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Bosnia and Herzegovina

Pope Francis calls for peace and reconciliation on visit to Sarajevo

Pope Francis has travelled to Bosnia Herzegovina with the aim of promoting peace and reconciliation twenty years after the end of the civil war that

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Pope visits Sarajevo marking 20th anniversary end of conflict

Pope Francis has urged Bosnians to seek lasting ethnic and religious harmony as he visited the former Yugloslav republic 20 years after it emerged

USA

Court win for Muslim woman denied job for wearing head scarf

The US Supreme Court has ruled in favour of a Muslim woman who was denied a job because she was wearing a head scarf for religious reasons. Samantha

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Syria

For Western female jihadis, Syria is one-way journey

For hundreds of Western girls joining Islamist groups, Syria is a one-way journey. Only two in approximately 600 are known to have made it out of the

El Salvador

Murdered Archbishop Oscar Romero beatified in El Salvador

The archbishop who challenged the former military dictatorship and paid the price with his life has been beatified - the last step before being declared a saint - before a huge crowd in San Salvador.

Netherlands

Dutch set to ban full-face veil

The Dutch cabinet has approved plans for a partial ban on wearing the face-covering Islamic veil in public places including schools, hospitals and on

France

French Protestant Church backs gay marriage

France’s United Protestant Church (EPUdF) has voted to allow pastors to bless same-sex marriages. The move comes two years after Paris legalised gay

Vatican

Pope Francis canonises two Palestinian nuns days after state recognition

The Pope has named two Palestinian nuns as saints during a Sunday ceremony in St Peter’s Square. The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was among

Vatican

Pope praises Abbas as 'angel of peace' before canonisation of Palestinian nuns

Pope Francis met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday and called him an ‘angel of peace’. The meeting at the Vatican came days after it

Turkey

Turkish PM offers his 'deep respect' to Ottoman Armenians

The prime minister of Turkey Ahmet Davutoğlu has offered his deep respect to Ottoman Armenians who lost their lives during what he described as “the

Vatican

Pope meets Rabbis and warns about dangers of anti-Semitism

Receiving a delegation from the Conference of European Rabbis for the first time on Monday, Pope Francis has warned about mounting anti-Semitism. He

Italy

Turin shroud on public display

The controversial Shroud of Turin is back on display for the first time in five years. The ancient piece of linen now on public view at Turin

Uruguay

Pope Francis's iPad fetches 28,500 euros at auction

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Ukraine: street water fight to celebrate "Wet Monday"

Greece

Greek troops serve up a roast on Easter Sunday

Hundreds of austerity-hit Greeks join soldiers at an army camp near Athens to eat a traditional roast lamb dinner at a holiday feast organised by the Ministry of Defence.

Ukraine

Hundreds of Kyiv citizens celebrated Easter

Hundreds of Kyiv citizens celebrated Easter at St Michael’s Cathedral over the weekend. The blue church has become a symbol of Ukraine’s Maiden

Vatican

Pope Francis refers to 'genocide' over WWI massacre of Armenians

Pope Francis has quoted the word “genocide” in referring to the mass killings of Armenians 100 years ago, under Ottoman rule in World War I. His

World News

Prayers for peace as Russia and Ukraine observe Orthodox Easter

From Kyiv to Moscow, it is Orthodox Easter. And while leaders are divided over the conflict in Ukraine, they have been united in observing sacred

Israel

Thousands gather at the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem for the start of Orthodox Easter

Thousands of Orthodox Christians gathered at the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem for the annual event known as, “the miracle of the Holy Fire”. on the