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Paris: tight security as Muslims attend Friday prayers

Muslims across Paris have attended Friday prayers, one week after the terror attacks which claimed the lives of 130 people. Security was tight around

World

Radicalised Muslims 'are victims', says top Brussels imam

Belgium’s Muslim community say they have been shocked by recent events in Paris and Brussels. euronews’s Charles Salamé on Thursday interviewed the

France

Jewish teacher is stabbed in Marseille by ISIL supporters

A Jewish teacher in the French city of Marseille was taken to hospital following a knife attack by three youths professing to be ISIL supporters. The

France

Muslims in France pray for peace

Muslims throughout France have been showing solidarity with their fellow citizens. There are around five million followers of Islam in the country

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Macedonian Postcards: The Saint Jovan Bigorski Monastery

In this episode of Macedonian Postcards we discover more of the beautiful Mavrovo National Park

Series

Away from the madding crowd, in a Macedonian monastery

Vatican

Journalists investigated in Vatican leaks scandal

The internal scandal surrounding the papacy intensified on Thursday as the Vatican asked the authorities to investigate two Italian journalists

Italy

Pope Francis in Prato denounces exploitation of migrant workers

Pope Francis on a visit to Prato, a small town near Florence, denounced the exploitation of migrant workers and the sweatshop conditions many are

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Bolivia's Day of the Skulls

Bolivians celebrated on Sunday an ancient tradition rooted in indigenous practices where people adorn and honour skulls, called “natitas”, which they

Vatican

Pope condemns recent Vatican leaks as 'a betrayal of trust'

Pope Francis has used his weekly Sunday address to thousands of people gathered in St Peter’s Square to condemn the recent leak of sensitive Vatican

Myanmar

The lone Muslim campaigning in Myanmar's stronghold of radical Buddhism

Turkey

1000-year-old Bible found in Turkey

Police in Turkey have recovered a Bible thought to be a thousand years old. The holy book,which was found in the central Turkish city of Tokat, is

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Pope Francis closes synod calling for a more 'compassionate' church

Pope Francis closed a contentious bishops’ meeting on family issues on Sunday. He called for a more open-hearted, compassionate Church rooted in

Vatican

Synod reaches uneasy compromise as Pope takes on conservatives

The Pope appears to have reached some form of agreement with the conservative clergy at an often tetchy synod on the family. The synod voted to allow

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The day of mourning: Ashura

The day of mourning: Ashura Thousands of Hezbollah supporters and Shi’ite Muslims took to the streets of Lebanon on Saturday to mark the anniversary

Vatican

Pope Francis proclaims married couple saints in historic ceremony

Four new Catholic saints were proclaimed by Pope Francis on Sunday at a mass for some 65,000 people in St Peter’s Square. Those canonised included

Nigeria

'Dozens dead' in Nigeria mosque blasts

Dozens of people are reported dead after a double suicide attack at a mosque in northeast Nigeria. It happened during evening prayers on Thursday in

Vatican

#Vatican: Pope asks for forgiveness but does not say why

The Pope has asked members of the Catholic Church for forgiveness. It is an unprecedented step, the reasons for which the Vatican has not clarified

Hungary

Hungary's Muslims and Jews see no problem taking in refugees

How will they fit in? What influence will religion have? Refugees entering Hungary by the thousands might want to move on, to Germany or Sweden, but

Vatican

Catholic synod overshadowed by Church's 'homophobia'

Pope Francis presided over a vigil in St. Peter’s Square on Saturday (October 3) ahead of the synod, a three-week meeting of bishops from around the