Religion News

8:29 AM on Tuesday, June 23

7:07 AM on Monday, June 22

Pope Leo XIV says wars are being sustained more easily than people are fed

12:57 PM on Saturday, June 20

Counterterrorism detectives are investigating after five people were injured in attacks in Scotland's capital Edinburgh that appeared to target Muslims

6:20 AM on Saturday, June 20

Palestinian health officials say Israeli strikes in Gaza have killed at least six people, including two children and an Al Jazeera cameraman

5:50 AM on Saturday, June 20

The head of Latin America’s top development bank has made a case to Pope Leo XIV about the potential of rare earth mining

5:15 AM on Saturday, June 20

U.S. and Iranian negotiators are on their way to a venue in Switzerland to discuss details of their interim agreement to halt the war

5:07 AM on Saturday, June 20

Pope Leo XIV holding up America's first saint, Mother Frances Cabrini, as a model for Christians today because of her care for migrants in need

4:56 PM on Friday, June 19

Iman Dilbani weeps during a religious sermon in Tyre, Lebanon, wearing a yellow scarf to honor her son killed fighting for Hezbollah

12:12 PM on Friday, June 19

Two Episcopal churches whose histories were shaped by Richmond’s role as a slave-trading center and the capital of the Confederacy have designed a “Walking with the Enslaved” pilgrimage, which they hope will open the eyes of fellow Richmonders to their city’s racist history

6:17 AM on Friday, June 19

Dragon boat races, lion dances, and other festivities have been staged across mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan to mark the Dragon Boat Festival

3:59 AM on Friday, June 19

Guy Gilboa-Dalal, an Israeli man who says he was sexually abused while held hostage in Gaza, is speaking out to highlight sexual abuse in conflict zones

2:15 AM on Friday, June 19

Police have charged a third suspect with an arson attack on a Melbourne synagogue that was allegedly directed by Iran

1:10 AM on Friday, June 19

Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group agreed to halt the heavy fighting in southern Lebanon that had threatened to unravel an interim peace agreement between the United States and Iran

3:40 PM on Thursday, June 18

A federal judge has ordered the release of Salah Sarsour, the president of Wisconsin's largest mosque, from detention while his immigration case moves forward

2:20 PM on Thursday, June 18

Peruvian President José María Balcázar has announced that Pope Leo XIV will visit Peru in early November

8:31 AM on Thursday, June 18

Many Lebanese from the country's south hope the U.S.-Iran deal marks the start of better times

6:33 AM on Thursday, June 18

The Church of England has apologized for its role in forced adoptions as recent as the mid-1970s

12:40 AM on Thursday, June 18

While many of the World Cup’s competing nations are wracked by social divisions, some of the teams offer strikingly positive examples of how players from different backgrounds and religious faiths can cooperate

10:45 AM on Wednesday, June 17

Israeli operations in the Gaza Strip have killed 1,005 Palestinians since a ceasefire was reached between Israel and the militant group Hamas last October

1:22 AM on Wednesday, June 17

Whenever Ebola comes, some of those stricken choose the road to the nearest hospital