Tag: Religion

Born as Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger in 1927, Benedict grew up in a turbulent time for Germany, then known as the Weimar Republic, in the village of Marktl which sits close to the German-Austrian border. During the Nazi regime of the 1930s and 40s, Benedict's family was harassed by the German...

The Security Service of Ukraine had conducted several searches of Orthodox Churches of the Moscow Patriarch in Cherkasy, Kherson, and Volyn Oblasts, according to the press office of the Security Service. This is particularly noteworthy as the majority of people in Ukraine declare themselves as some form of Orthodox Christian....

Gunmen opened fire on worshippers and detonated explosives at a St. Francis Catholic Church in Ondo state just as the worshippers gathered on Pentecost Sunday. Among the dead were many children and women. The attack took place in southwestern Nigeria on Sunday, leaving scores of dozens feared dead with...