Religion

Religious leaders in Kenya have urged rival politicians to pursue peace following a day of violence that ended with a church and buildings attached to a mosque being attacked in Nairobi, local media reported. On Monday protests called by opposition leader Raila Odinga led to clashes with police. A farm …

A bus carrying pilgrims to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, burst into flames after a collision on a bridge on Monday, killing at least 20 people and injuring around 30 others, according to Saudi state television. The accident, which took place in the province of Asir, underlines the constant challenge of the …

More than 2,000 mummified rams’ heads dating from the Ptolemaic era have been discovered in the Temple of Ramses II in the ancient city of Abydos in southern Egypt, authorities said on Sunday. Mummies of sheep, dogs, goats, cows, gazelles and mongooses were also exhumed by a team of American …

A man in Ghana said he is going through hard times after having a sexual relationship with the wife of a popular pastor, local media reported. According to the man who pleaded for anonymity, he did not know that the woman was a wife of a man of God, but …

Five young Iranian ladies have been arrested for dancing to Nigerian Afrobeat singer and rapper, Rema’s song ‘Calm Down’ . The video of the five girls went viral for dancing to Rema’s hit song without headscarves. The footage showed the women were dancing and slightly showing their stomachs. It spread …

Pope Francis on Wednesday decried violence and prejudice against women and said granting equal pay and opportunities could help create a more peaceful world, as a new survey of Catholic women showed that many felt the Church discriminated against them. In a book preface published by the Vatican News website …

The archbishop of the Anglican Church of Kenya said England will no longer be the leader of the global Anglican Church following a change in teaching to allow priests to marry same-sex couples. Archbishop Jackson Ole Sapit told a local television station that the Church’s teaching that homosexuality is a …

The British branch of the Anglican Church meeting in general synod voted Thursday, despite divisions, in favor of a blessing of homosexual couples, while confirming its opposition to the celebration of religious marriages. After eight hours of tense debates spread over two days, the nearly 500 members of this elected …

How should we gender God? Do you just have to specify your gender? These are the questions that currently agitate the Anglican Church, while voices have been raised for several decades on the relevance of speaking of “God” only in the masculine, notes Sky News. The institution has even appointed …

Pope Francis said on Sunday that laws criminalizing LGBT people are a sin and an injustice because God loves and accompanies people with same-sex attraction, Reuters agency reported. Pope Francis, who made his remarks in response to a reporter’s question aboard the plane returning from a two-country trip to Africa, …