Religion News

9:03 AM on Sunday, May 17

Indigenous leaders say that federal contractors are desecrating sacred Native American places and cultural sites at an unprecedented pace in the rush to build more walls on the U.S.-Mexico border

6:34 AM on Sunday, May 17

A drone strike has targeted the United Arab Emirates’ sole nuclear power plant, sparking a fire on its perimeter

1:29 AM on Sunday, May 17

Researchers in Dublin have uncovered the oldest surviving English poem in a Roman library

7:09 AM on Saturday, May 16

Pope Leo XIV is adding a trip to France to his busy 2026 travel schedule

6:32 AM on Saturday, May 16

An Israeli airstrike in Gaza has killed Hamas military wing leader Izz al-Din al-Haddad

12:01 AM on Saturday, May 16

Pope Leo XIV has created a study group on artificial intelligence in a sign of his ongoing concern about the technology

7:53 PM on Friday, May 15

A Catholic church in Eldoret, an epicenter of global long-distance running in the north Rift Valley region of Kenya, is in the spotlight after a runner prayed there and later won the London Marathon

2:24 PM on Friday, May 15

Military identification tags — popularly known as dog tags — became standard issue for U.S. troops at the request of an Army chaplain concerned about identifying fallen soldiers at the beginning of the 20th century

1:27 PM on Friday, May 15

An Iraqi national accused of plotting at least 18 terror attacks in Europe in retaliation for the U.S. and Israel's war in Iran has been arrested and charged with supporting Iran-backed terrorist organizations

11:07 AM on Friday, May 15

Belarus’ authoritarian leader has greeted U.S. evangelist Franklin Graham, who arrived in the tightly controlled country to hold the largest evangelical gathering in its history

3:14 AM on Friday, May 15

Australia says a neo-Nazi network will be the second organization being banned under its new law criminalizing hate groups and support for them

1:06 AM on Friday, May 15

Millions of Palestinians are marking the 78th anniversary of the Nakba

12:32 AM on Friday, May 15

12:22 AM on Friday, May 15

A teenage Buddhist lama recently blessed thousands of people at a monastery in the Himalayan foothills

12:10 AM on Friday, May 15

A teenage Buddhist lama recently blessed thousands at a monastery in the Himalayan foothills

9:46 AM on Thursday, May 14

Large crowds of ultranationalist Jews are marching through Jerusalem's Old City, many of them chanting incendiary slogans like "death to Arabs."

8:32 AM on Thursday, May 14

Pope Leo XIV has denounced investments in AI and high-tech weaponry, warning they lead to a “spiral of annihilation.”

8:20 AM on Thursday, May 14

President Donald Trump and several top administration officials are joining with a cast of mostly conservative Christian clergy this Sunday for a prayer gathering

7:40 AM on Thursday, May 14

The leader of an Eastern European neo-Nazi group has been sentenced in New York to 15 years in prison for trying to recruit others to commit violent acts against Jews and racial minorities

3:33 AM on Thursday, May 14

Tensions are escalating again near the Strait of Hormuz after a ship anchored off the United Arab Emirates was seized and taken toward Iran and another was attacked and sank near the coast of Oman