Kenyans mourn massacre dead, wait in anguish at morgue
They came in their hundreds, fearful of attacks but determined to honour the victims of one of Kenya's worst ever massacres.
Pope leads prayers for persecuted Christians on Good Friday
The Pope led Catholics in prayer for persecuted Christians around the world at a Good Friday service in Rome.
Bloody Good Friday crucifixions to begin in Philippines
Devotees in the fervently Catholic Philippines were set to nail themselves to crosses and whip their backs bloody in extreme acts of devotion.
Latin America's first women priests challenge Church
Olga Lucia Alvarez says it is her vocation to be a Catholic priest, and she is not going to let gender or excommunication stop her from preaching the gospel.
Salvadorans march in memory of slain martyr Romero
Thousands of Salvadorans marched in memory of slain archbishop Oscar Romero, who was assassinated 35 years ago during the country's civil war.
Nursultan Nazarbayev speaks about Islam, Orthodoxy and Protestantism
Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev has spoken about Islam, Orthodoxy and Protestantism during the XVI Congress of Kazakhstan’s Nur Otan party in Astana on March 11.
Two years and counting: Pope's opponents play waiting game
Two years after Pope Francis swept into the Vatican vowing to shake up the Church, his opponents are playing a waiting game as they seek to put the brakes on his reform drive.
Pope denounces 'intolerable brutality' in Iraq, Syria
Pope Francis denounced the "intolerable brutality" being inflicted on Christians and other minorities in Iraq and Syria by Islamic State group militants.
Top Muslim cleric urges education reform to curb extremism
The head of Al-Azhar called for education reform in Muslim countries in an effort to contain the spread of religious extremism.