Religion News

3:45 PM on Tuesday, December 9

Pope Leo XIV is insisting that Europe must have a role in any Ukraine peace deal

2:35 PM on Tuesday, December 9

Gov_ Ron DeSantis has labeled the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) as a "foreign terrorist organization."

9:41 AM on Tuesday, December 9

A selection of items returned by the Vatican is now at the Canadian Museum of History after First Nations, Inuit and Métis leaders for years called for the repatriation of Indigenous artifacts

9:06 AM on Tuesday, December 9

Archaeologists have uncovered the longest remains of an ancient wall that once encircled Jerusalem during the time of Hanukkah

8:34 AM on Tuesday, December 9

7:59 AM on Tuesday, December 9

A Hamas leader is calling for international pressure on Israel before the Palestinian militant group moves forward with the next phase of the ceasefire in the territory

7:10 AM on Tuesday, December 9

Hundreds of Nicaraguans caroled the Virgin Mary at flower-and-light-filled altars set up in church parking lots as well as the back of vehicles on the streets of Miami to mark the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception

7:01 AM on Tuesday, December 9

A man who says he was held down and beaten by members of a religious group in North Carolina wants the prosecutor removed from his case

4:43 AM on Tuesday, December 9

Colgate takes on the Saint Bonaventure Bonnies after Ben Tweedy scored 23 points in the Raiders' 94-50 victory over the Saint John Fisher Cardinals

8:31 PM on Monday, December 8

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has designated one of the largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy groups in the U.S. a “foreign terrorist organization,” following a similar step by Texas last month

7:43 PM on Monday, December 8

The Archdiocese of New York says it will set up a $300 million fund to compensate victims of sexual abuse who have sued the church

6:08 PM on Monday, December 8

The New Orleans Archdiocese will pay at least $230 million to hundreds of survivors of clergy sexual abuse under a settlement approved by a federal judge on Monday

1:38 PM on Monday, December 8

A federal judge has approved a federal settlement that will clear the way for the New Orleans Archdiocese to pay at least $230 million to hundreds of victims of clergy sexual abuse

1:31 PM on Monday, December 8

Judge OKs settlement for New Orleans Archdiocese to pay at least $230 million to hundreds of clergy abuse victims

11:28 AM on Monday, December 8

Pope Leo XIV embraces a Roman tradition by praying for peace at a statue of the Madonna near the Spanish Steps

8:38 AM on Monday, December 8

8:31 AM on Monday, December 8

A total of 100 of the schoolchildren abducted from a Nigerian Catholic school and released over the weekend have been hosted at a government-organized ceremony

6:12 AM on Monday, December 8

Israeli police have forcibly entered the United Nations agency compound for Palestinian refugees in east Jerusalem

9:04 AM on Sunday, December 7

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel and Hamas are expected to move into the second phase of their ceasefire soon

5:05 PM on Saturday, December 6

Christmas celebrations are returning to Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank after two years of war in Gaza