Pope Francis spoke out Sunday against the perversion, distortion and exploitation of religion to justify violence as he visited Albania. "Let no one use God as a shield while planning and carrying ...

TIRANA, Albania (AP) – Pope Francis called Sunday for moderate Muslims and all religious leaders to condemn Islamic extremists who "pervert" religion to justify violence, as he visited Albania ...

Reporting from TIRANA, Albania — Pope Francis denounced how extremists around the world are “perverting” religion to justify violence as he arrived Sunday in Albania, a Balkan nation where ...

Pope Francis warned during a visit to Albania today that religion can never be used to justify violence, making apparent reference to the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria.

In 2002, the city’s main Catholic church opened its doors not far from Hoxha’s mausoleum. “The more people believe, the more intolerant they are” — Mustafa Nano, an Albanian political analyst, on the ...

Pope Francis drew enthusiastic and prolonged applause when, in his homily at mass in Mother Teresa Square in Tirana, the capital of Albania, attended by some 300,000 people—most of them ...

Freedom of religion. 09/21/2014, 00.00. ALBANIA - VATICAN. Send to a friend. Pope tells representatives of religions that religious freedom is bulwark against all forms of totalitarianism.

Pope Francis denounced that extremists around the world are "perverting" religion to justify violence as he arrived Sunday in Albania, a Balkan nation where Christians and Muslims endured brutal ...

Albania’s Muslim Vatican will show Islam isn’t monolithic. ... a Muslim Vatican can be an international hub for religious tolerance, inviting pilgrims, tourists, ...

Albania’s capital Tirana is undergoing an urban transformation which includes the restoration and refurbishment of existing buildings, the construction of a series of new public and private ...

TIRANA, Albania - Pope Francis denounced how extremists around the world are "perverting" religion to justify violence as he arrived Sunday in Albania, a Balkan nation where Christians and Muslims ...