Religion News

5:29 AM on Thursday, September 18

Pope Leo XIV says he has no intention of getting involved in U.S. politics but will raise his voice on issues of concern to the Catholic Church, including on immigration

4:01 AM on Thursday, September 18

South Korean investigators have requested an arrest warrant for Hak Ja Han, leader of the Unification Church

10:08 PM on Wednesday, September 17

Two Romanian men have filed lawsuits in U.S. District Court in California accusing a former megachurch pastor of sexually abusing and trafficking children for years at a shelter he ran in Bucharest

6:03 PM on Wednesday, September 17

A man who set fires at two mosques in Minnesota in 2023 has pleaded guilty to federal charges

9:34 AM on Wednesday, September 17

Over 65,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel-Hamas war, Gaza’s Health Ministry says

7:51 AM on Wednesday, September 17

For the Boy Scouts of America — renamed Scouting America — recent years have been challenging

7:49 AM on Wednesday, September 17

For the Boy Scouts of America — recently renamed Scouting America — the past 12 years have been challenging

7:42 AM on Wednesday, September 17

The U.N. refugee agency says that governments around the world are increasingly undermining the global convention on refugees and asylum-seekers even threatening its very existence

4:46 AM on Wednesday, September 17

Sikh community leaders are urging New Delhi to lift a ban recently imposed on pilgrims traveling to Pakistan to visit the shrine of Guru Nanak, the founder of their faith

4:23 AM on Wednesday, September 17

The elderly leader of the Unification Church is the latest high-profile figure in South Korea to face an investigation in connection with criminal probes of former President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife

3:05 AM on Wednesday, September 17

Israeli forces are pressing on with a new ground offensive in Gaza City as strikes overnight across the Palestinian territory killed at least 16 people, including women and children

2:57 AM on Wednesday, September 17

Israeli troops and tanks are pushing deeper into Gaza City as more people flee the devastated area

9:29 PM on Tuesday, September 16

The leader of the Unification Church has been questioned by investigators over allegations that the church bribed the wife of South Korea's jailed former President Yoon Suk Yeol and a conservative lawmaker close to him in an effort to secure business favors

5:24 PM on Tuesday, September 16

Focus on the Family founder James Dobson, who died last month at age 89, was long celebrated as a champion of family values and parental discipline

3:06 PM on Tuesday, September 16

Pope Leo XIV has told the new U.S. ambassador to the Vatican that he was praying for Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist assassinated in Utah last week, as well as his wife and children

12:07 PM on Tuesday, September 16

Aid workers saved thousands of priceless archaeological artifacts in Gaza from destruction last week after Israel targeted the warehouse building in a strike

3:09 AM on Tuesday, September 16

A team of experts commissioned by the U.N.'s Human Rights Council has concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza

1:45 AM on Tuesday, September 16

Israeli forces have launched a new ground offensive in Gaza City, with heavy strikes reported across the area

12:14 AM on Tuesday, September 16

Israel has launched its offensive in Gaza City, vowing to overwhelm a city already in ruins from nearly two years of war

4:30 PM on Friday, September 12

Prosecutors say the 22-year-old man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk during an event at Utah Valley University has been charged with capital murder