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Portugal’s parliament has approved a bill banning face veils worn for “gender or religious” reasons in public, in a move seen as targeting Muslim women who wear face coverings.

A minimum of 50,000 officials from within Iran’s ruling government and military have signed up on a secure platform established to organize the removal of the dictatorship in Tehran, as reported by a notable regime opponent.

Six people have been arrested in Poland as part of an investigation into a religious group accused of fraudulently diverting €3.7 million ($4.33 million) worth of EU-funded food aid intended for refugees and the homeless, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) said Tuesday.

At least 130 foreign delegations and an estimated 200,000 pilgrims to descend on St Peter’s Square on Saturday

Young volunteers also allege spiritual abuse and controlling behaviour at bases of Youth With a Mission

The Pope intends to appear at his hospital window tomorrow in his first public appearance since February.

The world’s largest religious festival, the Maha Kumbh Mela in India, has seen at least 15 people killed as millions throng at the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna, and mythical Saraswati rivers.

ASA acts on poster campaign by Wahed, urging people to join a ‘money revolution’, after receiving 75 complaints.

Several evangelical pastors in East and North-East London exploited children’s charity funds to steal over 1 million British pounds, betraying the trust of their communities.

Julie Conalty, bishop of Birkenhead, welcomes resignation of Justin Welby but says institutional changes needed

Report says it is ‘unlikely’ Justin Welby knew nothing of concerns about Smyth, who abused schoolboys at Christian holiday camps

Danish politician Rasmus Paludan sentenced to four months for incitement against ethnic group

Over the past month, Israel has launched several unprecedentedly powerful strikes against the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah.

Prelates to receive red hats at December consistory in largest intake of electors during pontiff’s 11-year tenure

A scheme to compensate members of a defunct religious cult known as the Jesus Army has identified 539 alleged perpetrators of abuse, and revealed about one in six children had been sexually abused.

Don Antonio Coluccia was leading anti-crime march when he was reportedly assaulted with planks, bottles and sticks

Heritage Foundation leader has long received spiritual guidance from group and his policy goals align with its teachings

A religious leader who claimed he was a ‘living god’ has been accused of exploiting and sexually abusing his followers who say he is really ‘the devil in disguise’.

Tory Immigration Minister Tom Pursglove said there is 'no specific evidence' to support Suella Braverman's claim that churches are helping bogus asylum claims

Ramadan is the 9th month in the Islamic calendar, and runs from the evening of Sunday 10 March until Tuesday 9 April. Here we explain how to greet Muslims during the holy period of fasting

St Paul's Jubilee Memorial Church, in Penzance, Cornwall, was put on the market by the now King when he was Prince Charles’ Duchy of Cornwall and sold at auction

The son of an infamous Christian teleavenglist couple has said their lives were more complicated than people think and they had become scapegoats in a new documentary which is being released

The Jewish man, mocked for wearing a kippah, is goaded on a London Underground service by a Muslim man, behaviour condemned by research group Campaign Against Antisemitism

A megachurch shooter who was killed while using a lethal assault weapon to attack members of the congregation had previous run-ins with cops over weapons