The Ktunaxa First Nation says their way of life is threatened by commercial development in Qat’muk, a mountain region in British Columbia inhabited by the Grizzly Bear Spirit.

The Washington Metro cited its guidelines against religious ads in preventing the image of a group of shepherds from running on city buses.

The Christian minority in Myanmar also hoped for an intervention from Pope Francis.

Two months after a pair of major earthquakes, parishioners in Mexican towns fear the loss not only of church buildings, but also priceless works of art.

It is amid a mounting chorus of international condemnation and allegations of ethnic cleansing that Pope Francis makes his first visit to this troubled land.

The change was in “no way” a response to the C.C.H.D.’s persistent online critics, an archdiocesan official says.