On Sunday, Israel's cabinet announced that non-Orthodox Jewish are now allowed to pray at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Many non-Orthodox Jewish celebrated saying this marks a whole new dimension for the government to support liberal forms of Judaism.
Anglican leaders temporarily restricted the role of the U.S. Episcopal Church in their global fellowship as a sanction over the American church's acceptance of gay marriage. The decision was made by senior Anglican clergy at what was described as a "really tough" meeting.
Islamic State militants committed genocide against Iraq's Yazidis in the north of the country and carried out crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing, and war crimes against other minorities, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum said on Thursday.
An historic meeting between Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church is "getting closer every day," a senior Orthodox prelate said in an interview published on Sunday.
