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Pope Francis attends a interreligious ceremony for peace Tuesday in the Basilica of Santa Maria in Aracoeli in Rome.

Pope Francis Calls For Same-Sex Civil Union Law In New Documentary

5:13pm October 21, 2020

"What we have to create is a civil union law. That way they are legally covered," the pope said in an interview in the film Francesco, which premiered Wednesday at the Rome Film Festival.

In New Documentary, Pope Francis Endorses Civil Unions For Same-Sex Couples

4:18pm October 21, 2020

by Sylvia Poggioli

In the new documentary Francesco, Pope Francis calls for civil union laws for same-sex couples in what would seem to be a break from traditional Catholic teaching.

Christian Refugees From Iraq On Their New Lives In Jordan

4:41pm October 19, 2020

by Jane Arraf

Almost two-thirds of Iraq's Christians have left the country since the U.S. invasion in 2003. NPR caught up with some of them in Jordan to talk about their new life and plans to return to Iraq.

Faith Leaders To Join Remembrance Of COVID-19 Victims In U.S.

4:41pm October 19, 2020

NPR's Tonya Mosley talks with the Rev. Ed Bacon about how faith leaders are planning to come together on Monday for a series of candlelight vigils across the country called Mourning Into Unity.

Demonstrators wearing face masks gather Sunday in Marseille, France, to pay tribute to teacher Samuel Paty, who was beheaded after he showed his class cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad.

French Police Conduct Raids Against Suspected Extremists After Teacher's Beheading

3:10pm October 19, 2020

The attack was carried out on Friday in apparent response to a lesson about freedom of expression that showed the students cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad.

Bipartisan Christian Group Forms Super PAC To Oppose Trump

8:00am October 15, 2020

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Autumn Hanna VandeHei, co-founder of the new anti-Trump Super PAC, Not Our Faith, about the role of Christian voters in the upcoming election.

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Italian police are stationed in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, on Tuesday.

'You Cannot Serve Both God And Money': Vatican's Financial Scandal Takes New Twist

12:00pm October 14, 2020

by Sylvia Poggioli

Italian police arrested a woman linked to a cardinal fired by Pope Francis, the latest development in an investigation into alleged financial crimes involving the Vatican.

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Computer Whiz Who Died In 2006 Could Become 1st Millennial Saint

5:49am October 13, 2020

Carlo Acutis, who died of leukemia at age 15, is a step closer to becoming a saint. He was beatified on Saturday, making him the first millennial to be put on the path to Catholic sainthood.

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Cardinal Agostino Vallini, left, holds a relic of 15-year-old Carlo Acutis, an Italian boy who died in 2006 of leukemia, during his beatification ceremony celebrated in the St. Francis Basilica, in Assisi, Italy, on Saturday.

15-Year-Old Computer Whiz Who Died In 2006 Could Become 1st Millennial Saint

3:31pm October 12, 2020

by Scott Neuman

Carlo Acutis, an Italian teenager who devoted his last years to the Catholic Church after being diagnosed with leukemia, was beatified at the Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi on Saturday.

Members of the Orthodox Jewish community gather around a journalist as he conducts an interview on a street corner, last Wednesday, in the Borough Park neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York. Gov. Andrew Cuomo moved to reinstate restrictions on

Police Arrest Anti-Lockdown Protest Leader In New York's Orthodox Jewish Community

12:16pm October 12, 2020

by Scott Neuman

Harold "Heshy" Tischler, a talk show host and candidate for City Council, is charged with inciting a riot and unlawful imprisonment after he allegedly egged on violence against a journalist.