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• Zimbabwe churches try to broker dialogue after opposition snubs Mnangagwa talks

  Last year's disputed election won by President Emmerson Mnangagwa only deepened political rifts.

• Karl Marx's London grave memorial damaged in hammer attack

  A memorial to Karl Marx at the cemetery in north London where the 19th century political philosopher is buried has been defaced.

• Pope says he is committed to stopping sexual abuse of nuns

  Francis made his comments on the plane returning from Abu Dhabi in response to a reporter's question about an article last week in a Vatican monthly magazine about the abuse of nuns in the Catholic Church.

• Tens of thousands pack stadium for first papal mass on Arabian Peninsula

  More than 120,000 worshippers packed Zayed Sports City stadium and its surroundings in Abu Dhabi.

• Pope arrives in UAE for historic Gulf visit, condemns Yemen war

  'The cry of these children and their parents rises up to God.'

• In packed churches and secret masses, papal visit brings Gulf Catholics hope

  In Dubai's overflowing churches and Riyadh's secretive masses, Catholics across the Gulf are eagerly awaiting Pope Francis' historic visit to the United Arab Emirates next week.

• How African churches are booming in London's backstreets

  Around 250 black majority churches are believed to operate in the borough of Southwark, where 16 per cent of the population identifies as having African ethnicity.

• Boycott Israel's 'artwashed' Eurovision 2019, pro-Palestinian activists say

  The call by the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement is part of a broader campaign to pressure governments, companies, performers and academics to disengage from Israel.

• Brexit brinkmanship: UK demands a fresh exit deal, EU says 'Non'

  Less than two months until the United Kingdom is due by law to leave the EU, investors and allies are trying to gauge where the Brexit crisis will ultimately end up.

• Pope Francis says he won't change Church rules on priestly celibacy

  Pope Francis on Sunday definitively ruled out any chance that he would change the Roman Catholic rule requiring priests to be celibate.

• Explainer: Who is behind the Philippines church bombings?

  Philippines security forces investigating a deadly twin bombing at a church on a predominantly Muslim southern island are zeroing in on what they say is an affiliate of the militant Abu Sayyaf Group.

• Pope winds up Panama global youth gathering with huge outdoor mass

  Organisers said about 700,000 people attended the closing mass of World Youth Day.