VATICAN CITY: Pope Benedict XVI has invited 300 religious leaders to a meeting in Assisi in Italy to repudiate "violence in the name of God" amid growing tensions fuelled by fundamentalists across the world.
The day of interreligious council, (...)
VATICAN CITY: A Vatican expression of concern over the violence in Syria this week was the latest sign of deep misgivings in Catholic circles about Arab uprisings seen as a threat for Christian minorities.
"The pope has been rather silent on the (...)
ISTANBUL: Iran's nuclear deal with Brazil and Turkey does not go far enough but at least it served to clarify that Tehran intends to continue enriching uranium, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said.
Kouchner, who met with his (...)