Religion and Beliefs
The 85-year-old spiritual leader received his first shot of the vaccine in Dharmsala, a town in northern India.
The pontiff and Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani delivered a powerful message of peaceful coexistence during their meeting in the holy city of Najaf.
Pope Francis brushed aside the coronavirus pandemic and security concerns to make his first-ever papal visit to the country.
Pope Francis will meet Iraq's Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, a prominent figure in Shiite Islam, to issue a joint call for peace.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
People who convert to Judaism through the Reform and Conservative movements are Jewish, Israel's High Court of Justice has declared.
Visiting a country with a fragile health care system in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic is not a good idea, infectious disease experts said.
Hundreds of Christian leaders have signed a letter rejecting Christian nationalism and conspiracy theories.
Alex Garcia, a Honduran immigrant, has been living inside a Missouri church since 2017 to avoid deportation.
Pastor Jim Conrad's Georgia church was expelled from the Southern Baptist Convention for accepting a queer couple and their kids as members.
Archbishop Joseph Naumann also commended a priest who denied Communion to President Joe Biden two years ago.