Church

Pope Francis waves from a balcony on the day of the "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city and to the world) message, at St. Peter's Square, on Easter Sunday, in the Vatican, April 20, 2025. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
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What happens after the pope dies?

Conclave literally means "with a key", reflecting the fact the cardinals must stay until a new pope is found

FILE PHOTO: A visitor takes a picture at Chora Museum or Kariye Mosque, one of the city's most celebrated Byzantine churches which was reconverted into a mosque in 2020 and re-opened its doors to visitors and worshippers after a four year-long restoration process, in Istanbul, Turkey, May 6, 2024. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/File Photo
Middle East

Turkey reopens ancient church with prized mosaics to Muslim worship

Rescue personnel work at scene At Al-Ahli Hospital, after hundreds of Palestinians were killed in a blast at Al-Ahli hospital in Gaza that Israeli and Palestinian officials blamed on each other in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, in this screen grab obtained from video, October 17, 2023. REUTERS/Reuters TV
Hamas-Israel war

8 killed as Israel bombs world's third oldest church in Gaza

Rescue workers search for survivors amid debris after the roof of a church collapsed during a Sunday Mass in Ciudad Madero, Mexico, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023. (Alejando de Angel / El Sol de Tampico via AP)
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Death toll in Mexican church collapse during mass rises to 10

An anti-abortion activist holding a cross prays in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building during the annual "March for Life", in Washington, US, on 21 January 2022. Photo: Reuters
USA

US Supreme Court takes aim at separation of church and state

The Geneva Presbyterian Church is pictured after a deadly shooting, in Laguna Woods, California, U.S. May 15, 2022. REUTERS/David Swanson
USA

Churchgoers hog-tie gunman after shooting in California kills one

There is more energy this Christmas and the church is preparing to host around 2,000 people. Photo: Salahuddin Ahmed/TBS
Panorama

The Father and a church: Life behind Holy Rosary Church gates

Britain's Labour Party leader Keir Starmer, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Home Secretary Priti Patel hold flowers as they arrive at the scene where British MP David Amess was stabbed to death during a meeting with constituents at the Belfairs Methodist Church, in Leigh-on-Sea, Britain, October 16, 2021. Photo: Reuters
Europe

UK PM Johnson visits church where lawmaker was stabbed to death

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World+Biz

Fire destroys two Catholic churches on indigenous land in Canada

Cardinal Reinhard Marx, chairman of the German Bishop's Conference holds a news conference in Berlin, Germany, October 16, 2019. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi
Europe

German archbishop offers to resign over Church failure to tackle sex abuse

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World+Biz

'We are all the same' - Barcelona church opens doors to Ramadan dinners

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World+Biz

Suspected suicide bombing at Indonesian church wounds 14 people

For many years people have been throwing coins at the Trevi Fountain after wishing for something Photo: Tareq Onu
Explorer

A Roman holiday