RELIGION

The weight of hundreds of years of history will be felt as Pope Francis and Russia’s Orthodox Patriarch Kirill meet in Cuba amid suggestions the Kremlin may gain politically from the encounter.

Mardi Gras occurs the last day before the beginning of Lent, a period of fasting and repentance leading up to Easter.

About 2,000 people, mostly women, protested the ban in capital Sarajevo carrying banners that read “Hijab is my Daily Choice,” “Hijab is my Right” or “Hijab is my Life.”

In a vote Thursday, the multinational body unanimously labeled the terror group's targeting of Christians and Yazidis as a war crime.

The event marks a rare time when Democrats and Republicans come together to bond over their shared belief in the Christian faith.

Wednesday’s trip to the Islamic Society of Baltimore Wednesday will mark the president’s first visit to an American mosque, but he has frequently commented on Muslims in the past.

The terrorist organization has been called un-Islamic, but the charge of apostasy by John Kerry carries a death sentence in several majority-Muslim countries.

The women serve as emissary-representatives for the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, a worldwide Jewish community.

The event is being held to examine the rights of religious minorities in Muslim-majority communities, in theory and in practice.

Jack Letts is surprised by reports that he had joined ISIS and married an Iraqi woman. His family says he's a humanitarian aid worker, not a terrorist.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist said he relates to Jenner and understands aspects of her experience as a transgender woman.

Fifty-five people, including governors and civil servants within former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, allegedly stole $9 billion.

Access to the site was restored Monday after Google executives arrived at an arrangement with Pakistani officials.

The day was established by the Baha’i community in the United States in 1950 to help foster interfaith dialogue and improve understanding among the world's religions.

Maj. Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari says the rise of extremism and general turmoil in the region are signs the Mahdi is on the way.

Zvi Ammar, the head of Marseille's Israelite Consistory, appealed not to wear "kippa" a day after a teen attacked a Jewish man wearing the brimless cap.

The government has proposed new regulations of religious bodies in the country, which bishops call an attack.

Some 3.3 million Muslims currently live in the U.S., representing about 1 percent of the populace, a Pew estimate says.

Some right-wing analysts have called it a “Muslim war-cry,” but it’s actually a phrase commonly used by Muslims worldwide.

The French weekly saw a huge surge immediately after the January 2015 terror attack on its offices, but sales have declined since.

A month after Gambia was declared an Islamic republic, it banned female government employees from showing hair at work.