http://www.mail.com/int/subjects/1564-religion.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/int/subjects/1564-religion.html http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2092742-report-bahrain-police-search-top-cleric.html MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — A main opposition group in Bahrain says police have searched the home of the Gulf nation's most senior Shiite cleric, who has strongly sided with anti-government protesters. The reported raid could touch off more clashes on the strategic island nation, home to the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet. The group Al Wefaq says security forces entere... Fri, 17 May 2013 11:47:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2092742-report-bahrain-police-search-top-cleric.html 2013-05-17T11:47:10Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2092524-coptic-cleric-will-sue-israeli-police.html JERUSALEM (AP) — An Egyptian Coptic cleric who was mistreated during Orthodox Easter services is threatening to sue. Video supplied to The Associated Press shows Israeli police shoving Arsanious el-Orshalimi and putting him in a headlock. The incident took place during Orthodox Christian Holy Saturday in Jerusalem's Old City earlier this month. The event ... Fri, 17 May 2013 06:48:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2092524-coptic-cleric-will-sue-israeli-police.html 2013-05-17T06:48:38Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2090078-pope-blasts-cult-money-that-tyrannizes-poor.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has denounced the global financial system, blasting the "cult of money" that he says is tyrannizing the poor and turning humans into expendable consumer goods. In his first major speech on the subject, Francis demanded Thursday that financial and political leaders reform the global financial system to make it more ethical ... Thu, 16 May 2013 16:24:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2090078-pope-blasts-cult-money-that-tyrannizes-poor.html 2013-05-16T16:24:25Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2090624-mystical-branch-islam-resurgence-somalia.html MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Hundreds of sweating Sufis chant and sway as the lead sheik moves into the middle of a circle of worshippers and bursts into a chant louder than anyone else's Sufism, a mystical branch of Islam, is having a major comeback since al-Shabab, an armed militant Islamic group, was pushed out of Somalia's capital in August 2011. The Sun... Thu, 16 May 2013 15:31:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2090624-mystical-branch-islam-resurgence-somalia.html 2013-05-16T15:31:31Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2089818-syrian-troops-repel-rebel-attack-aleppo-prison.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels withdrew from a prison in the northern city of Aleppo Thursday after heavy fighting with government troops, an activist group said, as it more than doubled its tally of deaths from sectarian killings in a coastal city earlier this month. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights raised the death toll from the May 3 ... Thu, 16 May 2013 14:57:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2089818-syrian-troops-repel-rebel-attack-aleppo-prison.html 2013-05-16T14:57:02Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2089438-polish-exports-meat-jews-muslims-limbo.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — For some, it was a barbaric way to treat animals. For others, it was great business. Until January, slaughterhouses across Poland — a deeply Catholic nation — were the unlikely venues for the Islamic and Jewish slaughter of animals, which in both religions involves a swift cut to the throat of a conscious animal and death by bleeding... Thu, 16 May 2013 10:52:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2089438-polish-exports-meat-jews-muslims-limbo.html 2013-05-16T10:52:58Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/2087388-us-court-denies-asylum-to-german-home-schoolers.html NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) — A U.S. appeals court has denied asylum to a Christian family who fled Germany so they could home-school their children, ruling that immigration laws do not grant a safe haven to people everywhere who face restrictions that would be prohibited under the Constitution. Many U.S. home-school families and evangelical Christians have... Wed, 15 May 2013 21:40:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/2087388-us-court-denies-asylum-to-german-home-schoolers.html 2013-05-15T21:40:13Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2087040-scottish-cardinal-to-atone-sexual-misconduct.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican on Wednesday ordered a disgraced Scottish cardinal to leave Scotland for several months to pray and atone for sexual misconduct, issuing a rare public sanction against a "prince of the church" and the first such punishment meted out by Pope Francis. Cardinal Keith O'Brien resigned as archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh ... Wed, 15 May 2013 21:26:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2087040-scottish-cardinal-to-atone-sexual-misconduct.html 2013-05-15T21:26:40Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2086918-egyptian-judges-suspend-talks-with-president.html CAIRO (AP) — In the judiciary's latest face-off with Egypt's Islamist rulers, the country's top council of judges decided Wednesday to suspend its participation in a government-backed judicial reform conference following a renewed push by lawmakers on a controversial bill that would force thousands of their colleagues into retirement. The declaration by t... Wed, 15 May 2013 21:08:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2086918-egyptian-judges-suspend-talks-with-president.html 2013-05-15T21:08:22Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2087336-wave-bombings-kills-33-iraq.html BAGHDAD (AP) — A car bomb exploded near a bus station in Baghdad's main Shiite district Wednesday, the deadliest in a series of explosions that killed at least 33 people nationwide, officials said. The bloodshed came amid growing tensions between the Shiite-led government and minority Sunnis following a deadly security crackdown on a Sunni protest camp in... Wed, 15 May 2013 20:01:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2087336-wave-bombings-kills-33-iraq.html 2013-05-15T20:01:02Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2087742-sharifs-win-sparks-hope-pakistan-india-ties.html WAGAH, Pakistan (AP) — Over a decade ago, the man now set to become Pakistan's next prime minister stood at this border crossing with archenemy India to inaugurate a "friendship" bus service connecting the two countries as cheering supporters waved flags and tossed rose petals. There is widespread hope on both sides of the border that Nawaz Sharif will ta... Wed, 15 May 2013 17:05:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2087742-sharifs-win-sparks-hope-pakistan-india-ties.html 2013-05-15T17:05:13Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2086792-pope-frees-doves-cage-st-peters-square.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Two doves celebrated their freedom with a soaring flight over St. Peter's Square on Wednesday, all thanks to Pope Francis. As Francis toured the square in his open-topped popemobile at his weekly public audience, someone in the crowd thrust a white bird cage with two doves inside at him. Looking puzzled, his security detail took the ca... Wed, 15 May 2013 12:33:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2086792-pope-frees-doves-cage-st-peters-square.html 2013-05-15T12:33:11Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2086890-confrontation-looms-tunisia-moves-salafis.html TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia is taking a harder line on preaching by ultraconservative Muslim groups, a crackdown that has sparked demonstrations by rock-throwing protesters and ominous warnings of terrorist attacks to come. As it struggles to hunt down al-Qaida linked terrorists in its frontiers, the government has also been trying to rein in salafis em... Wed, 15 May 2013 10:42:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2086890-confrontation-looms-tunisia-moves-salafis.html 2013-05-15T10:42:20Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2085584-attacks-lebanese-alawites-deepen-fears.html TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanese members of the Syrian leader's Alawite sect fear their tiny community will be a casualty of the civil war raging in the neighboring country. Already, Sunni Muslim extremists have stoned a school bus, vandalized stores and beaten or stabbed a number of men in a wave of attacks against Lebanese Alawites, stoking fears of eve... Tue, 14 May 2013 20:04:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2085584-attacks-lebanese-alawites-deepen-fears.html 2013-05-14T20:04:23Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2085454-secretive-vatican-bank-to-publish-annual-report.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican bank, long a source of secret and scandal for the Holy See, plans to publish its annual report online as part of its efforts to be more financially transparent. Vatican Radio said Tuesday that the bank president, Ernst von Freyburg, announced the plans to his staff Monday and said the bank would launch its own website this ... Tue, 14 May 2013 19:30:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2085454-secretive-vatican-bank-to-publish-annual-report.html 2013-05-14T19:30:49Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2083882-vatican-re-enters-art-world-with-venice-biennale.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican is getting back into its centuries-old tradition of arts patronage with its first-ever exhibit at the Venice Biennale, commissioning a biblically inspired show about creation, destruction and renewal for one of the world's most prestigious contemporary arts festivals. The Holy See on Tuesday unveiled details of its Venice p... Tue, 14 May 2013 17:38:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2083882-vatican-re-enters-art-world-with-venice-biennale.html 2013-05-14T17:38:05Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2084294-egypt-detained-christian-teacher-released-bail.html LUXOR, Egypt (AP) — An Egyptian Christian teacher detained over charges of insulting Islam has been released on bail on Tuesday, her lawyer said. A history and geography teacher in the southern city of Luxor, 24-year-old Dimiana Abdul-Nour paid L.E. 20,000 (almost $3,000 dollars) to be freed pending further investigation, the lawyer, Badawi Abu-Shanab sai... Tue, 14 May 2013 15:14:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2084294-egypt-detained-christian-teacher-released-bail.html 2013-05-14T15:14:28Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/2083834-german-court-orders-changes-to-google-search-hints.html BERLIN (AP) — Google Inc. must respect requests to remove autocomplete entries from its search bar in Germany if they are defamatory, a German court ruled Tuesday. The Federal Court of Justice upheld a complaint from an unidentified company selling nutritional supplements and its founder, identified only as "R.S." The plaintiffs claimed that when their na... Tue, 14 May 2013 13:23:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/2083834-german-court-orders-changes-to-google-search-hints.html 2013-05-14T13:23:06Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2081448-ex-philippine-president-leading-race-manila.html MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Former Philippine President Joseph Estrada was leading in the vote-count for mayor of Manila on Tuesday in what could be his first elected post since he was ousted in a 2001 revolt on corruption charges. In other partial results following Monday's congressional and local polls, nine senatorial candidates backed by President Beni... Tue, 14 May 2013 01:07:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2081448-ex-philippine-president-leading-race-manila.html 2013-05-14T01:07:40Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2082516-attacks-sunni-mosques-fuel-fears-iraq.html BAGHDAD (AP) — A sharp rise in attacks on Sunni holy sites in Iraq is feeding fears that the country could spiral into a new round of sectarian violence similar to the bloodletting that brought Iraq to its knees in 2006 and 2007. Majority Shiites control the levers of power in post-Saddam Hussein Iraq. Wishing to rebuild the nation rather than revert to o... Mon, 13 May 2013 20:16:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2082516-attacks-sunni-mosques-fuel-fears-iraq.html 2013-05-13T20:16:59Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2081702-nigeria-judge-iranian-colleague-smuggled-weapons.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — An Iranian and his Nigerian accomplice were sentenced to five years in prison Monday over a plot they orchestrated to smuggle a shipment of military-grade weapons including mortar rounds into West Africa. Both Azim Aghajani and his accomplice, Usman Abbas Jega, pleaded for leniency in the hearing, in which Justice Okechukwu J. Okeke ... Mon, 13 May 2013 15:48:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2081702-nigeria-judge-iranian-colleague-smuggled-weapons.html 2013-05-13T15:48:32Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2081624-africa-asia-boom-priests-europe-withers.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — The number of Catholic priests in Africa and Asia has shot up over the past decade while decreasing in Europe, mirroring trends in the numbers of Catholic faithful that helped lead to the election of Pope Francis as the first non-European pope in over a millennium. The Vatican on Monday released statistics on the state of the Catholic ... Mon, 13 May 2013 14:44:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2081624-africa-asia-boom-priests-europe-withers.html 2013-05-13T14:44:40Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2080868-filipino-clans-celebrities-dominate-midterm-polls.html MANILA, Philippines (AP) — From Imelda Marcos to Manny Pacquiao, familiar names of Philippine political clans and celebrities dominated the ballots for Monday's congressional and local elections, which will gauge popular support for the president's anti-corruption drive and other reforms. Despite scattered violence and fears of fraud, the polls were relat... Mon, 13 May 2013 09:14:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2080868-filipino-clans-celebrities-dominate-midterm-polls.html 2013-05-13T09:14:57Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2079858-pakistans-sharif-resounding-election-victory.html LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif looked poised to return to office with a resounding election victory — a mandate that could make it easier to tackle the country's daunting problems, including growing power outages, weak economic growth and shaky government finances. Questions remain, however, about Sharif's stance on a... Mon, 13 May 2013 03:53:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2079858-pakistans-sharif-resounding-election-victory.html 2013-05-13T03:53:48Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2080562-libyan-officials-work-militia-siege.html TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Officials at two Libyan government ministries returned to work Sunday after nearly two weeks of protests by militia fighters, who blocked the entrances to the buildings. Militias, many comprised of former rebels who fought in Libya's eight-month civil war that toppled Moammar Gadhafi in 2011, have mushroomed in size and power in the ... Sun, 12 May 2013 19:57:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2080562-libyan-officials-work-militia-siege.html 2013-05-12T19:57:43Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2080408-holy-land-church-leaders-clergy-mistreated.html JERUSALEM (AP) — A dozen senior church leaders in the Holy Land say Israeli police "ill-treated" clergy, including a Coptic Egyptian cleric, during Orthodox Easter services. The leaders signed a letter on Sunday expressing concern and saying policemen allegedly used force and prevented clergymen and pilgrims from entering places of worship during Holy Sat... Sun, 12 May 2013 17:47:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2080408-holy-land-church-leaders-clergy-mistreated.html 2013-05-12T17:47:33Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2079922-pope-francis-church-hundreds-saints.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday gave the Catholic Church new saints, including hundreds of 15th-century martyrs who were beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam, as he led his first canonization ceremony Sunday in a packed St. Peter's Square. The "Martyrs of Otranto" were 813 Italians who were slain in the southern Italian city in 1480 for de... Sun, 12 May 2013 13:15:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2079922-pope-francis-church-hundreds-saints.html 2013-05-12T13:15:42Z