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Cardinal O'Brien's views have sparked controversy
Cardinal Keith O'Brien had sparked more than his fair share of controversy before stepping down as archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh on Monday ...
Egypt's vote won't calm turbulent streets
Egypt's streets are turning into a daily forum for airing a range of social discontents from labor conditions to fuel shortages and the casualties of ...
Bulgaria's Orthodox Church elects new leader
Metropolitan Neofit of Ruse was elected Sunday as the new spiritual leader of Bulgaria's Orthodox Christians amid social unrest threatening to throw ...
Mali radicals recruited child soldiers at schools
The radical Islamic fighters showed up at Mohamed Salia's Quranic school, armed with weapons and demanding to address his students. The leader, named ...
Egypt opposition leader calls for election boycott
Egyptian opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei called Saturday for a boycott of parliamentary elections, drawing immediate criticism from some within ...
Ex-Legion priest says he saw fiscal improprieties
A former priest for the disgraced Roman Catholic religious order the Legion of Christ said in sworn testimony that he witnessed financial ...
Egypt opposition: Election will add to tensions
Egypt's president set parliamentary elections to begin in April — a decision that an opposition leader denounced Friday as "a recipe for disaster" ...
More than 200 kidnapped Syrian villagers released
Gunmen from rival Sunni and Shiite Muslim villages in northern Syria have freed more than 200 people snatched in tit-for-tat kidnappings this month, ...
Voting in Egypt since the 2011 uprising
A list of when Egyptians have gone to the polls to vote since the 2011 uprising that ousted former autocratic leader Hosni Mubarak. —March 19, 2011: ...
German parents want US asylum over schooling issue
A couple who fled Germany with their five children over fears they would lose custody for not sending them to school has asked a U.S. appeals court ...
German bishops OK contraception in rape cases
Roman Catholic-run hospitals can prescribe limited emergency contraception to rape victims, German bishops said Thursday as they sought to contain ...
Egypt's Brotherhood still operates secretively
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi says he has firsthand knowledge of opponents allegedly plotting against him at a meeting. A few months earlier, the ...
Pussy Riot member year on: I have no regrets
One year after the band Pussy Riot staged an anti-President Vladimir Putin stunt in Moscow's main cathedral that landed them in jail, a released band ...
NY's Cardinal Dolan questioned on abuse cases
New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan has been formally questioned about clergy sex abuse in his former Archdiocese of Milwaukee, just days ahead of his ...
Conclave brings out cardinals' dirty laundry
Popular pressure is mounting in the U.S. and Italy to keep California Cardinal Roger Mahony away from the conclave to elect the next pope because of ...
Egypt's military signals impatience with president
Egypt's powerful military is showing signs of growing impatience with the country's Islamist leaders, indirectly criticizing their policies and ...
Jury dismissed for wife of disgraced UK minister
A British jury was dismissed Wednesday after failing to reach a verdict in the trial of Vicky Pryce, the ex-wife of a former U.K. cabinet minister who ...
Ireland apologizes to women of Catholic laundries
Ireland ignored the mistreatment of thousands of women who were incarcerated within Catholic nun-operated laundries and must pay the survivors ...
Shiite leaders call end to protest in Pakistan
Shiite leaders called for an end to three days of protests by thousands of members of the minority Muslim sect in southwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, ...
Kurdish refugees have mixed feelings about Syria
Syrian Kurds who fled their country's civil war have mixed feelings about a future without Bashar Assad: They hope to win a measure of autonomy after ...
Italian mag: Should US cardinal vote in conclave?
An influential Italian Catholic magazine is asking its readers if disgraced former Los Angeles archbishop Roger Mahony should participate in the ...
How many votes is a photo op with the pope worth?
How much weight does an endorsement from a lame-duck pope carry in the upcoming election? No, not that election — the one to pick the next leader of ...