Religion News

1:31 PM on Tuesday, June 9

A new United Nations report says militants and police units in Gaza publicly beat, maimed and even executed dozens of Palestinians during Hamas’ war with Israel in acts amounting to war crimes

8:53 AM on Tuesday, June 9

Christian religious leaders in the Lebanese city of Tyre have urged for swift international and local action to prevent Israeli attacks on the Christian district

8:35 AM on Tuesday, June 9

Pope Leo XIV has stirred up cultural debates in Spain during his visit to Barcelona

8:20 AM on Tuesday, June 9

Southern Baptist delegates have gathered in Orlando, Florida, for their annual meeting and they're expected to vote on a constitutional amendment to formally ban churches with women pastors

1:07 AM on Tuesday, June 9

Pope Leo XIV will bridge 1,000 years of church history Wednesday when he visits a medieval monastery on a mountaintop that local Catholics consider sacred and then celebrates Mass at Barcelona’s famous Sagrada Familia Basilica

8:38 PM on Monday, June 8

Attorneys for the president of Wisconsin's largest mosque say he is being denied basic medical care for diabetes and has lost 30 pounds since he was taken into custody two months ago by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

9:59 AM on Monday, June 8

The Vatican says that Pope Leo XIV has met with six survivors of clergy sexual abuse in Madrid and vowed to consider their suggestions for how the Catholic Church can improve its response to the crisis

8:30 AM on Monday, June 8

5:51 AM on Monday, June 8

Spain's lawmakers have given Pope Leo XIV a lengthy standing ovation after his historic address to parliament

11:06 PM on Sunday, June 7

Israel and Iran have exchanged fire, marking the first such incident since a ceasefire two months ago

9:46 PM on Sunday, June 7

Israel and Iran appear to be backing away from further strikes, just hours after they traded fire for the first time since the U.S. and Tehran agreed to a ceasefire two months ago

6:24 AM on Sunday, June 7

Israel says Iran has launched missiles at it in the first such bombardment since a fragile ceasefire took effect in early April, complicating mediation efforts for a deal to end the war

4:38 AM on Sunday, June 7

A Palestinian man with Israeli citizenship has opened fire in central Israel

3:57 AM on Sunday, June 7

Pope Leo XIV has challenged Europe to acknowledge Christianity’s contributions to its cultural identity

4:58 AM on Saturday, June 6

Pope Leo XIV acknowledges that he's competing with another VIP in Madrid this weekend

4:10 AM on Saturday, June 6

Iran has fired ballistic missiles and drones toward Bahrain and Kuwait

2:16 AM on Saturday, June 6

Palestinian officials say Israeli troops have killed a 7-month-old Palestinian baby in the occupied West Bank as violence surges there

12:36 AM on Saturday, June 6

Pope Leo XIV’s weeklong visit to Spain has brought him to a once-staunchly Catholic country that has long been in the throes of waning religious practice

12:17 AM on Saturday, June 6

Pope Leo XIV is urging Spaniards to stop “fanning the flames of polarization” as he arrived in Spain

6:05 PM on Friday, June 5

Four houses of worship in southern New England are examples of the estimated 1% of congregations in the U.S. that have endured since the nation’s founding in 1776