NICOLE WINFIELD, TRISHA THOMAS and SYLVIE CORBET, of Associated Press, report ahead of the Pope's upcoming visit to the French port of Marseille, one of the most multi-cultural, multi-religious and multi-ethnic cities on the shores of the Mediterranean...

DEVJYOT GHOSHAL, NAPAT WESSHASARTAR AND PASIT KONGKUNAKORNKUL, of Reuters, report...

DAVID SHERFINSKI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports that while, from Harvard to Georgetown, universities and colleges are facing up to their links to slavery, but advocates say more must be done...

MD TAHMID ZAMI, of  Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports that as Bangladesh faces increasingly extreme weather from floods to storms, psychologists fear rise in anxiety and depression...

ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, speaks with the Grammy-nominated singer about her memories of 1963 bombing of a Birmingham, Alabama, church, what it was like being a child singer in a Gospel trio, and why she returned to Gospel music later in life...

Reuters reports that the "catastrophe" which shattered the city of Derna this week had been warned about...

SANAM MAHOOZI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports that one year after nationwide protests erupted in Iran, people suffer rolling internet blackouts, but create an online freedom community to fight for digital rights...

The dengue virus is posing an ever-greater threat in Bangladesh and Nepal where rise and spread of cases are linked to climate change impacts. MOSABBER HOSSAIN and AADESH SUBED, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report...

Keith and Kristyn Getty's hymn conference brings Christians together to sing tunes from historic hymnals, from Celtic traditions and new creations - and to share a common love and culture of sacred music. GRACE BECKNER reports for Religion News Service...

A pastor's last thoughts on leaving the ministry sparked a national conversation about clergy health and the future of the church. BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, reports...

LUCY PAPACHRISTOU and FILIPP LEBEDEV, of Reuters, report...

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