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  'Promote inter-religious dialogue and cultural cooperation'. Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II received Italian ambassador Maurizio Massari in the patriarchate offices of the Egyptian capital on Thursday. During a lengthy talk, reports an embassy statement, ''the beneficial collaboration between the...

  Faith must never generate intolerance, says Francis Pope Francis spoke out strongly against religious violence on Friday during an audience with the Catholic Church's International Theological Commission. "God is not a threat to man," the Argentine pontiff said. "Faith...

Natale Giunta turned four Mafiosi in for attempted extortion.   Sicilian chef Natale Giunta, who has been living under threat by organized crime after turning four men in for attempted extortion earlier this year, on Thursday renewed his appeal to...

Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first black president and an enduring icon of the struggle against racial oppression, died on Thursday, the government announced, leaving the nation without its moral center at a time of growing dissatisfaction with the country’s leaders....

  Rabbi Sid Schwarz, director of Faith and the Common Good at Auburn Theological Seminary, tells about his Hanukkah on the huffingtonpost.com  blog. As with Christmas and Kwanza, Hanukkah falls during the winter solstice, in the darkest time of the...

    Task force proposals ready, 14 mln needed for Frontex operation Brussels has allocated 30 million euros in funds for Italy's immigration emergency, EU commissioner for home affairs Cecilia Malmstrom said on Wednesday. The funds are aimed at programmes...

Responding to a plea for help can sometimes have unforeseen consequences. This adventure of a community caring for the blind, gives rise to an original pilot experiment. Oran, Algeria’s second city, overlooks the Mediterranean. It is also one of the...

Approvede by assembly. The biggest challenge is yet to come when it is presented to the Egyptian people in the form of a referendum. Egypt’s constituent assembly has completed its work on a draft Costitution. It reflects how far the...

  Air lift leaves from Brindisi A humanitarian aid flight for victims of this month's devastating Typhoon Haiyan left for the central Philippines from Brindisi in southern Italy, the foreign ministry announced on Wednesday. Aboard the plane were 42.5 tonnes...

  Not just meals, but concrete and personal service in the canteen of Dominga in Valencia, that was born in a difficult social context, to serve the elderly in need. For several years now Dominga of Valencia (Venezuela), has been managing...