Former priest in sex abuse settlement suspended from volunteer post with Mo. Special Olympics

Mo. Special Olympics ousts ex-priest over abuse

Iraqi cleric meets with PM candidate in Syria as Iraqis face pressure to form new government

Iraqi cleric meets with PM candidate in Syria

Ramakrishna Mission chief’s condition stable

KOLKATA - The condition of Ramakrishna Mutt and Ramakrishna Mission president Swami Atwasthananda, admitted to a private hospital following stomach pain and urine infection, is now stable, a mission official said Monday.

Dalai Lama to visit Kargil

DHARAMSALA - Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, will visit forward areas in Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir bordering China this week to attend religious functions, an aide said here Monday.

Indonesian clerics: Our mistake _ you’re facing the wrong direction during Islamic prayers

Indonesian Muslims facing Africa during prayers

Maryland tries to balance security, sensitivity to faith in death row inmates’ final moments

Md. weighs allowing inmates’ own clergy at death

Burqa empowers women, says British minister

LONDON - As debate intensifies across Europe on banning the Islamic full-body veil at public places, a British minister has defended a Muslim woman’s right to wear the burqa and says it is empowering.