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The Church of England will not permit gay civil partnership ceremonies on its premises without the express permission of its general assembly, it said on Saturday.New laws allowing same sex "weddings" to be conducted in places of worship in England and Wales ...

Sikh athletes and spectators will be able to wear ceremonial daggers around the London 2012 Olympic sites, organisers said Sunday.Security will be tight at all Games venues, with Britain prepared to deploy surface-to-air missiles to protect London during the event, Defence Secretary ...

Hundreds of hardline Islamists protested outside France's embassy in Cairo on Friday against a French satirical newspaper that published pictures of the Muslim prophet, the state MENA news agency reported.The news agency quoted Khaled Said, the spokesman of the Salafi group that ...

Germany on Wednesday marked the 73rd anniversary of the Nazi pogrom that paved the way to the Holocaust with solemn ceremonies throughout the country and the opening of a new synagogue.The Kristallnacht pogrom, also known as the Night of Broken Glass, saw ...

LONDON (Reuters) - St Paul's Cathedral, in the heart of London's financial district, has always occupied a delicate spot between God and Mammon. The tent protest on its doorstep has turned it into an excruciating one.The domed church, which survived the blitz ...

Britain's first turban-wearing Sikh peer took his seat as an independent member of the House of Lords on Monday.Indarjit Singh pledged his allegiance to the Queen during an elaborate ceremony in the upper house's chamber. The 79-year-old journalist and broadcaster, who is ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Pope Benedict's visit to his German homeland was bound to provoke harsh words from his critics. The surprise of the event was how bluntly he took his own Church to task and disappointed Protestants ready to work with him.Despite ...

Pope Benedict XVI's first state visit to his native Germany fell far short of the expectations of sex abuse victims and those clamouring for a more open and tolerant Church.Benedict's four-day marathon, which wrapped up Sunday, taking in Berlin, the former communist ...

Pope Benedict XVI flew out of his native Germany Sunday after celebrating mass with around 100,000 on the final day of a visit that has disappointed many inside and outside the Church.The two-hour mass was one of the high points of an ...

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Topic: Western Europe

Church of England against 'gay wedding' use

Sikhs can carry daggers to Olympic Games

Cairo Islamists protest French paper's prophet cartoon

Germany marks 'day of shame' on pogrom anniversary

St Paul's, caught between God and Mammon in tent protest

First Sikh peer takes UK House of Lords seat

First Sikh peer takes House of Lords seat

Analysis: Pope disappoints hopes of Catholics and Protestants

Pope fails to satisfy on first state visit 'home'

Open-air mass wraps up pope's first 'home' state visit

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