Religion

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican on Monday will make its most detailed defense yet against claims that it is liable for U.S. bishops who allowed priests to molest children, saying bishops are not its […] […]

THE house of Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks, who sparked controversy by drawing the Prophet Mohammed with the body of a dog, was targeted in an arson attack. “The damage is rather minor. Part of the […] […]

PASTOR of Stella Maris Roman Catholic Church Father Michael Lewis yesterday called on Jamaica’s politicians to be honest and to put the country’s welfare before their own. Father Lewis, who was delivering the sermon at […] […]

Well I never. Before anyone start to believe , or want to lynch me, I am not homophobic. I believe people should be allowed to be who they are.  This however, should not be forced […] […]

PORTMORE mayor Keith Hinds this morning urged the church community to step up their role in the fight against crime in the country. Hinds was speaking at the Registrar General Department’s (RGD) 14th annual prayer […] […]

A POWERFUL Islamic seminary in northern India has issued a fatwa, or decree, against Muslims working in banks, a spokesman says, deeming it a violation of Islamic law. The ruling by the Darul-Uloom Deoband, India’s […] […]

THE Pope yesterday condemned gay marriage and abortion as “among the most insidious and dangerous challenges” to society, as Portugal prepared to legalise same-sex partnerships next week. Benedict also criticised Catholics “ashamed” of their faith […] […]

LISBON, Portugal – In his most thorough admission of the church’s guilt in the clerical sex-abuse scandal, Pope Benedict XVI said Tuesday that the greatest persecution of the institution “is born from the sins within […] […]

For some people, Jerusalem is a heavenly city that crowns their religious beliefs. For others, it’s a bitter reality, with poverty, religious and territorial issues creating deep divisions between Israelis and Palestinians. But Wednesday, as […] […]

A 20-year-old woman was hacked to death by her father, brothers and cousins for daring to marry without her family’s consent. The victim, named only as Soni, was the same caste as her groom, but […] […]