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VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - MARCH 20: Pope Francis leads the Palm Sunday Mass at St. Peter's Square on March 20, 2016 in Vatican City, Vatican. Pope Francis on Sunday presided at the Procession and Mass for Palm Sunday, as the Church enters into the celebration of Holy Week. Palm Sunday commemorates the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem one week before His Passion, Death, and Resurrection. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)

Pope says church should study ordaining women as deacons

By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor

Pope Francis said the Vatican should study the possibility of ordaining women as deacons, answering a call that women, particularly in the United States, have been asking the church to address for decades.

Donald Trump: Rudy Giuliani for 'radical Islam' commission

The Book of Bernie: Inside Sanders' unorthodox faith

Why is Bernie Sanders in Vatican City not New York City?

Sanders: Pope Francis has a 'very progressive' agenda

Sanders: Holocaust taught me about political extremism

Bernie Sanders to visit Vatican City days before NY primary

What Bernie Sanders and Pope Francis share

Donald Trump: 'I think Islam hates us'

R.I.P. religious right, and other Super Tuesday takeaways

Pope suggests Trump 'is not Christian'

The Pope, the Donald, and the wall between them

The 7 types of evangelicals -- and how they'll affect the presidential race

The Pope comes to America

NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 25: Pope Francis meets with children at Our Lady Queen of Angels School in East Harlem, September 25, 2015 in New York City. Pope Francis is on a six-day trip to the United States, which includes stops in Washington DC, New York and Philadelphia. (Photo by Debbie Egan-Chin-Pool/Getty Images)

How the Pope brought our messy multitude together

By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor

He introduced himself as a brother, a son of immigrants, a neighbor from beyond our southern border.

CNN Exclusive: Pope held private meeting with same-sex couple in U.S.

The Pope's dark night of the soul

The Pope: Not just for Catholics anymore

The 'Obamification' of Pope Francis

13,000 miles later, family meets Pope -- at his request

The Pope's people: Meeting strangers in the crowd

The friendly atheists next door

How I met the friendly atheists next door

About 10 months ago, I met a man named Harry Shaughnessy. At first, he struck me as a typical atheist: He's white, upper-middle class and college-educated.

Meet Harry the atheist

60 seconds in an atheist 'church'

The friendly atheists next door

Confessions of a black atheist

1-800-DOUBTS: New helpline for atheists

Go deeper: CNN longform

Megachurch, megascandal

Sex, a family secret and the collapse of one of America's biggest megachurches. Pastor D.E. Paulk breaks his silence to tell CNN's John Blake the inside story behind the public humiliation that became his salvation.

The Pope's dark night of the soul

A Westerner's Indian 'awakening'

Voices of Auschwitz

Hotel Death

The friendly atheists next door

Why was I spared from Amtrak crash?

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On GPS: Irshad Manji talks reforming Islam

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Senegal's Islamic Faith

Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhunzada, named the new Afghan Taliban leader following the death of Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour, is in his late 50s and comes from Panjwai district of southern Kandahar province.

Taliban's new leader 'natural choice' to unite group, say analysts

Former 9/11 commission member calls for release of 28 pages in report

Tunisian Islamist Ennahdha Party leader Rached Ghannouchi gives a speech on May 20, 2016 at the opening of Ennahdha's three-day congress in Tunis.
Thousands of people attend the opening ceremony of the congress on May 20, 2016, the first one since 2012, held at a sports complex in Rades, south of the capital Tunis, amid heavy police security. / AFP / FETHI BELAID (Photo credit should read FETHI BELAID/AFP/Getty Images)

Ghannouchi: Tunisia ready to separate politics, religion

Prison guards storm Belgium's Justice Ministry

Belgian prisoners released from 'inhumane' jails

: Images of an ISIS parade in the Kirkuk Province

Why they hate us

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Northern Ireland Fast Facts

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at the National Rifle Association's NRA-ILA Leadership Forum during the NRA Convention at the Kentucky Exposition Center on May 20, 2016 in Louisville, Kentucky.

Trump to meet with evangelical leaders in June

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Indonesian Muslims denounce Islamist extremism

In 1994, The Taliban is formed, comprised mostly of students and led by mujahedeen veteran Mullah Omar. According to a spokesperson Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday, July 29, Omar died in April 2013 in Pakistan. Under Omar's leadership, who is seen in this undated video image, the Taliban offered safe haven to al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, precipitating the U.S. military action in Afghanistan after the terror attacks of September 11, 2001.

The Taliban

'Inside Politics' Forecast: Taking on Trump

Carson's evangelical offensive

Clinton, Trump tailor messages to evangelical Christian Hispanics

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Radical Cleric idealizes Islamic State

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The roots of radical Islam

Photo of EgyptAir passenger Marwa Hamdy and friend Mariam Emara

Families of EgyptAir MS804 passengers grieve as hopes shattered

ISIS Fast Facts

FILES) -- A screengrab taken on July 13, 2014 from a video released by the Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram and obtained by AFP shows the leader of the Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau (C). Boko Haram gunmen killed 48 fish vendors in Nigeria's restive Borno State, near the border with Chad, the head of the fish traders association told AFP on November 25, 2014. "Scores of Boko Haram fighters blocked a route linking Nigeria with Chad near the fishing village of Doron Baga on the shores of Lake Chad on Thursday and killed a group of 48 fish traders on their way to Chad to buy fish, " Abubakar Gamandi said. AFP PHOTO / BOKO HARAM

Boko Haram Fast Facts

Laura Bernardini

A Catholic reads the Bible, Week 37: Prophetpalooza

Magnified glass spherules, evidence of an ancient asteroid impact.

This apocalyptic asteroid's impact was bigger than one that killed dinosaurs

This photo taken on April 30, 2016 shows legislator candidate Geraldine Roman waving to supporters during a campaign trip to the town of Hermosa, Bataan province, north of Manila.
The 49-year-old Roman, a member of a powerful political family, is a strong chance to win a seat in the nation's lower house in the May 9 election, in what would be a remarkable breakthrough for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. / AFP / TED ALJIBE / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY Ayee Macaraig (Photo credit should read TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images)

Geraldine Roman: 'Just another politician who happens to be transgender'

Melania Trump: Husband is 'not Hitler,' reporter 'provoked' anti-semitic attacks

A Kurdish marksman stands atop a building as he looks at the destroyed Syrian town of Kobani on January 30, 2015. Kurdish forces recaptured the town on the Turkish frontier on January 26, in a symbolic blow to the jihadists who have seized large swathes of territory in their onslaught across Syria and Iraq.

The ISIS terror threat

DOLO TOWN, LIBERIA - AUGUST 24: Church members pray as Rev. James Blamah speaks about the Ebola epidemic during a Sunday service at his church on August 24, 2014 in Dolo Town, Liberia. Members of the Bethlehem World Outreach Ministry International prayed for Liberia's healthcare workers, who have become some of the Ebola epidemic's most frequent casualties. The government issued a quarantine August 20 to stop the Ebola epidemic from spreading from the rural community of some 20,000 people, located near Liberia's international airport, and the military is stopping residents from leaving the area. Local Ministry of Health personnel say they have sent 20 sick people in the previous days to the Doctors Without Borders (MSF), treatment center for to be tested for Ebola. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

The app that's changing religion in West Africa

The U.S. Supreme Court is shown March 29, 2016 in Washington, DC following the first 4-4 tie in a case before the court.

Supreme Court sends Obamacare case back to lower court

Hollywood star and UN refugee agency envoy Angelina Jolie gestures as she leaves the Greek Prime minister's office in Athens following a meeting with Greek Prime minister on March 16, 2016. / AFP / LOUISA GOULIAMAKI (Photo credit should read LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP/Getty Images)

Angelina Jolie slams Trump for anti-Muslim comments

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Landmines near Jesus' baptism site

Fear and living in Syria: Ancient Christian community rebuilds

A picture taken on May 4, 2014 shows a Catholic woman reading the Bible during Sunday mass, lead by Argentinian Catholic priest Father Jorge Hernandez (unseen), at the Holy Family Church, in Gaza City.

Going to church could help you live longer, study says

Bangladesh police have arrested 37-year-old Shariful Islam Shihab for his alleged connection with the hacking deaths of two LGBT-rights activists in April.

Arrest in murders of Bangladesh LGBT activists

Buddhist monk's throat slit in Bangladesh

Decades after war, churches near Jesus' baptism site to be cleared of mines

Where Jesus was baptized

US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a rally May 5, 2016 in Charleston, West Virginia.

Why Trump is a shocking GOP choice

Adherents of the Baha'i Faith are located across the world. Here is the Baha'i House of Worship in Wilmette, Ill.

U.S. slams Iran for arrests of Baha'i leaders 8 years ago

CARMEL, IN - MAY 02: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign stop at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts on May 2, 2016 in Carmel, Indiana. Trump continues to campaign leading up to the Indiana primary on May 3. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Donald Trump: Muslim ban 'is really a suggestion'

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Donald Trump on Muslim ban: 'Everything is a suggestion'

LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 04: Labour's London Mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan and member of Parliament for Tooting walks through East Street Market in Walworth on May 4, 2016 in London, England. Londoners will go to the polls tomorrow to vote for Mayor Of London with Labour's candidate expected to beat Conservative Party rival Zac Goldsmith to the position. (Photo by Rob Stothard/Getty Images)

Why Sadiq Khan's victory matters

London Mayor Sadiq Khan: 'I'm hoping' Trump doesn't win

Roy's death sparked a wave of mourning and widespread condemnation of the attack in Bangladesh.

Whose death anniversary will I mourn next?

A Bangladeshi man throws a shoe at a Motiur Rahman Nizami poster to celebrate the execution of the Jamaat-e-Islami party's senior leader outside Dhaka's central jail, Bangladesh, early Wednesday, May 11, 2016. Nizami is the fifth man to be hanged as three other senior colleagues from his Islamist party and another senior leader of main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party led by former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia have been hanged since 2013. (AP Photo)

Bangladesh executes Islamist leader Motiur Rahman Nizami for war crimes

London Mayor Sadiq Khan: 'I'm hoping' Trump doesn't win

Labour's London mayoral candidate Sadiq Kahn addresses delegates on the final day of the annual Labour party conference in Brighton on September 30, 2015.

London's mayor has message for Americans

How a diamond rush led to an ancient, underwater secret

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11-year-old faces hate crime charge after bus fire

Incoming Citadel freshman known as knobs stand in formation as they read from the Guidon while waiting to be issued a uniform at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina

Citadel denies Muslim student's hijab request; family considers legal action

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump says he is "happy" Sadiq Khan has been elected London mayor.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan slams Donald Trump's 'ignorant' take on Islam

Britain's Labour party candidate for London Mayor Sadiq Khan arrives at City Hall in central London on May 6, 2016, as votes continue to be counted in the contest for the Mayor of London.
London was poised to become the first EU capital with a Muslim mayor Friday as Sadiq Khan took the lead in elections that saw his opposition Labour party suffer nationwide setbacks. / AFP / LEON NEAL (Photo credit should read LEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images)

Trump slammed by London mayor

Vice President Mohammed Jusuf Kalla said he hoped religious leaders could help "straighten" extremist ideology.

World's largest Muslim group denounces Islamist extremism

Dana Santas, her son and one of his friends stand in Tree Pose.

Beyond 'Namaste': The benefits of yoga in schools

A 'spiritual journey' to Islam, the police, and Congress

FILE - In this March 10, 2016 file photo, Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte talks to the media prior to addressing seafarers organization in Manila, Philippines. The Australian ambassador and Philippine presidential candidates condemned Duterte's, the leading contender, remark made Tuesday, April 12, 2016, at a campaign rally that he "should have been the first" to rape an Australian missionary who was assaulted and killed by prisoners in 1989. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)

Rodrigo Duterte: From 'Punisher' to Philippines President

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An Irish daughter seeks to end shame of her secret adoption

Republican presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) from Texas and 2016 presidential candidate, speaks at a campaign stop on his 'Cruzin to Caucus' bus tour on January 7, 2016 in Humboldt, Iowa.

How Ted Cruz was out-outsidered by Donald Trump

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Cooking with Indian cricket icon Virat Kohli

2006
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This photograph shows an infant receiving an intramuscular vaccination in the thigh.

Vaccinations are most often given via the intramuscular route to optimize the immune response of the vaccine and reduce the adverse reactions in and around the injection site. Infants and young children should be vaccinated in the anterolateral aspect of the thigh. It is a healthy well developed muscular area and has a low risk of neural, vascular and tissue injury making it the safest site of injection.

Vaccines Fast Facts

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Ted Cruz drops presidential bid

Ted Cruz (R-TX) hugs his father Rafael Cruz, as his mother Eleanor Darragh looks on at the caucus night gathering at the Iowa State Fairgrounds on February 1, 2016 in Des Moines, Iowa.

Cruz unloads with epic takedown of 'pathological liar,' 'narcissist' Donald Trump

314175 02: Louis Farrakhan answers questions posed by interviewer Daphne Barak September 15, 1997 in Chicago, IL. The controversial Farrakhan founded the reorganized Nation of Islam, which adheres to the teachings of Elijah Muhammad. (Photo by Jean-Marc Giboux/Liaison)

Louis Farrakhan Fast Facts

Randy Hentzel, left, and Harold Nichols, were killed during a motorcycle trip in northeastern Jamaica.

Two American missionaries found slain in Jamaica

Two missionaries found dead in Jamaica

Cuban acting President Raul Castro participates in a military parade on December 2, 2006 at the Revolution Square to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Cuban Army and the 80th birthday of his brother, Cuban President Fidel Castro.

Raul Castro Fast Facts

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Inside the largest Hindu celebration in Africa

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Tracing the roots of Hindus in Africa

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African Hindus celebrate ancient traditions

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Writer Julia Ioffe describes being 'trolled'

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump delivers a foreign policy speech at the Mayflower Hotel April 27, 2016 in Washington, DC.

Trump's Muslim backers celebrate his success

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Leicester City: Buddhist monks and karma powering Foxes to glory

Bangladeshi secular activists take part in a torch-lit protest against the killing of blogger Niloy Chakrabarti, who used the pen-name Niloy Neel, in Dhaka on August 8, 2015. Dhaka vowed August 8 to hunt down the killers of secular blogger Niloy Chakrabarti who became the fourth such writer to be murdered in Bangladesh by suspected Islamist militants this year. / AFP / MUNIR UZ ZAMAN (Photo credit should read MUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AFP/Getty Images)

Bangladeshi bloggers: What we want the world to know

Bangladeshi students block the road and stage a protest following the murder of a law student, hacked to death by four assailants the night before, in Dhaka on April 7, 2016.
A Bangladeshi law student who posted against Islamism on his Facebook page has been murdered, police said on April 7, the latest in a series of killings of secular activists and bloggers in the country. / AFP / Munir UZ ZAMAN (Photo credit should read MUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AFP/Getty Images)

In Bangladesh, sons follow murdered fathers' footsteps

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Thai Monks may be secret to Leicester City's success

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IA Mauritius Hindu Festival Trailer

NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 26: Participants wait for the start of the American Muslim Day Parade on September 26, 2010 in New York, New York. The annual parade celebrates the presence and contributions of Muslims in New York City and surrounding areas. The parade, which attracts hundreds of participants, concludes with a bazaar selling food, clothing, and books from various Muslim nations. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Wounded officer: Last chance for candidates to condemn hateful rhetoric

Muhammad Ali: Five things you never knew about the boxing legend

14th October 1937: Aviator Charles Lindbergh (1902 - 1974) in conversation with Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess (on the left) (1894 - 1987) at the Lilienthal Aeronautical Society Congress in Munich. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Trump's 'America First' has ugly echoes from U.S. history

Tennessee governor signs 'therapist bill' into law

Havana Cardinal Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino seen here arriving at the Vatican in February, will be stepping down as the Catholic Church's top official in Cuba.

Cardinal Ortega, key player in U.S.-Cuba thaw, retires

Pope Francis addresses the crowd during his weekly general audience at St Peter's square on March 16, 2016 in Vatican.

Vatican Fast Facts

Krafla, Iceland

Lonely Planet launches guide to world's most spectacular toilets

Pakistani Christians attend Mass to mark Good Friday at St Anthony's Church in Lahore.

90% of Americans have prayed for healing, study finds

INGLEWOOD, CA - FEBRUARY 19: Prince performs live at the Fabulous Forum on February 19, 1985 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

Prince death: Singer cremated; private memorial service held

Photo: Professor Rezaul Karim Siddiquee

Professor Rezaul Karim Siddiquee a professor killed in Bangladesh on Saturday near his home in the city of Rajshashi. Police say he was waiting for a bus to take him to the university when 2-3 assailants attacked him from behind.

Student detained in Bangladeshi professor's hacking death

Gospel Singer BeBe Winans remembers Prince

UNSPECIFIED - JANUARY 01: Photo of PRINCE; Prince performing on stage, silhouette (Photo by Rico D'Rozario/Redferns)

Gospel singer BeBe Winans reflects on Prince

COLOMBO, SRI LANKA - JANUARY 13: Pope Francis (C) greets Muslim Maulavi Ash-Sheiken Fazil (R) during an inter-religious meeting at Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall on January 13, 2015 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Pope Francis is visiting Sri Lanka from January 13th to January 15th as part of his second Asia tour in less than six months. The Pope's arrival comes shortly after former president Mahinda Rajapaksa's conceded victory to newly instated President Maithripala Sirisena. Pope Francis will travel to the Philippines following the Sri Lanka visit. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)

'Why all faiths can unite to end modern slavery'

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In Mississippi's religious freedom law, some see echoes of a shameful past

INGLEWOOD, CA - FEBRUARY 19: Prince performs live at the Fabulous Forum on February 19, 1985 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

Prince Rogers Nelson: 'Every song was either a prayer or foreplay'

First on CNN: Durbin presses airlines on allegations of anti-Muslim discrimination

Father Rene Robert

Murder charge filed in case of missing Florida priest

Bangladeshi students block the road and stage a protest following the murder of a law student, hacked to death by four assailants the night before, in Dhaka on April 7, 2016.
A Bangladeshi law student who posted against Islamism on his Facebook page has been murdered, police said on April 7, the latest in a series of killings of secular activists and bloggers in the country. / AFP / Munir UZ ZAMAN (Photo credit should read MUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AFP/Getty Images)

Bangladesh's shameful response to religion critic killings