The annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia has begun. It’s required once in a lifetime by every Muslim who can ...

Muslim worshippers gather for Eid al-Adha prayer in the mixed Arab Jewish city of Jaffa, near Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, June ...

When I was in second grade, my teacher made us pray that the law would change so that a day at school could once again begin ...

Muslim pilgrims pray atop rocky hill known as the Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat, during the annual Hajj ...

Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are still struggling to get food even after Israel has eased its blockade and rolled out a new ...

Hundreds of South African children go missing every year. Most are found, but many are not. For the families left behind, the ...

Gaza, long viewed as a gigantic open air prison, is now a kind of vast black site, where everyone is deemed guilty, where ...

A paedophile was found in possession of more than 5,000 indecent images of children as young as six-years-old as well as AI generated images of child abuse. His family blamed his offending on ...

(RNS) — Eid al-Fitr is supposed to be a day of joy marking the end of a month of spiritual striving, of fasting, prayer ... One image in particular will not leave me: a child dressed in brand ...

“I know that many children are praying for me; some of them came here today to Gemelli as a sign of closeness,’’ the pontiff said in the Angelus text prepared for the traditional prayer but ...

One widespread image on social media claims to show one of those casualties. A Facebook post shared Feb. 24 shows a toddler with blood on her face. "Keep praying for Ukraine. This is a child ...