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US ambassador causes uproar by claiming Israel has a right to much of the Middle East

10:36 AM on Saturday, February 21

Arab and Muslim countries are sharply condemning comments by the U.S. ambassador to Israel, who said in an interview that Israel had a right to much of the Middle East

The bones of St. Francis are going on public display, a mixed blessing for Assisi

10:18 AM on Saturday, February 21

Assisi is putting the bones of St. Francis on public display for the first time, and the town is bracing for a huge crush of pilgrims

She was an orphan adopted from Iran by a US veteran. The Trump administration wants to deport her

7:30 AM on Saturday, February 21

A woman adopted as a toddler by an American war veteran, who he found in the 1970s in an Iranian orphanage and raised as a Christian, is being threatened with deportation to Iran, a country notoriously dangerous for Christians and on the brink of war with the United States

Court clears way for Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments in classrooms to take effect

7:48 PM on Friday, February 20

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has cleared the way for a Louisiana law requiring displays of the Ten Commandments in public classrooms to take effect

Olympics visitors are invited beyond the Duomo to Milan's other stunning churches

10:33 AM on Friday, February 20

With the Winter Olympics drawing visitors to Milan, volunteers organized by the archdiocese’s youth ministry office are offering free visits to some of the city’s lesser-known churches

Buddhist monks rally in Sri Lanka to pressure the government for a wider role in affairs of state

8:26 AM on Friday, February 20

Hundreds of Buddhist monks have rallied in the capital of Sri Lanka to protest alleged government disrespect of their religion and disregard for a long-standing tradition that they be consulted in matters of state

Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia reaches its maximum height after more than a century

7:55 AM on Friday, February 20

Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia church has reached its maximum height with the placement of a cross on its central Tower of Jesus Christ

Ramadan's first Friday prayers are held at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque

7:01 AM on Friday, February 20

Tens of thousands of Palestinians gathered under heavy Israeli restrictions at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for the first Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, including some who were allowed to enter from the occupied West Bank

A macabre dispute has kept the body of Zambia's former president unburied for months

1:34 AM on Friday, February 20

A bitter feud in Zambia has left former President Edgar Lungu’s body unburied in a South African funeral home for more than eight months

Kosovo's Catholics and Muslims mark Ash Wednesday and Ramadan in one week

2:48 PM on Thursday, February 19

Kosovo’s religious diversity came to light this week as the Balkan nation’s Christian and Muslim communities both embarked on a traditional period of fasting and spiritual reflection

Breakaway Catholic group rejects Vatican talks, indicating collision course for pope

11:54 AM on Thursday, February 19

A breakaway Catholic traditionalist group has rejected the Vatican’s offer of talks

Why Michelangelo’s ‘Last Judgment’ endures

8:44 AM on Thursday, February 19

Pope's grand tour of Italy over the next few months takes him to Lampedusa on July 4

7:21 AM on Thursday, February 19

The Vatican has announced that Pope Leo XIV will travel up and down the Italian peninsula over the next few months

Catholics return to confession focused on grace, not a get-out-of-hell-free card

7:10 AM on Thursday, February 19

The Lenten period for penance started this week with Ash Wednesday and Catholic priests are happily bracing for long lines outside the confessional

Israeli settlers kill 19-year-old Palestinian American, officials and witnesses say

6:41 AM on Thursday, February 19

The Palestinian Health Ministry and a witness say that Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank shot and killed a Palestinian American in an attack on a village

The travertine quarries that built ancient Rome are carving rock for a new generation of temples

1:17 AM on Thursday, February 19

The same travertine quarries near Rome that built St. Peter’s Basilica and the Colosseum are still being dug out today, providing the distinctive pock-marked rock to build a new generation of churches, temples and mosques worldwide

Christians mark Ash Wednesday, beginning the Lenten Season in photos

7:54 PM on Wednesday, February 18

How one displaced family in Gaza is observing Ramadan's first day under a fragile ceasefire deal

5:35 PM on Wednesday, February 18

Ramadan has begun in Gaza under a fragile ceasefire deal, but many say the joyous spirit of the month has disappeared

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