Topic: Religion
Three popular African singers have released a CD in collaboration with Vatican Radio to spread the message of the African Synod and mark the pope's upcoming trip to Benin, the Vatican said Monday.The most famous is Congolese rumba musician Papa Wemba -- ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Regular attendance at religious services is associated with a more optimistic outlook and a lesser inclination to be depressed, compared to those who do not attend services at all, a study concluded on Thursday.The study's findings supports previous research ...
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict plans to visit Mexico and Cuba next year, the Vatican said on Thursday.The Vatican spokesman said the trip to the two Latin American countries would likely take place in the spring. It will be his first ...
A building-sized edifice carved with the Bible's Ten Commandments was unveiled Wednesday in the Philippines, making it the largest tablet of its kind, according to Guinness World Records.The tablet, a copy of the rules supposedly handed down by God to Moses on ...
Tunisia's Islamist party Ennahda, tipped to dominate elections later this month, on Saturday condemned an attack on the home of a television chief over alleged blasphemy, denying any role in it.But Ennahda party chief Rached Ghannouchi equally accused the Nessma television station ...
Ricky Martin's October 16 concert at the Choci Sosa stadium in Tegucigalpa, Honduras will proceed as scheduledRicky Martin's October 16 concert at the Choci Sosa stadium in Tegucigalpa, Honduras will proceed as scheduled, despite calls from religious leaders to keep the singer ...
Hundreds of people staged rallies across Pakistan on Friday demanding the release of a police commando sentenced to death for killing a provincial governor who wanted to reform controversial blasphemy laws.The Pakistani anti-terror court on Saturday found Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri, one ...
"Are women allowed to do a full body wax?" Just an everyday question for the "fatwa" desk at Darululoom Deoband, a famed cradle of conservative Islamic thought in north India.Hundreds of queries seeking guidance on every aspect of social and religious life ...
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday took up the issue of separation of church and state, accepting the case of a teacher who was fired from a religious school and later filed a discrimination claim.The female teacher, who was let go by ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court considered on Wednesday whether the federal government can examine employment practices of religious groups, a case raising important church-state separation issues.The high court appeared to struggle with how to draw the line in such cases so ...
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