Religion News

5:36 PM on Wednesday, February 11

Activists have planned protests at more than two dozen Target stores around the United States to pressure the discount retailer into taking a public stand against the 5-week-old immigration crackdown in its home state of Minnesota

5:08 PM on Wednesday, February 11

The pews of the Church of the Annunziata in Mercogliano, a town just outside of Naples, were filled with guests wearing lacquered nails, towering wigs and heavy eyelashes

2:17 PM on Wednesday, February 11

Nigerian authorities say the United States is sending troops to Nigeria to train the West African country's military in combating extremism as a multifaceted security crisis spreads in the north

1:35 PM on Wednesday, February 11

A group of Buddhist monks has completed a 108-day Walk for Peace from Texas to Washington, bringing its message to the nation’s capital

10:01 AM on Wednesday, February 11

A new exhibition in Rome is celebrating one of the most important patron-artist relationships in European history

9:35 AM on Wednesday, February 11

A drone strike at a mosque has killed two children and injured 13 others in Sudan’s Kordofan region

2:26 AM on Wednesday, February 11

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he told visiting Israeli President Isaac Herzog that Australia is seeking criminal charges over a 2024 airstrike in Gaza

7:00 PM on Tuesday, February 10

11:22 AM on Tuesday, February 10

In Bulgaria, priests blessed jars of honey during a religious festival honoring St. Haralambos, the patron saint of beekeepers

9:03 AM on Tuesday, February 10

Two Palestinian men riding bicycles were killed in an Israeli drone strike Tuesday, hospital officials said, as deadly violence continued in Gaza despite an October ceasefire

8:22 AM on Tuesday, February 10

7:04 AM on Tuesday, February 10

A new wave of Christian artists from various backgrounds is drawing young audiences to faith-based rap, Afrobeats and R&B

12:07 AM on Tuesday, February 10

A group of Buddhist monks has finally reached Washington, D.C., after completing a 15-week trek from Texas that captivated the country

12:04 AM on Tuesday, February 10

The Cross of the Athletes has arrived in Milan for the Winter Games, symbolizing unity through sport

9:27 PM on Monday, February 9

Brenton Tarrant, the white supremacist who murdered 51 Muslims in New Zealand's deadliest mass shooting, wanted to be described as a terrorist and always intended to admit to his crimes, his former lawyer says

3:38 PM on Monday, February 9

Israeli military strikes on Monday killed three people west of Gaza City, according to the hospital where the casualties arrived

10:23 AM on Monday, February 9

The Vatican has approved the beatification of Archbishop Fulton Sheen, a popular U.S. radio and TV preacher

8:32 AM on Monday, February 9

12:29 AM on Monday, February 9

Israeli President Isaac Herzog has started a state visit to Australia, aiming to console grieving Jews and improve bilateral relations

8:28 AM on Monday, February 2