Religion News

9:27 AM on Friday, May 29

A Chinese court has sentenced Shi Yongxin, former abbot of the country's famous Shaolin Temple, to 24 years in prison for misappropriation of funds and bribery

8:14 AM on Friday, May 29

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has cast Pope Leo XIV as a global ally on social justice, migration and reparations after meeting the Chicago-born pontiff at the Vatican

5:34 PM on Thursday, May 28

With the Trump administration’s sweeping cuts to refugee agency services, religious congregations have been filling the gap

1:33 PM on Thursday, May 28

Dozens of Palestinians in Gaza City gathered for funeral prayers for 10 people killed in Israeli strikes

12:50 PM on Thursday, May 28

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson met with Pope Leo XIV, a lifelong White Sox fan, and gave him a Cubs hat

9:49 AM on Thursday, May 28

Yemen's former President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi has died at 80

3:43 AM on Thursday, May 28

Israel's military says that the air force has carried out an airstrike on a southern suburb of Lebanon's capital

1:17 AM on Thursday, May 28

An Australian mother of four has been held in custody after she appeared in a court charged with traveling to Syria and joining the Islamic State group

11:22 PM on Wednesday, May 27

U.S. and Iranian negotiators have reached a tentative agreement to extend the ceasefire by 60 days and start a new round of talks on Iran’s nuclear program

7:39 PM on Wednesday, May 27

Blocking someone from entering a house of worship is now a crime in New York under a law approved after a series of raucous demonstrations outside synagogues

7:48 AM on Wednesday, May 27

Pilgrims in Saudi Arabia have been performing the symbolic stoning of the devil during the Hajj, enduring temperatures over 107 degrees Fahrenheit

6:58 AM on Wednesday, May 27

Muslims in Mali's capital, Bamako, face challenges celebrating Eid al-Adha due to a blockade by armed groups linked to al-Qaida

5:13 AM on Wednesday, May 27

An Australian government inquiry has heard that a state police force has worked to form a heavily armed rapid response team since the Bondi Beach shooting

5:02 AM on Wednesday, May 27

Hamas is confirming that Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City killed the new leader of Hamas' military wing

4:44 AM on Wednesday, May 27

An alleged accomplice of a man who was convicted of stabbing and seriously wounding a Spanish tourist at Berlin’s Holocaust Memorial last year has been arrested in the German capital

3:42 AM on Wednesday, May 27

Penpa Tsering has been sworn in for a second term as the president of Tibet’s government-in-exile based in India

9:10 AM on Tuesday, May 26

Iran has denounced the most recent U.S. strikes as a sign of bad faith as negotiations press on toward a possible deal to end the war

6:09 AM on Tuesday, May 26

Muslim pilgrims have gathered on Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia for the second day of the Hajj, considered the pinnacle of the annual pilgrimage

1:44 AM on Tuesday, May 26

The head of an inquiry into antisemitism in Australia has condemned online hatred and bigotry targeting Jewish witnesses

3:27 AM on Monday, May 25

The United States and Iran appear to be closing in on a deal to end the war and open the Strait of Hormuz