August 8, 2016 Archbishop's views on immigration clash with Vatican Condemning globalization and liberalism for the contributions to the migrant onslaught.
August 8, 2016 Edward Daly, priest in famed Bloody Sunday image, dies at 82 Former Roman Catholic Bishop Edward Daly, who tended victims of Northern Ireland's Bloody Sunday massacre, has died aged 82.
August 8, 2016 Turkey detains 10 foreign nationals over suspected ties to US-based cleric Turkish authorities have detained at least 10 foreign nationals suspected of ties to a US-based cleric whom Turkey accuses of masterminding the July 15 failed coup, a senior official said Monday.
August 8, 2016 Turkish ruling party purges US-based cleric's followers Turkey's state-run news agency says the ruling party has instructed its local branches and municipalities to purge themselves of followers of U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, who is accused by the government of being behind the country's failed July 15 coup.
August 8, 2016 Arsonists target Church of Greece offices in central Athens A key Church of Greece office site in central Athens has been attacked by arsonists, who destroyed two cars in the courtyard but caused no damage to the building.
August 8, 2016 Protestant paramilitary shot dead in Northern Ireland Police and politicians say a prominent member of an outlawed Protestant paramilitary group has been shot dead in Belfast.
August 7, 2016 Pope Francis: Too many children are dying in Syria's war Pope Francis says civilian victims of Syria's civil war are paying the price for the "the lack of desire for peace by the powerful." The pope, speaking Sunday after the traditional Angelus prayer, said that "it's unacceptable that so many helpless — including many children — must pay the price of the conflict, the price of closed hearts and the lack of desire for peace by the powerful." He cited in particular the suffering around Aleppo, which is at the center of a battle between the rebels and forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad's government.
August 7, 2016 Egypt's former grand mufti survives shooting south of Cairo An Egyptian security official says the country's former grand mufti has survived a shooting south of Cairo shortly before entering a mosque to lead Friday prayers.
August 6, 2016 Egypt's el-Sissi defends handling of nation's ailing economy Egypt's president has defiantly dismissed criticism of his handling of the country's ailing economy, arguing that the skeptics were seeking to undermine the will of Egyptians.
