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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.

06 апреля 2015

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.

04 апреля 2015

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.

03 апреля 2015

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.

02 апреля 2015

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.

25 марта 2015

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.

12 марта 2015

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.

12 марта 2015

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.

02 марта 2015

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.

23 февраля 2015

Pope voices sadness over Libya beheadings of Christians Pope Francis expressed "profound sadness" over the beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians by Islamic militants in Libya, saying they had been killed for their faith.

17 февраля 2015

Netanyahu urges Jews to move to Israel after Copenhagen attacks Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged European Jews to move to Israel after a Jewish man was killed in an attack outside Copenhagen's main synagogue

16 февраля 2015

Canadian town council blocks mosque over 'fear' A town in the Canadian province of Quebec rejected plans for a mosque after numerous residents expressed "fear" about Islam.

14 февраля 2015

Pope to make historic US Congress address on Sept 24 Pope Francis will bring his message of peace and compassion to politically gridlocked Washington in September when he becomes the first pontiff to address the US Congress.

06 февраля 2015

Second grader in hijab erupts controversy in Kazakhstan A girl in southern Kazakhstan is prevented from attending school classes unless she takes off her headscarf.

29 января 2015

Pope opens doors to transsexual dubbed 'devil's daughter': report Pope Francis has met a Spanish transsexual and his fiancée at the Vatican, opening his doors to a man dubbed "the devil's daughter" by a local priest.

28 января 2015

Putin lauds Soviet army at Moscow's Auschwitz ceremony President Vladimir Putin slammed what he called attempts to rewrite history and lauded the Red Army at a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

28 января 2015

Obama issues warning on Auschwitz anniversary US President Barack Obama marked the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz with a warning that the world needs to combat resurgent anti-Semitism.

28 января 2015

Merkel calls threats, attacks against Jews in Germany 'disgrace' Chancellor Angela Merkel said it was a "disgrace" that Jews in Germany faced insults, threats or violence.

27 января 2015

West's defence of Charlie Hebdo worries moderate Asia Muslims The West's defence of Charlie Hebdo's right to offend is testing the patience of Muslims even in moderate Indonesia and Malaysia.

21 января 2015

Pope says Catholics do not need to breed 'like rabbits' Pope Francis has said that good Catholics do not have to breed "like rabbits".

20 января 2015

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