Religion News

2:34 PM on Saturday, May 23

The highest Catholic authorities in Peru have held a symbolic reparation ceremony for an Indigenous community affected by land dispossession

7:40 AM on Saturday, May 23

President Donald Trump says a deal with Iran, including opening the Strait of Hormuz, has been “largely negotiated.”

4:33 AM on Saturday, May 23

U.S. Muslim pilgrims have been preparing for this year's Hajj against the backdrop of a tenuous ceasefire, tensions and uncertainty in the Iran war

11:46 PM on Friday, May 22

Pope Leo XIV has visited families near Naples affected by illegal toxic dumping linked to the mafia

2:36 PM on Friday, May 22

Court records reveal new details about one of two teenagers who killed three people at a San Diego mosque

11:25 PM on Thursday, May 21

Large numbers of Muslims converge once a year in Saudi Arabia to unite in a series of religious rituals and acts of worship as they perform the Hajj, the pilgrimage that is one of the pillars of Islam

10:07 AM on Thursday, May 21

Israel's far-right national security minister has sparked global outrage after promoting a video of himself taunting activists from a flotilla to Gaza who were detained by his police force

11:20 PM on Wednesday, May 20

Hundreds of Cambodian villagers have honored their guardian spirits with a colorful ceremony to pray for good fortune, rain and prosperity

9:14 PM on Wednesday, May 20

An attack at a California Islamic center is the latest violence where the perpetrators said they were inspired by past atrocities, such as the 2019 massacre in Christchurch, New Zealand

10:47 AM on Wednesday, May 20

A calendar featuring close-ups of young, handsome priests has been a popular Rome souvenir for two decades

7:13 AM on Wednesday, May 20

For most of the past 17 years, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has remained in power due in part to a tight alliance with ultra-Orthodox religious parties

6:00 AM on Wednesday, May 20

Israel’s national security minister has drawn a sharp rebuke from his boss and triggered a backlash abroad after he released videos taunting detained activists from a flotilla that tried to reach Gaza

4:20 AM on Wednesday, May 20

Stephen Colbert's run on “The Late Show” ends Thursday, marking the conclusion of his on-air feud with President Donald Trump

11:30 AM on Tuesday, May 19

10:35 AM on Tuesday, May 19

Authorities say the three people killed by two teen shooters at a San Diego mosque died while saving roughly 140 children who were in the building at the time of the attack

7:20 AM on Tuesday, May 19

The body overseeing the U.S.-brokered ceasefire in Gaza plans to ask the United Nations Security Council to press Hamas to disarm

10:44 PM on Monday, May 18

Authorities say the two teenagers who shot and killed three people in an attack on a California mosque had been radicalized online where they first met

9:04 PM on Monday, May 18

Loud and expressive mourners are common at funerals around the world — but in parts of Kenya, some of them may be paid workers

6:47 PM on Monday, May 18

An attack by two teenagers on a San Diego mosque left a community mourning its victims, Muslim leaders calling for increased security and investigators parsing white supremacist writings by the suspects

10:06 PM on Thursday, May 14

Millions of Palestinians are marking the 78th anniversary of the Nakba