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PRAGUE (AP) 鈥� The Czech Republic signed a treaty over its relations with the Vatican on Thursday, becoming one of the last European Union countries to do so.

PARIS (AP) 鈥� France鈥檚 culture minister, Rachida Dati, has proposed introducing an entrance fee to visit Notre Dame cathedral when it reopens in December, aiming to raise funds for the preservation of the nation鈥檚 religious heritage.

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Customarily, Simchat Torah is one of the most joyous days of the Jewish calendar, highlighted by exuberant dancing around a Torah.

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) 鈥� Since the war in Ukraine began, Yaroslav Pyzh, a Baptist pastor in Lviv, has worn many hats.

VATICAN CITY (AP) 鈥� Pope Francis issued the fourth encyclical of his papacy on Thursday, denouncing a world that 鈥渋s losing its heart鈥� during times of global turmoil marked by 鈥渨ars, socio-economic disparities and the uses of technology that threaten

MONTREAL 鈥� An investigation into a climate of fear at a Montreal primary school has reignited a debate about secularism in Quebec's education system, with the provincial government pledging to consider new measures to keep religion out of classrooms.

Family, friends and followers of Fethullah G眉len are gathering Thursday to pay respects to the influential Turkish spiritual leader and Islamic scholar who died this week in self-exile in the United States.

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Robert Harris had just completed a trilogy of novels about Cicero when he watched the election of Pope Benedict live on television.

In Edward Berger鈥檚 鈥淐onclave,鈥� the selection of the pope is no holy affair. Instead, it鈥檚 a petty, political campaign carried out in secrecy, where gossip flows, agendas are malleable and loyalties are fleeting. All are there to serve God, they say.

LIMA, Peru (AP) 鈥� Peruvian theologian the Rev. Gustavo Guti茅rrez, the father of the social justice-centered liberation theology that the Vatican once criticized for its Marxist undercurrents, has died. He was 96.