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Pope greets refugees helped through Christian 'corridors'

  • March 19, 2023 05:13 AM AEDT | AFP
 Pope greets refugees helped through Christian 'corridors'

Pope Francis on Saturday greeted thousands of refugees brought to Europe by Christian charities, recognising their difficult journeys and hailing their desire to "live free from fear and insecurity"."You have shown a firm will to live free from fear and insecurity."

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Belgium to become second EU country to recognize Buddhism

Belgium to become second EU country to recognize Buddhism

  • March 17, 2023 06:57 PM AEDT | Reuters

By Marine Strauss BRUSSELS, March 17 (Reuters) - Belgium is expected to officially recognize Buddhism after the federal government approves a draft law on Friday, opening the door to federal funding,

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At least 22 people killed in suspected massacre at Myanmar monastery

At least 22 people killed in suspected massacre at Myanmar monastery

  • March 17, 2023 04:52 PM AEDT | Reuters

(Reuters) - At least 22 people, including three Buddhist monks, were shot dead at close range in central Myanmar last week, according to a doctor's post-mortem report, in what opponents of military

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Russian court upholds conscript's right to alternative service on religious grounds

Russian court upholds conscript's right to alternative service on religious grounds

  • March 17, 2023 07:23 AM AEDT | Reuters

(Reuters) - A court in Russia's second-biggest city St Petersburg upheld for the first time the right of a soldier conscripted during the military campaign in Ukraine to perform alternative civil

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Russian Orthodox leader says Kyiv eviction 'monstruous'

Russian Orthodox leader says Kyiv eviction 'monstruous'

  • March 17, 2023 04:43 AM AEDT | AFP

Russia's Orthodox leader and staunch Kremlin ally Patriarch Kirill denounced Thursday the looming eviction of monks from a monastery in Kyiv over its links to Russia.The branch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church announced a rupture of ties wi ...

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Austria narrows down threat of attack in Vienna mainly to Syrian locations

Austria narrows down threat of attack in Vienna mainly to Syrian locations

  • March 16, 2023 11:25 PM AEDT | Reuters

VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria's domestic intelligence service has narrowed down primarily to Syria-related locations the threat of an Islamist attack in Vienna that was made public on Wednesday, the

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Long ignored, Greek Holocaust survivors are finally heard

Long ignored, Greek Holocaust survivors are finally heard

  • March 16, 2023 05:25 AM AEDT | AFP

The pain wells up inside Naki Bega as she remembers being herded onto a train to Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Nazi's most notorious extermination camp.The Nazis sent Bega to another concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen in Germany shortly before A ...

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Israeli president to present alternative to gov't judicial overhaul plan

Israeli president to present alternative to gov't judicial overhaul plan

  • March 16, 2023 04:24 AM AEDT | Reuters

JERUSALEM, March 15 (Reuters) - Israeli president Isaac Herzog will present alternative changes to the judiciary on Wednesday, in response to a planned overhaul by Israel's far-right coalition that

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Polish weekly withdrawn from some outlets amid John Paul II row

Polish weekly withdrawn from some outlets amid John Paul II row

  • March 15, 2023 02:50 AM AEDT | Reuters

WARSAW (Reuters) - A satirical weekly featuring an image of late Pope John Paul II holding a baby doll on a cross was withdrawn from sale in post offices and state-controlled petrol stations in Poland

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A new intifada? Young Palestinian fighters rise as West Bank boils

A new intifada? Young Palestinian fighters rise as West Bank boils

  • March 14, 2023 05:09 PM AEDT | Reuters

By Ali Sawafta and James Mackenzie JERICHO, West Bank (Reuters) - Before a group of young men from Aqabat Jabr refugee camp mounted a botched attack on a restaurant in Jericho popular with Israeli

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INSIGHT-A new intifada? Young Palestinian fighters rise as West Bank boils

INSIGHT-A new intifada? Young Palestinian fighters rise as West Bank boils

  • March 14, 2023 05:00 PM AEDT | Reuters

By Ali Sawafta and James Mackenzie JERICHO, West Bank, March 14 (Reuters) - Before a group of young men from Aqabat Jabr refugee camp mounted a botched attack on a restaurant in Jericho popular with

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