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 Pilgrims flock to ancient Holy Land church as Palestinian congregation shrinks

Pilgrims flock to ancient Holy Land church as Palestinian congregati...

April 14, 2023 12:27 AM AEST | By Reuters

By Mohamad Torokman BURQIN, West Bank (Reuters) - One of the world's oldest churches, built on top of a cave in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and fes...


 Christian man in Gaza brings dates and water to Muslims stuck in Ramadan rush hour

Christian man in Gaza brings dates and water to Muslims stuck in Ram...

April 13, 2023 08:43 PM AEST | By Reuters

By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - In the hour before sunset during Ramadan, Gaza's roads become choked with cars as people dash home in time to br...


 Israeli curbs on Orthodox Church crowds in Jerusalem for Easter draw ire

Israeli curbs on Orthodox Church crowds in Jerusalem for Easter draw...

April 12, 2023 11:46 PM AEST | By Reuters

By James Mackenzie JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli police will curb the number of worshippers in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem for safet...


 Indonesian studying Islam in Cairo passes Ramadan far from home

Indonesian studying Islam in Cairo passes Ramadan far from home

April 12, 2023 07:10 PM AEST | By Reuters

CAIRO (Reuters) - Indonesian Nuni Nuraini Ahyani is in her fourth year studying religion at Cairo's Al-Azhar University, the 1,000-year-old seat of Su...


 Pope hopes Northern Ireland accord can be 'consolidated' to benefit all Ireland

Pope hopes Northern Ireland accord can be 'consolidated' to benefit...

April 10, 2023 09:14 PM AEST | By Reuters

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Monday he was praying that the Good Friday agreement signed 25 years ago that largely...


 Pope hopes N.Ireland accord can be 'consolidated' to benefit all Ireland

Pope hopes N.Ireland accord can be 'consolidated' to benefit all Ire...

April 10, 2023 08:28 PM AEST | By Reuters

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Monday he was praying that the Good Friday agreement signed 25 years ago that largely ended violence in...


 School's transgender policy trumped teacher's religious rights, U.S. court rules

School's transgender policy trumped teacher's religious rights, U.S....

April 08, 2023 07:12 AM AEST | By Reuters

By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - An Indiana high school did not break the law by allegedly forcing a music teacher to quit after he refused on religious...


 Israel detains Passover sacrifice campaigner as Al Aqsa tensions simmer

Israel detains Passover sacrifice campaigner as Al Aqsa tensions sim...

April 03, 2023 09:22 PM AEST | By Reuters

By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli campaigner for Jewish prayer rights at the Jerusalem compound that houses Al Aqsa mosque was detained...


 Filipino Catholics mark Palm Sunday praying for Pope Francis' health

Filipino Catholics mark Palm Sunday praying for Pope Francis' health

April 02, 2023 06:46 PM AEST | By Reuters

By Jay Ereno and Peter Blaza ANTIPOLO, Philippines (Reuters) - Thousands of Filipino Catholics attending church on Palm Sunday marked the beginning of...


 Iran's judiciary chief threatens to prosecute 'without mercy' unveiled woman

Iran's judiciary chief threatens to prosecute 'without mercy' unveil...

April 01, 2023 08:10 PM AEDT | By Reuters

(Reuters) - Faced with an increasing number of women defying the compulsory dress code, Iran’s judiciary chief has threatened to prosecute "without me...


 A Christian school that 'celebrates childhood' becomes killing scene in Nashville

A Christian school that 'celebrates childhood' becomes killing scene...

March 28, 2023 07:59 AM AEDT | By Reuters

By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) - The 200 young children enrolled at The Covenant School, a private Christian elementary school in Nashville, start each...


 U.S. Supreme Court rejects Christian preacher's challenge to university

U.S. Supreme Court rejects Christian preacher's challenge to univers...

March 21, 2023 12:58 AM AEDT | By Reuters

By John Kruzel WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a traveling Christian evangelist's free-speech challenge to a University...


 In homeland of Pope Francis, long absence prompts prayers for return

In homeland of Pope Francis, long absence prompts prayers for return

March 09, 2023 10:13 PM AEDT | By Reuters

By Lucila Sigal BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - In the Buenos Aires shanty town area of Villa 21-24, Justina Ayala, 72, remembers the day Pope Francis left A...


 Factbox-Pope Francis: His 10 years in numbers

Factbox-Pope Francis: His 10 years in numbers

March 08, 2023 07:15 PM AEDT | By Reuters

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - March 13 marks the 10th anniversary of the election of Pope Francis as head of the nearly 1.38-billion-member Roman Catholic...


 Greece asks others to 'imitate' Vatican return of Parthenon pieces

Greece asks others to 'imitate' Vatican return of Parthenon pieces

March 08, 2023 12:58 AM AEDT | By Reuters

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican Museums gave Greece three 2,500-year-old pieces of the Parthenon on Tuesday and the Greek side...


 Turks look to history and foresee rebirth of ancient Antakya from earthquake ruins

Turks look to history and foresee rebirth of ancient Antakya from ea...

March 07, 2023 08:06 PM AEDT | By Reuters

By Ali Kucukgocmen and Ezgi Erkoyun ANTAKYA, Turkey (Reuters) - Remnants of ancient Abrahamic history were destroyed when an earthquake flattened much...


 Holy oil for King Charles' coronation consecrated in Jerusalem

Holy oil for King Charles' coronation consecrated in Jerusalem

March 04, 2023 09:31 AM AEDT | By Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - The sacred oil which will be used to anoint King Charles at his coronation in May has been consecrated in Jerusalem, reflecting the...


 Ultra-conservative Israeli minister quits, will back Netanyahu in parliament

Ultra-conservative Israeli minister quits, will back Netanyahu in pa...

February 28, 2023 06:40 AM AEDT | By Reuters

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An ultra-conservative Jewish politician on Monday said he was resigning from his role in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's gov...


 Ancient bodies found in Mexico City show shared Catholic, pre-Hispanic graves

Ancient bodies found in Mexico City show shared Catholic, pre-Hispan...

February 22, 2023 10:53 AM AEDT | By Reuters

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The remains of 28 human bodies buried at least four hundred years ago in Mexico indicate the comingling of pre-Hispanic and Ca...


 Anti-Semitism incidents in UK fall from record high

Anti-Semitism incidents in UK fall from record high

February 09, 2023 11:26 AM AEDT | By Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - The number of anti-Semitic incidents in Britain last year fell by more than a quarter from a record high seen in 2021, but an incre...


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