Vatican Charges 5 Over Leaked Documents, Alleging 'Organized Crime'
Those arrested include Spanish Monsignor Lucio Vallejo Balda and Francesca Immacolata Chaouqui, who served on the pope's special commission on economic reform.
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Meet The College Football Coach Who Really Knows Her Hail Marys
Sister Lisa Maurer of the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, Minn., is one of only a handful of women to ever coach college football — and also is, in all likelihood, the first nun.
Pray For Paris: Religious Leaders On Making Sense Of Violence
Many Americans have turned to their faiths in the wake of the attacks on Paris. So we turn to three religious leaders to see how they are leading their congregations in praying for Paris.
What The 2016 Candidates Would Do About ISIS, In One Chart
There has been a flurry of candidate promises about ISIS and the U.S. accepting Syrian refugees in the wake of the attacks in Paris a week ago.
Photographer Abbas Chronicles 'What People Do In The Name Of God'
Abbas became interested in religion while covering the Iranian Revolution. "I could see that the waves of passion [that were] raised by the Revolution were not going to stop at the borders," he says.
Obama Pushes Back Against Opponents Of Syrian Refugees In U.S.
While overseas this week, President Obama has weighed in multiple times on the ongoing debate in the U.S. over Syrian refugees — often using pointed rhetoric and jabbing at his political opponents.
Evangelical Groups Tell Political Leaders: 'Jesus Was A Refugee'
As many Republican governors, presidential candidates and members of Congress ask to pause entry of Syrian refugees, they risk alienating some religious voters in the GOP base.
Muslims In Brussels Hold Rally To Show Rejection Of ISIS
Residents of the Brussels suburb that was home to some of the Paris attackers - hold a rally to show their rejection of the so-called Islamic State and the killings in Paris.
After Paris Attacks, French Muslims Experience Backlash
NPR's Robert Siegel talks to French Muslims to get their reaction to the Paris terror attacks and to hear how non-Muslims have been reacting to them.
After Paris Killings, Focus Returns To Muslim Communities In France
The relationship between Muslims living in France and their adopted homeland has long been a complicated one. Professor Jonathan Laurence of Boston College has studied that relationship and joins us to explain.