Religion News

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

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

9:16 PM on Friday, September 12

A relic of Carlo Acutis was stolen from a parish in western Venezuela, the coordinator of a youth group devoted to the man known as “God’s Influencer” has confirmed

4:30 PM on Friday, September 12

Authorities have arrested a 22-year-old Utah man in the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk during an event at Utah Valley University

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

1:00 PM on Friday, September 12

Some of the highest-ranking U.S. Catholic bishops and nuns on the front lines of America’s immigration conflict gathered in Washington to decry the Trump administration’s hard-line policies

12:40 PM on Friday, September 12

Suspect in assassination of Charlie Kirk is arrested on suspicion of capital murder, weapons and obstruction offenses

12:26 PM on Friday, September 12

The French are getting to know their new Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu, who has a unique greeting style

11:41 AM on Friday, September 12

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox is making an impassioned plea for Americans and young people in particular to use the horror of Charlie Kirk’s public assassination as an inflection point to turn the country away from political violence and division

10:33 AM on Friday, September 12

Utah governor says Charlie Kirk assassination suspect is believed to have acted alone and the investigation is ongoing

2:00 AM on Friday, September 12

A 22-year-old Utah man who was booked on murder charges in the assassination of Charlie Kirk held deep disdain for the conservative activist’s provocative viewpoints and indicated to a family member that he was responsible for the shooting