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Umberto Eco, author of monastery thriller ‘The Name of the Rose,’ has died
By Reuters — February 20, 2016
The Italian professor wrote 20 books but was best known for his theology-laden detective story set in a 14th Century monastery.
Vatican to Trump: It’s not ‘personal,’ it’s religion
By Reuters — February 19, 2016
Trump's outrage cooled after he first called Francis' comment "disgraceful." Now, he calls the pope "wonderful."
Harper Lee, author of “To Kill a Mockingbird,’ has died
By Reuters — February 19, 2016
Decades after 'Mockingbird,' tale of race, justice and love in the South, Lee revisited Atticus and Scout Finch in a 2015 novel filled with Christian moral argument.
Trump calls Pope Francis ‘disgraceful’ for questioning his faith
By Reuters — February 18, 2016
Francis should wish for a Trump presidency to protect the Vatican from ISIS, the angry candidate said after the pope called him "not Christian."
Pope Francis calls Trump ‘not Christian’
By Reuters — February 18, 2016
Talking with media on his way home from Mexico, the pope also ruled out abortion for pregnant women fearing Zika but left the door open on contraception.
Rights groups sue over ‘Muslim-free’ Oklahoma gun range
By Reuters — February 18, 2016
A lawyer for the gun range, which refused to serve an Army reservist who's Muslim, said there's no law that the range has to "equip or train the next jihadist."
In Juarez, pope slams hell faced by migrants, blasts ‘slave driver’ capitalists
By Reuters — February 17, 2016
On his final day in Mexico, Pope Francis went to the border to decry "grave injustices" faced by migrants, and he issued a scathing critique of capitalism.
Australian abuse victims crowdfund trip to Rome to confront Cardinal Pell
By Reuters — February 17, 2016
After he was excused from traveling home to testify in a clergy sex abuse hearing, victims raised funds to fly to Rome to witness Pell's video testimony.
Pope Francis to Mexican youth: ‘Jesus would never ask us to be hit men’
By Reuters — February 16, 2016
Even as he begged young people in Mexico's gang-infested heartland to shun drug traffickers, he chided authorities for failing to offer them better opportunities.
Israeli kibbutz where Sanders once served feels ‘the Bern’
By Reuters — February 16, 2016
The community is proud of him, although no one remembers him at the northern Israel farm with socialist roots.
Kentucky ‘Viagra’ bill counters anti-abortion laws
By Reuters — February 15, 2016
The bill plays on anti-abortion measures' religious-based restrictions by requiring men who seek erectile dysfunction drugs to get a note from their wives and swear on the Bible to be faithful.
Pope courts indigenous Mexicans as Catholic fervor fades
By Reuters — February 15, 2016
The pope, at a Mass in Chiapas, quoted a sacred Mayan text and drew comparisons between Catholic and indigenous values.
Hindu-Muslim divide fuels India election tensions
By Reuters — February 15, 2016
The prime minister's Hindu nationalist party needs Uttar Pradesh, a state with a signfiicant bloc of Muslims, to control parliament
Pope criticizes Mexico’s rich and corrupt elite
By Reuters — February 14, 2016
MEXICO CITY - Celebrating Mass in front of hundreds of thousands in one of Mexico's poorest and most dangerous cities, Francis decries "a society of the few and for the few."
Pope decries corruption and drugs in Mexico
By Reuters — February 13, 2016
MEXICO CITY - Francis exhorts Mexico's bishops to take a more active stand against the drug trade, which he says "devours like a metastasis.""
