Tom Heneghan – Page 10

French Catholic Church pro-marriage prayer provokes gay rights row

December 24, 2018 at 12:33 p.m.

PARIS (Reuters) - Roman Catholic congregations in churches across France prayed for traditional marriage on Wednesday, provoking accusations of homophobia from gay rights groups as Paris prepares to legalize same-sex...

French mayor retreats after suspending fasting Muslims

August 23, 2021 at 11:41 a.m.

PARIS (Reuters) - A French mayor has revoked the suspension of four Muslim camp counselors following an uproar after he said they could not work properly because they might be...

French mayor retreats after suspending fasting Muslims

December 24, 2018 at 11:19 a.m.

PARIS (Reuters) - A French mayor has revoked the suspension of four Muslim camp counselors following an uproar after he said they could not work properly because they might be...

Ultra-Orthodox feel they are in “dialogue of deaf” with secular Israel

August 23, 2021 at 10:26 a.m.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Zalman Deren spends his days studying the Torah in a small synagogue near the Western Wall in Jerusalem. He's young and able-bodied, with a wife and three...

Ultra-Orthodox feel they are in “dialogue of deaf” with secular Israel

December 24, 2018 at 9:04 a.m.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Zalman Deren spends his days studying the Torah in a small synagogue near the Western Wall in Jerusalem. He's young and able-bodied, with a wife and three...

Vatican has long history of intrigue and controversy

August 23, 2021 at 8:25 a.m.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict is fighting the worst crisis of his papacy, but his problems are only the latest in a long history of controversies and intrigue in...

Vatican has long history of intrigue and controversy

December 24, 2018 at 5:37 a.m.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict is fighting the worst crisis of his papacy, but his problems are only the latest in a long history of controversies and intrigue in...

As Dutch churches shut, sacred art finds new use abroad

August 23, 2021 at 5:43 a.m.

â??S-HERTOGENBOSCH, Netherlands (Reuters) - When Christianity fades, it doesn't just leave empty pews behind. With each church that shuts, the statues, crucifixes, chalices, paintings or vestments that were part of...

As Dutch churches shut, sacred art finds new use abroad

December 24, 2018 at 2:19 a.m.

â??S-HERTOGENBOSCH, Netherlands (Reuters) - When Christianity fades, it doesn't just leave empty pews behind. With each church that shuts, the statues, crucifixes, chalices, paintings or vestments that were part of...

France bars four more Islamic preachers from entry

August 23, 2021 at 3:28 a.m.

PARIS (Reuters) - France barred four Islamic preachers from entering the country on Thursday after banning prominent preacher Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawi and another Egyptian cleric who wanted to attend a...

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