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Leopold Engleitner's blue eyes still burn bright. Last month, the 103-year-old traveled to Frankfurt, from his home in Austria to tell his story at the world's largest publishing event.

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Muslims from the Middle East to Britain and Austria condemned Sunday the Mumbai shooting rampage by suspected Islamic militants as senseless terrorism, but also found themselves on the defensive once again ...

African drums boomed and pipe organ music swelled as the Cathedral of St. John the Divine opened for worship Sunday after years of cleanup from a fire that struck the world's largest Gothic cathedral in 2001.

The cathedral's 98-year-old Skinner organ was played for the first time since the fire, heralding a new beginning for the spiritual home of the Episcopal Diocese of New York.

'The rededication of this magnificent cathedral church speaks to all of us with such a wonderful sense of not only resurrection and renewal but of a recognition that through all that we have come together there is a constant sense of resilience arising from this cathedral in this great city,' said Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, who joined church officials and 3,800 parishioners at the rededication service.

A Roman Catholic priest has told parishioners they should confess if they voted for Barack Obama because the president-elect supports abortion.

Thousands of Roman Catholic faithful and even President Raul Castro gathered Saturday for the beatification of a monk known as the 'father of the poor' _ the first ceremony of its kind on Cuban soil.

The act brings Friar Jose Olallo Valdes, a member of the Hospitaller Order of St. John of God, one step closer to sainthood.

Olallo was born in 1820 and abandoned at a Havana orphanage. He came to the central city of Camaguey to take his religious vows at 15 and stayed the rest of his life, earning his nickname by caring for the needy and chronically ill. He died in 1889 at age 69.

Sexual addiction robs the people at both ends of their humanity, a documentary from a Christian ministry warns.

A group of seven Amish farmers in Michigan say the state's insistence that they use radio frequency ID devices on their animals "constitutes some form of a 'mark of the Beast' and/or represents an infringement ...

Rabbi Gavriel Noach Holtzberg and his wife worked tirelessly after they landed in India to run a Jewish outreach center, serving homemade kosher meals to their many guests and strengthening their connection ...

When Rabbi Gavriel Noach Holtzberg and his wife landed in India to run a Jewish outreach center, the couple worked tirelessly, serving homemade kosher meals to their many guests and strengthening their ...

Church leaders in Mumbai say the terrorist attack that has shocked people in their western Indian city are aimed at spreading fear and projecting the country as unsafe.

The Catholic Bishops' Conference of India the apex body of the Catholic Church in India unequivocally condemns the terrorist attacks in Southern Mumbai on Wednesday night that have claimed more than 100 ...

Rabbi Avi Mintz said he was hoping for a different outcome but Friday he received confirmation his friend was dead.

"From the moment I discovered I was pregnant with sextuplets, God took me to a place of utter dependency on Him - financially, physically, emotionally, psychologically.

The new temple for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is under construction in Draper and part of the plan includes a place for protests.

A new album of songs based on poems by the late Pope John Paul II and performed by Placido Domingo goes on sale in Italy.

The world famous tenor says the album 'Amore Infinito' ('Infinite Love') will not just speak to the faithful. He says 'these are songs for everyone.'

The 12-track record was presented Friday at the Vatican.

The CD features duets with Andrea Bocelli, Vanessa Williams and Katherine Jenkins. The lyrics are in Italian, English and Spanish.

The Deutsche Grammophon record label says the CD will come out next month in Mexico, where Domingo grew up, and worldwide in January.

VATICAN CITY: And then there was light - and it was powered by the sun. The Vatican yesterday activated a new solar energy system and announced an ambitious plan that could one day make it an alternative energy ...

Vatican City, November 27 - Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday condemned the ''brutal attack'' on Mumbai and called for an end to all acts of terrorism.

Malaysia's prime minister said Wednesday Muslims should still take up yoga, reversing an outright ban that has drawn widespread protests amid concerns over growing Islamic fundamentalism in the multiracial ...

Pope Benedict XVI may visit the Holy Land next year, the Vatican spokesman said Thursday.

Benedict, who has expressed his desire to visit the Holy Land, has a long-standing invitation from Israel. But a tax dispute and other issues have so far prevented a visit, and the two sides are also at odds over the conduct of wartime Pope Pius XII.

A trip to the area would be expected to include a visit to the Palestinian territories.

The Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi said Thursday that 'diplomatic contacts are under way to study the possibility of a visit by the Holy Father to the Holy Land next year.'