Pope to visit Mongolia at end of summer in visit rich in geopolitical significance
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is traveling to Mongolia at the end of the summer, a visit that will be a first for a pontiff...
Pope warns of risk of corruption in missionary fundraising after AP investigation
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis warned the Vatican’s missionary fundraisers on Saturday not to allow financial corruption to creep into their work, insisting that spirituality...
Full-steam ahead to honour faith, keep Shabbat on track
In the religious home I grew up in, Sunday was viewed as a day of rest (and going to church). Play was allowed, but no work....
Ancient Knights of Malta gets its first nonaristocratic head
ROME (AP) — A Canadian lawyer who found his vocation caring for AIDS patients in Harlem has been elected the grand master of the Knights of...
Pope greets Russian Orthodox envoy amid peace mission talk
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Wednesday greeted the foreign envoy of the Russian Orthodox Church, just days after revealing a secret “mission” was under...
Canadian Foodgrains Bank saving lives in Somalia
THOUSANDS of malnourished children in Somalia are being kept alive thanks to support from a local aid organization. Stefan Epp-Koop, humanitarian program director for Canadian Foodgrains...
Muslim charity alleges systemic bias in bid to halt revenue agency’s ‘tainted’ audit
OTTAWA – A grassroots Muslim charity is pointing to internal Canada Revenue Agency documents in a bid to persuade an Ontario court that a long-running federal...
Embattled Minnesota college head to retire next year
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The president of a private university in Minnesota that was criticized for firing a professor who showed a depiction of the...
Passover Seders offer a time to talk about Israel protests
NEW YORK (AP) — Marc Slutsky has been leading Passover Seders for 40 years, taking on troubling issues that have included Soviet Jewry, racism in the...
Jewish school principal in Australia guilty of sexual abuse
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The former principal of a Jewish girls school in Australia was found guilty Monday of sexually abusing two students. Malka Leifer, 56,...