DIVIDED EGYPT MARKS 3RD ANNIVERSARY OF UPRISING
By MAGGIE MICHAEL and SARAH EL DEEB An Egyptian vendor displays a mask of Egypt’s Defense Minister, Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, in Tahrir Square, the epicenter of the 2011 uprising, in…
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VATICAN FACING UN SHOWDOWN ON SEX AB– USE RECORD
By NICOLE WINFIELD and JOHN HEILPRIN FILE – In this Feb. 8, 2012 file photo Monsignor Charles Scicluna, the Holy See’s chief sex crimes prosecutor, meets journalists in Rome. The…
UK ORDERS INQUIRY INTO BRITISH ROLE IN TEMPLE RAID
By RAPHAEL SATTER FILE – In this June 6, 1984 file photo, Indian troops take up position on rooftops around the Golden Temple, in Amritsar, India, after soldiers started to…
EGYPT HOLDS KEY VOTE ON COUNTRY’S NEW CHARTER
By MAGGIE MICHAEL and SARAH EL DEEB Egyptians women show their inked fingers after casting their votes at a polling station in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014. Egyptians are…
POPE NAMES 19 NEW CARDINALS, FOCUSING ON THE POOR
By FRANCES D’EMILIO FILE – In this Nov. 30, 2013 file photo Vatican Secretary of State Archbishop Pietro Parolin waves to faithful prior to the start of Pope Francis’s Vespers…
SYRIAN OPPOSITION GROUP ON BRINK OF COLLAPSE
By RYAN LUCAS and ZEINA KARAM FILE – In this Oct. 22, 2013, file photo, Syrian National Coalition chief Ahmed Jarba, center, Heitham Al-Maleh, left, and Salem Al-Muslit speak to…
POPE TO TRAVEL TO HOLY LAND MAY 24-26
Pope Francis waves as he leaves Rome’s Jesus’ Church to celebrate a mass with the Jesuits, on the occasion of the order’s titular feast, Friday, Jan. 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Riccardo…
CUBAN SANTERIA PRIESTS: DISEASE, CONFLICT IN 2014
By ANNE-MARIE GARCIA Hector Sala, an Babalawo Afro-Cuban Santeria priest, arrives for a press conference about the annual “Letter of the Year” that lists predictions made by Cuban Santeros for…