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(RNS) — An eight-man heavy metal band from Mongolia known as The Hu has done what few thought could happen…
ISLAMABAD -- Afghan women are forbidden from praying loudly or reciting the Quran in front of other women, according to…
A police officer scans the scene where an explosion occurred Monday night when a fireworks storage facility caught fire injuring…
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SYDNEY -- King Charles III and Queen Camilla were greeted by children Sunday outside a Sydney church in their first…
DHAKA, Bangladesh -- Schoolteacher Supriya Sarker is glad to celebrate Bangladesh's largest Hindu festival of Durga Puja but feels the…
2024-10-12 14:30:04 On Friday evening, our Jewish neighbors begin their High Holy Day, Yom Kippur. My rabbi friends tell me…
MELBOURNE, Australia -- A self-described Nazi will become the first person in Australia sentenced to prison for performing an outlawed…
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Pope Francis names 21 new cardinals, significantly increasing the number who will one day elect his successor
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ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE -- Pope Francis suggested Sunday that Israel's attacks in Gaza and Lebanon have been “immoral” and…
TBILISI, Georgia -- Dozens of Georgians stood in tearful silence in a central square near parliament last week to mourn…
2024-09-23 16:00:03 Kirk Cousins, then-backup quarterback for Washington, said he would welcome an openly gay teammate. However, there was also…
Vatican gives green light to devotion at Bosnian site in Medjugorje where Virgin Mary is said to have appeared
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Malaysian police on Thursday detained the CEO and other top leaders of an Islamic business group…
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE -- Pope Francis declared Friday that China was “a promise and a hope” for the Catholic…
Vatican says 600,000 people attend Pope Francis’ Mass in East Timor, or nearly half the country’s population