Ban Ki-moon visits Kazakhstan, speaks tolerance
Ban Ki-moon visited Kazakhstan for the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions in Astana.
Religious leaders should inculcate tolerance and forgiveness in their congregations: Nazarbayev
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has called onto leaders of various religions to promote tolerance and forgiveness in their congregations.
Nazarbayev compares religions
President of Kazakhstan finds similarities between various religions, specifically in calls for tolerance and responsibility for one's actions.
Kazakh President urges to stop armed conflicts
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has urged to stop all armed conflicts in his address during the V Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions in Astana.
Nazarbayev slams social networks, Internet, pseudo-culture
President of Kazakhstan speaks harsh words about the current state of culture, in which social networks and the Internet undermine moral principles and spirituality.
5th Congress of World and Traditional Religions held in Kazakhstan
The fifth Congress of World and Traditional Religions is held in Kazakhstan's capital Astana today.
Pope Francis heads to Sarajevo with reconciliation message
Pope Francis flies into Sarajevo bearing a message of reconciliation 20 years after peace accords which ended Bosnia's war but left the country divided on ethnic lines
Jean-Louis Pierre Tauran, president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue in the Roman Curia, to attend the V Congress of World Religions in Astana
Pope Francis will not be attending the event: Vice Minister of Culture and Sports.
Ireland's gay marriage vote was "a defeat": Vatican daily
The Irish vote in favour of gay marriage constitutes "a defeat" that highlights a gap between the Church and modern society.
Church unnerved by Ireland's huge 'Yes' to gay marriage
The once-dominant Catholic Church in Ireland was trying to come to terms with an overwhelming vote in favour of gay marriage.
Castro at Vatican thanks pope for mediating thaw with US
Cuban President Raul Castro met with Pope Francis at the Vatican, thanking the pontiff for his role in brokering an historic rapprochement between Havana and Washington.
Nazarbayev urges world community to learn from Kazakhstan's peacefulness
Nursultan Nazarbayev said that the world community has something to learn from Kazakhstan. Namely, its peacefulness and unity of people of various religions and nationalities.
French Muslim girl banned from class for wearing long skirt
The case of a Muslim girl who was banned from class twice for wearing a long black skirt seen as too openly religious for secular France has sparked an outcry.
Pope condemns resurgence of anti-Semitism in Europe
Pope Francis condemned a "worrying" resurgence of anti-Semitism in Europe and urged the continuation of dialogue between Christians and Jews.
Cathedral service to mourn 150 victims of Germanwings crash
Germany will hold a memorial service to mourn the victims of the Germanwings crash.
Turkey PM slams pope's 'one-sided' Armenia genocide comments
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu lashed out at Pope Francis for "inappropriate" and "one-sided" comments.
Nursultan Nazarbayev congratulates Kazakhstan on Easter
President of Kazakhstan has extended his congratulations on the Easter holiday to Kazakhstan.
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.