Vatican City, (dpa) - The Vatican on Friday defended the "right
and duty" of Catholics to do missionary work aimed at converting
people from other religions and other Christ...
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Iraqi Shiites celebrated Tuesday the culmination of Ashoura, a major religious festival, a day after authorities said they killed the leader of a heavily armed cult of messianic Shiites intent on t...
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Accounts of the bloody battle near Najaf have produced more questions than answers, raising doubts about Iraqi security forces' performance and concern over tensions within the majority Shiite comm...
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At least 13 people were killed Tuesday after a bomb left in a garbage can struck Shiites during ceremonies marking Ashoura in a town near the Iranian border, police said. At least 39 were wounded.T...
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At least 13 people were killed Tuesday after a bomb left in a garbage can struck Shiites during ceremonies marking Ashoura in a town near the Iranian border, police said. At least 39 were wounded.A...
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At least 29 people were killed and nearly 100 wounded Tuesday in attacks against Shiites in two cities near the Iranian border, including a bomb targeting members of the Islamic sect as they perfor...
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Iraq's army announced Monday it killed the leader of a heavily armed cult of messianic Shiites called "the Soldiers of Heaven" in a fierce gunbattle aimed at foiling a plot to attack leading Shiite...
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Millenarianism
Vatican defends "right and duty" to convert members of other faiths
