Pope Francis ended his Asian tour Sunday in the Philippines with an open-air mass that drew about 7 million people, making it the largest papal event in history, according to reports. The Pope reminded the crowd packed into Rizal Park and the surrounding areas to be committed to the poor and ...
Hundreds of thousands of people protested in Russia\'s Chechnya region Monday against what their leader Ramzan Kadyrov called the \"vulgar and immoral\" cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad published by French newspaper Charlie Hebdo. Many of the protestors held signs saying \"Hands off the Prophet ...
15 people were arrested Friday for suspected terrorist activities after a dozen raids around Brussels and in Verviers, according to reports. Belgian investigators uncovered a plot to kill police officers across the country that was \"within hours or days\" of coming to fruition.
Pope Francis landed in Sri Lanka Tuesday, Jan. 13, for the start of his weeklong tour across Asia. The pontiff\'s goal is to help restore relations between religious and ethnic groups, according to reports.
Islam is dated to the early part of the 7th century, but its roots go even deeper and include influences from Christianity and Judaism.
A Catholic church was vandalized in west New Delhi, India, Wednesday, the fourth such incident that has occurred across the city in the past two months, according to reports. Christian advocates say that the attacks are being coordinated by Hindu miscreants who want a Hindu-only India.
Pope Francis has condemned the Paris attacks, but also said that there are limits to free speech. While the Catholic leader is currently taking a tour of Asia, he also elaborated on his ideas about the Paris terror attacks and the right to criticize faith.
Two people are dead after Belgian counter-terrorist police raided an apartment containing suspected Islamist jihadists on Thursday, according to reports. Officials say the alleged terrorists had just returned from Syria and were close to launching \"large-scale\" attacks in the vein of the Paris ...
France has deployed 10,000 troops all-over the country and sent almost 5,000 police to protect Jewish sites as they search for alleged accomplices to the attackers who claimed the lives of 17 people last week.
French President Francois Hollande spoke at the Arab World Institute in Paris Thursday and told the country\'s 5 million Muslims that \"Islam is compatible with democracy.\" Hollande\'s speech comes amid scattered attacks against mosques and growing anti-Muslim sentiment in countries like Germany.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday his planned visit to France was to give a \"big hug\" to Paris in response to the deadly attack last week by Islamist gunmen on the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo.
Indonesian divers pulled out the cockpit voice recorder from the sunken wreckage of an AirAsia jet Tuesday, which will help determine the cause of the crash that killed all 162 people aboard. Officials have stated that the plane could have exploded before impacting the water, but that theory is ...