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In this Monday, Feb. 27, 2017 file photo,toppled and damaged headstones rest on the ground at Mount Carmel Cemetery in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Rachel Zoll - Associated Press
The Anti-Defamation League found evidence that anti-Jewish bias intensified during the election.
Washington Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl speaks during an April 20 forum to release the findings of a study on responses to Christian persecution. The event was at the National Press Club in Washington. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)
Politics & SocietyNews
Mark Pattison - Catholic News Service
"This is not a Christian crisis of concern only to Christians," Cardinal Wuerl said. "This is a human crisis."
Russia's Supreme Court judge Yuri Ivanenko reads the decision in a court room in Moscow, Russia, on Thursday, April 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
Politics & SocietyNews
Associated Press
Russia's Supreme Court on Thursday banned Jehovah's Witnesses from operating anywhere in the country, accepting a request from the justice ministry that the religious organization be considered an extremist group.
Pope Francis greets Ahmad el-Tayeb, grand imam of Egypt's al-Azhar mosque and university, during a private meeting in 2016 at the Vatican. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano via Reuters)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis will be in Egypt for two days beginning on April 28.
The silver dome of Our Lady of the Spasm Armenian Catholic Church and the golden Dome of the Rock rise over the Old City of Jerusalem. (iStock/rrodrickbeiler)
FaithDispatches
Kevin Clarke
In Europe the Christian population is dying faster than it is being replaced. In North America, the number of Christian deaths will begin to exceed the number of births to Christian parents by around 2050.
Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama flashes a "V" sign during a press conference in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, April 19, 2017. Unofficial results showed the minority Christian governor was resoundingly defeated Wednesday by his Muslim challenger, after a campaign that cracked open religious and racial divides in the world's most populous Muslim nation. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
Politics & SocietyNews
Stephen Wright - Associated Press
The polarizing campaign gave hard-line Islamic groups a national stage and has undermined Indonesia's reputation for practicing a moderate form of Islam.