Inauguration of the new pope
Pope Francis officially became the Catholic Church's pontiff Tuesday, in a ceremony that the Vatican said ahead of time would be short in keeping with the spirit of simplicity exuded by the new Holy...
View ArticleToll rises in sectarian clashes in Myanmar
The death toll from clashes between Buddhists and Muslims in central Myanmar has risen to around 20, a local lawmaker said Friday. Set off by a dispute between a Muslim gold shop owner and two Buddhist...
View ArticleSectarian tensions persist in Myanmar
Residents of the city in central Myanmar where clashes between Buddhists and the Muslim minority killed dozens of people last week struggled to resume their daily lives on Monday with a state of...
View ArticleToll rises from communal unrest in Myanmar
The death toll from sectarian violence between Buddhists and Muslims in central Myanmar has risen to 40, state media reported Tuesday. Authorities clearing up the wreckage from the riots last week in...
View ArticleFriday's live events
Watch CNN.com Live for gavel-to-gavel coverage of the trial of Jodi Arias, who's accused of killing her ex-boyfriend in 2008. The trial resumes on Tuesday, April 2. Today's programming highlights......
View ArticleFrancis celebrates first Easter Mass as pope
Pope Francis is celebrating his first Easter Mass as pontiff before a packed crowd at St. Peter's Square in the Vatican. The pope is expected to deliver his Urbi et Orbi ("to the city and the world")...
View ArticleWare thinking of team, not leg
Kevin Ware's leg may be broken but not his spirit. Not in the least bit. Millions of television viewers cringed, when a bone punched through Ware's skin, protruding out of his leg after the University...
View ArticleBangladesh court: Islamist party illegal
Bangladesh's high court has declared the country's largest Islamist party, the Jamaat-e-Islami, illegal. Jamaat is one of two main opposition parties and a constant thorn in the side of the ruling...
View ArticleCastro's victims resilient after torment
They were living in hell, and Ariel Castro did all he could to make sure they'd never escape. He tied and chained them up, removed handles from doors and replaced them with padlocks. He rigged...
View ArticlePope: Church can't 'interfere' with gays
Pope Francis said the church has the right to express its opinions but not to "interfere spiritually" in the lives of gays and lesbians, expanding on explosive comments he made in July about not...
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