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Will the next pope be Italian? After a Pole and a German, will the Roman Catholic Church revert to an Italian leader once again?

25 февраля 2013

Historic week looms for Vatican with papal resignation Pope Benedict XVI's final Sunday prayers in St Peter's Square will signal the start of a week in the Vatican that will make history with the first voluntary papal resignation in more than 700 years.

22 февраля 2013

Spiritual Management of Muslims of Kazakhstan to start issuing fatwas by Shariah laws Nursultan Nazarbayev met with the new heads of the Spiritual Management of Muslims of Kazakhstan.

22 февраля 2013

Vatican's popeless interim -- the 'Sede Vacante' After the pope's resignation on Thursday the Catholic Church will enter a period known as "Sede Vacante" ("Vacant Seat") in which a cardinal takes over interim powers before a new pope is elected.

22 февраля 2013

Fresh blood to boost Kazakhstan's Muslim community: experts Lack of professional imams and insufficient educational work are the main problems of the Spiritual Management of Muslims of Kazakhstan.

21 февраля 2013

Pedophilia scandals weigh on body to elect next pope Activists fighting for truth and justice for victims of sexual abuse by Catholic priests hold out little hope for progress under the next pope as controversy brews over a US cardinal who covered up for predator clerics.

20 февраля 2013

New Supreme Mufti of Kazakhstan elected Yerzhan Mayamerov was elected the new Supreme Mufti of Kazakhstan.

19 февраля 2013

Canadian papal contender not a prophet in own land Canada's Cardinal Marc Ouellet, a mainstream conservative churchman who once said becoming pope "would be a nightmare", is now widely seen as the North American candidate for the job.

18 февраля 2013

Indonesia conservatives protest against Valentine's Day Islamic conservatives in Indonesia, the world's biggest Muslim-populated nation, voiced opposition to Thursday's Valentine's Day celebrations, saying they promote teen "sex parties" and premarital sex.

14 февраля 2013

Resigning pope to impart wisdom after emotional mass Pope Benedict XVI will address a group of parish priests from Rome, a day after emotional scenes at his final papal mass in public in St Peter's Basilica.

14 февраля 2013

Islamic clerics seek dialogue with new pope Senior Muslim clerics in Egypt believe Pope Benedict XVI's abrupt resignation could reopen the way for dialogue with the Catholic Church, severed after Benedict's controversial 2006 remarks on the Muslim prophet.

13 февраля 2013

Outgoing pope prepares for monk's life in Vatican Pope Benedict XVI, who has announced he will resign on February 28, will retire to a monastery tucked away inside the historic walls of the Holy See: so once the new pope is elected.

12 февраля 2013

Pope announces resignation in historic move Pope Benedict XVI announced he will resign as leader of the world's 1.1 billion Catholics on February 28 because his age prevented him from carrying out his duties -- an unprecedented move in the modern history of the Catholic Church.

11 февраля 2013

22 reported dead as stampede mars India's Ganges festival At least 22 people died in a stampede as pilgrims headed home from India's giant Kumbh Mela festival, which drew a record 30 million people to the banks of the river Ganges.

11 февраля 2013

Christ, Mohammed draw divisions among Bulgarian Roma Nothing illustrates better the arrival of a new wave of Islam among Roma in Bulgaria's southern town of Pazardzhik, whose imam Ahmed Mussa is on trial for spreading radical ideology.

09 февраля 2013

French mosque vandalised with anti-Islam graffiti Vandals have targeted a French mosque in a graffiti attack, tagging the worship centre with swastikas and anti-Islam slogans.

04 февраля 2013

Pork found in British prisons' halal food Britain's Ministry of Justice suspended a supplier of halal meat to prisons on Friday after traces of pork were found inside meat pies and pasties.

03 февраля 2013

New Anglican leader says job application was 'joke' The incoming leader of the world's Anglicans said his application to become the Archbishop of Canterbury was "a joke" and he was "just a very, very ordinary Christian".

31 января 2013

Believers will control finances of Kazakhstan's religious unions Revision commissions made up of members of the parish will take control over the money received by religious unions.

28 января 2013

Sharia Law raid held in the streets of London A group of young people held a raid enforcing Sharia law in London.

22 января 2013

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