Religion

The Vatican yesterday said it had “nothing to hide” after it emerged that Zimbabwe’s president Robert Mugabe, widely condemned over human rights abuses, would be among the dignitaries attending Sunday’s beatification of Pope John Paul […] […]

VATICAN CITY—Pope Benedict XVI led a crowd of faithful in Palm Sunday Mass and lamented that man’s amazing achievements have increased the possibilities for evil as well as good. Waving palm fronds and olive branches, […] […]

A CONTROVERSIAL US evangelical preacher oversaw the burning of a copy of the Koran today in a small Florida church after finding the Muslim holy book “guilty” of crimes. The burning in Gainesville was carried […] […]

ROME—Crucifixes in public school classrooms do not violate a student’s freedom of conscience, a European high court ruled Friday in a verdict welcomed by the Vatican in its campaign to remind the continent of its […] […]

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia—Malaysia’s government agreed Tuesday to release some 35,000 imported Bibles seized by customs officials amid a dispute over their use of the word “Allah” as a translation for God. The decision was a […] […]

An annual celebration of the 1929 treaty that governs relations between Italy and the Vatican took an awkward turn yesterday, when Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who is engulfed in a prostitution scandal, attended a ceremony […] […]

CIVIL and religious rights group have demanded the dismissal of Indonesia’s Religious Affairs Minister. Suryadharma Ali is under fire after the mob killing of three devotees of Ahmadiyah, a sect he wants banned. A coalition […] […]

VATICAN CITY—The Vatican will host an international conference in May on preventing AIDS and caring for those afflicted with it amid continued confusion over its position concerning condoms as a way to prevent HIV transmission. […] […]

The exiled Tibetan Buddhist community is in turmoil at the questioning of one of its most important religious leaders by Indian police after large sums of Chinese currency were found at his monastery, forcing him […] […]

VATICAN CITY—Pope Benedict XVI told priests Saturday to do a better job counseling would-be spouses to ensure their marriages last and said no one has an absolute right to a wedding. Benedict made the comments […] […]