Religion News

11:38 AM on Wednesday, October 8

Counter terrorism police in Britain say that the assailant in last week's attack on a synagogue in the city of Manchester that left two people dead had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group

11:29 AM on Wednesday, October 8

UK police say Manchester synagogue attacker had pledged allegiance to Islamic State

7:14 AM on Wednesday, October 8

The Texas bishop on the front lines of the U.S. immigration crackdown has met with Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican

7:01 PM on Tuesday, October 7

California is the third U.S. state to designate Diwali as an official statewide holiday

3:25 PM on Tuesday, October 7

Sukkot, the Jewish holiday celebrating the traditional gathering of the harvest, has begun

12:35 PM on Tuesday, October 7

12:35 PM on Tuesday, October 7

9:32 AM on Tuesday, October 7

A Catholic bishop in Peru’s Amazon is warning that mercury from illegal gold mining is contaminating rivers, fish and people across the region

6:22 AM on Tuesday, October 7

Pope Leo XIV will visit Turkey and Lebanon next month on his first foreign trip as pope

6:12 AM on Tuesday, October 7

The Vatican announces first trip of Pope Leo XIV's papacy, to Turkey and Lebanon from Nov. 27-Dec. 2. (CORRECTS: A previous APNewsAlert erroneously left out Leo's full title.)

5:13 AM on Tuesday, October 7

Peace talks between Israel and Hamas have resumed in Egypt

3:55 AM on Tuesday, October 7

Two years after Hamas’ attack ignited the war in the Gaza Strip, the militant group is weakened but not defeated

12:17 AM on Tuesday, October 7

It’s been two years since thousands of Hamas-led militants poured into southern Israel after a surprise barrage of rockets

11:59 PM on Monday, October 6

Mourners reflected on the life and legacy of Russell M

10:10 PM on Monday, October 6

Israelis are mourning the dead and fearing for the remaining hostages as they mark two years since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack plunged the region into a devastating war

9:34 PM on Monday, October 6

Authorities have found the body of a missing priest in Mexico’s violence-torn state of Guerrero, the same area where a retired bishop who had tried to mediate between local cartels was kidnapped last year

9:13 PM on Monday, October 6

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has asked Pope Leo XIV to help maintain peace in Venezuela

4:43 AM on Monday, October 6

Israeli and Hamas officials launched indirect talks on a U.S.-drafted peace plan to end the war in Gaza

3:39 AM on Monday, October 6

The United Nations reports that 18 children under 15 have been killed by Israeli gunfire in the occupied West Bank this year

12:54 PM on Saturday, October 4

Israel and Hamas have begun indirect talks on ending the war in Gaza after both sides signaled support for U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace plan