's leader, in a ...
Chavez's legacy gains religious glow in Venezuela
Holding a Bible in her arms at the start of Holy Week, seamstress Maria Munoz waited patiently to visit the tomb of the man she considers another ...
Syrian rebels enter strategic Aleppo neighborhood
Syrian rebels pushed into a strategic neighborhood in the northern city of Aleppo after days of heavy clashes, seizing control of at least part of the ...
In Pakistan underworld, a cop is said to be a king
A corrupt, low-level cop with a healthy dose of street smarts rises to control hundreds of illegal gambling dens in Pakistan's largest city. By doling ...
AP PHOTOS: Images of Good Friday around the world
Christians in Good Friday processions the world over bear crosses, wounds and prayers over a few blocks or many miles to reenact Jesus' suffering on ...
Pope's foot-wash a final straw for traditionalists
Pope Francis has won over many hearts and minds with his simple style and focus on serving the world's poorest, but he has devastated traditionalist ...
Pope refers to "Muslim brothers" on Good Friday
Pope Francis reached out in friendship to "so many Muslim brothers and sisters" during a Good Friday procession dedicated to the suffering of ...
Pope prays at Good Friday rite recalling Mideast
Pope Francis praised the "friendship of so many Muslim brothers" during the Good Friday procession that re-enacts Jesus Christ's crucifixion and this ...
Exhibit of Jews in Germany raises interest, ire
"Are there still Jews in Germany?" ''Are the Jews a chosen people?" Nearly 70 years after the Holocaust, there is no more sensitive an issue in German ...
Christians mark Jesus' crucifixion on Good Friday
Hundreds of Christians streamed through the cobblestone alleyways of Jerusalem's Old City on Friday, hoisting wooden crosses and chanting prayers to ...
Filipino devotees reenact crucifixion of Christ
Devotees in villages in the northern Philippines took part in a bloody annual ritual to mark Good Friday, a celebration that mixes Roman Catholic ...
Pope washes women's feet in break with church law
In his most significant break with tradition yet, Pope Francis washed and kissed the feet of two young women at a juvenile detention center — a ...
Top Islamist accuses opposition of sowing unrest
A leading Islamist politician accused opponents on Thursday of teaming up with remnants of Hosni Mubarak's toppled regime to sow unrest and violence.
Pope names successor in Buenos Aires
Pope Francis has made his first appointment of a bishop, naming Mario Poli on Thursday to succeed him as archbishop of Buenos Aires and the top ...
AP PHOTOS: Images from the Hindu festival of Holi
Hindus are celebrating the festival of Holi by painting each other in bright colors, distributing sweets and squirting water at one another.
Pope reluctant to be pope: What does it mean?
He still goes by "Bergoglio" when speaking to friends, seems reluctant to call himself pope and has decided to live in the Vatican hotel rather than ...
Italy wants Argentina friendly dedicated to pope
Lionel Messi's Argentina playing Mario Balotelli's Italy in a friendly dedicated to newly elected Pope Francis. That's something Italy coach Cesare ...
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