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Armed gangs have been kidnapping people, including priests, for ransom from villages and on highways increasing insecurity in Nigeria.

Two priests went on trial, one charged with repeatedly raping an altar boy in a youth seminary and the other of covering up the attacks.

A pastoral letter by Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) sent to priests urged Catholics to pray for victims from Saturday until All Saints' Day on Nov. 1.

Pope Francis told gossip-loving priests and nuns to bite their tongues, and warned those breaking their vow of obedience to fall into line sharpish.

The movie "Spotlight" of reporters investigating paedophile Roman Catholic priests deals with just a fraction sexual predation in the Church, its director Tom McCarthy says.

Pope Francis will give all priests discretion during the Roman Catholic Church's Holy Year to formally forgive women who have had abortions.

Pope Francis will meet victims of paedophile priests for the first time on Monday, as a Vatican commission moves to address the problem of clerical sex abuse in developing countries.

Voodoo dolls of Colombian star James Rodriguez, candles in Brazil colors and prayers to deities, Neymar and co are getting full support from the World Cup hosts' Afro-Brazilian religions.

The Vatican on Friday rejected claims that Pope Francis failed to do enough to protect two priests kidnapped and tortured during Argentina's military rule, saying he had in fact helped save lives.

Britain's most senior Roman Catholic cleric resigned as head of the Catholic Church in Scotland in the wake of claims that he made sexual advances towards priests.

Activists fighting for justice for victims of sexual abuse by Catholic priests hold out little hope for progress under the next pope.

Australia's most senior Catholic cleric on Monday apologised to those who "suffered at the hands" of priests and religious teachers after a turbulent year for the Church.

A football match between Muslim imams and Catholic priests has helped raise funds for a new kindergarten in Bosnia.

Donald Trump says he would impose the tariffs until China stops the flow of illegal drugs, particularly fentanyl, into the United States.

Topping the demands of Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party is the release of all its leaders, including Khan, who has been jailed on a series of corruption charges since August 2023.

The report highlights that "60 per cent of all female homicides" are committed by "people closely related to them".

Two subsea cables, one linking Finland and Germany and the other connecting Sweden to Lithuania, were damaged in less than 24 hours.

It is clear that adding more lanes and highways doesn't work, because we are still attempting the same approach to solve the issue.

This investment includes efforts to upgrade INOKOM's existing assembly capacity to meet Hyundai's automotive needs.

'C4Cinta', directed by young filmmaker Karthik Shamalan, has set a new benchmark in Malaysian Tamil cinema.

The court denied bail and scheduled case mention on Feb 7 for the submission of forensic, autopsy, and chemist reports.

The classroom assessment approach offers a much more interesting learning ecosystem, says Fadhlina Sidek.

Google and Meta says the government should wait for the results of an age-verification trial before going ahead.