Religion News

9:51 PM on Thursday, April 2

Iran fired on targets across the Middle East while American and Israeli airstrikes hit the Islamic Republic as the war neared the end of its fifth week unabated

2:12 PM on Thursday, April 2

The president of Wisconsin’s largest mosque was detained by federal immigration agents, drawing accusations from local officials and religious leaders that the arrest was motivated by his statements against Israel

10:26 AM on Thursday, April 2

Pope Leo XIV has restored the traditional Holy Thursday foot-washing ritual by washing the feet of 12 priests

12:44 AM on Thursday, April 2

There has been little sign Friday of the war in the Mideast winding down as Israel says it faced incoming fire from Iran, and Kuwait and Bahrain also reported being under attack

4:55 AM on Wednesday, April 1

London police have arrested three more suspects in the arson attack that burned four ambulances owned by a Jewish charity

4:09 AM on Wednesday, April 1

The last ghoulish gargoyle has been returned to its perch during a two-year restoration of a Kentucky cathedral modeled after Notre Dame in Paris

4:07 AM on Wednesday, April 1

Good Friday is a unique and uniquely solemn day in the Christian calendar

1:17 AM on Wednesday, April 1

Chile’s new president is a devout Catholic in a country that has grown increasingly secular but retains conservative traits in various areas

1:03 AM on Wednesday, April 1

Beirut is bursting under a massive wave of displaced people as Israel’s attacks and evacuation orders drive families out of southern and eastern Lebanon and Beirut's southern suburbs

11:40 PM on Tuesday, March 31

President Donald Trump says U_S_ forces will “finish the job” in Iran soon as “core strategic objectives are nearing completion.”

10:03 PM on Tuesday, March 31

Across Greece and in Orthodox communities around the world, a centuries-old Lenten fast offers a modern lesson in diet and discipline

1:46 PM on Tuesday, March 31

A federal judge has ordered the University of Pennsylvania to hand over records about Jewish employees on campus to a federal agency as part of an investigation into antisemitic discrimination

1:05 PM on Tuesday, March 31

Pope Leo XIV expressed hope that the U.S.-Israel war on Iran could end before Easter

12:10 PM on Tuesday, March 31

A fire destroyed the main meditation hall at Tassajara Mountain Zen Center in Central California, as monks neared the end of a long retreat

9:34 AM on Tuesday, March 31

The founder of a Texas megachurch who resigned after pleading guilty to sexually abusing an Oklahoma woman in the 1980s has been released from an Oklahoma jail

7:08 AM on Tuesday, March 31

The Supreme Court has ruled against a law banning “conversion therapy” for LGBTQ+ kids in Colorado, one of about two dozen states that banned the discredited practice

6:14 AM on Tuesday, March 31

Vice President JD Vance has a new book about his religious faith and adult conversion to Catholicism

1:24 AM on Tuesday, March 31

A 101-year-old survivor of Auschwitz has, with help from Steven Spielberg, become a mighty warrior against antisemitism in France

10:44 PM on Monday, March 30

President Donald Trump lashed out at allies who have been unwilling to do more to support the U.S. war effort against Iran

10:28 AM on Monday, March 30