Religion
Court denies US asylum to German home-schoolers
A federal appeals court has denied asylum to a Christian family that fled Germany so they could home-school their children, after ruling that U.S. immigration laws do not grant a safe haven to people everywhere who face restrictions that would be prohibited under the Constitution. Many American home-school families and ...
Scottish cardinal to atone for sexual misconduct
The Vatican on Wednesday ordered a disgraced Scottish cardinal to leave Scotland for several months to pray and atone for sexual misconduct, issuing a rare public sanction against a "prince of the church" and the first such punishment meted out by Pope Francis. Cardinal Keith O'Brien resigned as archbishop of ...
Egyptian judges suspend talks with president
In the judiciary's latest face-off with Egypt's Islamist rulers, the country's top council of judges decided Wednesday to suspend its participation in a government-backed judicial reform conference following a renewed push by lawmakers on a controversial bill that would force thousands of their colleagues into retirement. The declaration by the ...
Lawyer: Settlement reached in suit against Mo. diocese, bishop over priest's child porn case
Lawyer: Settlement reached in suit against Mo. diocese, bishop over priest's child porn case.
Wave of bombings kills at least 33 in Iraq
A car bomb exploded near a bus station in Baghdad's main Shiite district Wednesday, the deadliest in a series of explosions that killed at least 33 people nationwide, officials said. The bloodshed came amid growing tensions between the Shiite-led government and minority Sunnis following a deadly security crackdown on a ...
Buenos Aires launches tours for Argentine pope
You can see the streets where he grew up and played soccer, the church where Jorge Bergoglio prayed as a teenager and the cathedral where the man who would become Pope Francis said Mass. You can even visit the stand where he bought his newspapers every weekend and where he ...
Buenos Aires launches tours for Argentine pope
You can see the streets where he grew up and played soccer, the church where Jorge Bergoglio prayed as a teenager and the cathedral where the man who would become Pope Francis said Mass. You can even visit the stand where he bought his newspapers every weekend and where he ...
5 abuse lawsuits filed against Joliet diocese
Five new lawsuits have been filed against the Diocese of Joliet alleging sexual abuse by priests and a teacher. A Chicago law firm filed the lawsuits Tuesday in Will County on behalf of victims who were between the ages of 8 and 16 at the time of the abuse in ...
Sharif's win sparks hope for Pakistan-India ties
Over a decade ago, the man now set to become Pakistan's next prime minister stood at this border crossing with archenemy India to inaugurate a "friendship" bus service connecting the two countries as cheering supporters waved flags and tossed rose petals. There is widespread hope on both sides of the ...
Prosecutors seek seizure of 6 Tony Alamo buildings
Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to order the seizure of several buildings from convicted evangelist Tony Alamo. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/14nnsZ2 ) that prosecutors filed paperwork Tuesday seeking the seizure of property where Alamo is accused of sexually abusing young girls. In 2009, Alamo was convicted of taking ...
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