Religion News

1:19 PM on Monday, September 15

The mother of James Foley, the American journalist kidnapped and beheaded by Islamic militants in Syria in 2014, has told her story of loss and healing at a Vatican vigil attended by Pope Leo XIV

11:20 AM on Monday, September 15

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians, is making his first visit in four years to the United States

9:05 AM on Monday, September 15

State Department says Rubio is heading to Qatar after meeting with Netanyahu in Israel

8:10 AM on Monday, September 15

Israel and the United States have shown a unified front amid international anger over Israel’s airstrikes on Hamas leaders in Qatar and its bombardment of Gaza City

1:13 AM on Monday, September 15

1:02 AM on Monday, September 15

There are more than 1,000 whitewashed stone chapels on the Greek island of Tinos owned and cared for by private families as they have in some cases for centuries

4:33 PM on Sunday, September 14

The mother of a 10-year-old girl killed during a mass shooting in a Catholic church in Minneapolis has remembered her as a sharp, curious and funny child who “didn’t water herself down.”

1:42 PM on Sunday, September 14

The Chicago suburb where Pope Leo XIV grew up is celebrating his 70th birthday with gospel music and a balloon release outside his boyhood home

12:50 PM on Sunday, September 14

Pope Leo XIV has honored hundreds of Christians who have been killed for their faith in the 21st century

10:51 AM on Sunday, September 14

Qatar's prime minister has denounced Israel as Arab and Muslim foreign ministers are meeting to discuss a unified response to Israel's attack on Doha

6:34 AM on Sunday, September 14

Pope Leo XIV has marveled at the “huge learning curve” he has taken on as pontiff and likened some aspects of the job to jumping “in on the deep end of the pool very quickly.”

5:39 AM on Sunday, September 14

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has arrived in Israel as it intensifies attacks on northern Gaza

5:38 AM on Sunday, September 14

Belgium’s prime minister has traveled to neighboring Germany for a concert led by an Israeli conductor whose appearance was canceled by a Belgian festival

12:47 AM on Sunday, September 14

Residents of Santiago de Compostela are struggling with overtourism

3:04 PM on Saturday, September 13

Palestinian Oscar-winning director Basel Adra has told The Associated Press that Israeli soldiers have conducted a raid at his home in the occupied West Bank

3:02 PM on Saturday, September 13

Students who witnessed Charlie Kirk’s assassination at Utah Valley University are reckoning with trauma and grief

5:32 AM on Saturday, September 13

Israel has intensified airstrikes in Gaza City, killing at least 32 people, including 12 children, according to medical staff

1:28 AM on Saturday, September 13

1:17 AM on Saturday, September 13

Ghana's fantasy coffins are unique creations that embody the essence of a person's life

3:11 PM on Friday, September 12

The family of the young Utah man accused of shooting Charlie Kirk has told authorities he had recently become “more political” and recounted a dinner table conversation where they discussed whether the conservative activist was spreading hate