RELIGION

Nuns alleging abuse by former Jesuit Marko Rupnik plead with Francis for investigation
- By West virginia digital
- . February 21, 2024
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Ex-nuns who say they suffered abuse at the Loyola religious community co-founded by former Jesuit priest

Historic New Delhi mosque is the latest Muslim heritage site to face demolition
- By West virginia digital
- . February 21, 2024
NEW DELHI, India (RNS) — On a roundabout at a lively intersection of Sunehri Bagh Road, at the heart of

The suspects in a Kenyan doomsday cult are ordered to be hospitalized after a hunger strike
- By West virginia digital
- . February 21, 2024
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A Kenyan magistrate Tuesday ordered the main suspect in a doomsday starvation cult and 94 of

Despite reforms, victims say church’s in-house processes to handle sex abuse cases retraumatizes
- By West virginia digital
- . February 21, 2024
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Five years ago this week, Pope Francis convened an unprecedented summit of bishops from around the

Why having human remains land on the Moon poses difficult questions for members of several religions
- By West virginia digital
- . February 21, 2024
(The Conversation) — Sending human remains to the Moon on the first commercial lunar lander, Peregrine 1, on Jan. 8,

Biden sanctions aim to curb Jewish settler attacks. Some Israelis fear a wider impact.
- By West virginia digital
- . February 19, 2024
JERUSALEM (RNS) — Attacks by Jewish settlers on Palestinians in the West Bank have continued despite sanctions that President Biden

The keeper of the Vatican’s secrets is retiring. Here’s what he wants you to know
- By West virginia digital
- . February 19, 2024
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican has been trying for years to debunk the idea that its vaunted secret archives

Documentary about the murders of 3 Muslims explores religious hatred
- By West virginia digital
- . February 19, 2024
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) — Nine years ago this month, three Muslim students of Middle Eastern descent were having dinner in

Here’s why many Argentinians are devoted to a first lady who died in 1952
- By West virginia digital
- . February 19, 2024
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Early every morning, just as she reaches her workplace at a labor union in Buenos

New York Archdiocese denounces transgender activist’s funeral, holds Mass of Reparation
- By West virginia digital
- . February 19, 2024
(AP) —The funeral of a renowned transgender activist in a New York cathedral elicited a denunciation of the event by