Religion News

2:48 AM on Sunday, September 27

The Palestinian death toll from the Israel-Hamas war has surpassed 74,000, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry

2:01 AM on Sunday, September 27

Pope Leo XIV has criticized the legalization of medically assisted death as "false compassion" during his visit to Lourdes, France

3:23 PM on Saturday, September 26

Millions of Christians in Ethiopia have gathered to celebrate Meskel, a religious holiday that commemorates the discovery of the True Cross by the Roman empress Helena in the fourth century

8:04 AM on Saturday, September 26

Pope Leo XIV’s outdoor Mass on Saturday was a massive event

5:50 AM on Saturday, September 26

Pope Leo XIV draws hundreds of thousands of people to Paris’ Champs-Élysées for a massive outdoor Mass

5:06 AM on Saturday, September 26

Pope Leo XIV is a lifelong Chicago White Sox fan but also knows better than to wade too deep into sporting rivalries

1:45 AM on Saturday, September 26

Inside a Quaker meeting house in western Kenya, loud music complete with modern instruments can be heard from a distance

12:08 AM on Saturday, September 26

Israeli settlers have intensified efforts to seize natural springs and heritage sites in the occupied West Bank

5:59 PM on Friday, September 25

9:04 AM on Friday, September 25

Nepal's festival season has started with the weeklong celebrations of Indra Jatra as the country struggles to recover from devastating flooding

7:00 AM on Friday, September 25

Senator Ted Cruz targeted Muslim Americans at the recent Republican midterm convention, declaring that Sharia law “has no place in America.”

5:55 AM on Friday, September 25

France is working on a draft United Nations Security Council resolution backing freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz

1:28 AM on Friday, September 25

The U.S.-created Board of Peace has said the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees has no place in Gaza

12:12 AM on Friday, September 25

Pope Leo XIV has warned that a “paradise of machines” could undermine humanity

2:58 PM on Thursday, September 24

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is accusing Mayor Zohran Mamdani of endangering Jewish New Yorkers with his criticism of Israel’s military actions in Gaza

1:10 PM on Thursday, September 24

Italy’s conservative government on Thursday has approved a school decree limiting classrooms to 30% of students with insufficient Italian-language skills and banning full-face Islamic veils, including burqas and niqabs

10:15 AM on Thursday, September 24

Allegations of Israeli genocide in Gaza are not only false but “the biggest lie of the century" — so says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

12:20 AM on Thursday, September 24

Pope Leo XIV is visiting the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in southern France on Sunday

2:16 AM on Wednesday, September 23

Pope Leo XIV’s trip to France will highlight the country's strict secularism, known as “laïcité.”

1:35 PM on Tuesday, September 22

About 2,000 people have sought reparations from a French body addressing church abuse