Religion News

10:46 AM on Thursday, October 23

Authorities say Pakistan has banned a radical Islamist party behind recent violent protests that left at least one police officer and four civilians dead

7:19 AM on Thursday, October 23

6:38 AM on Thursday, October 23

Belfast judge acquits ex-British soldier of murder and attempted murder charges in 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre

6:19 AM on Thursday, October 23

Vice President JD Vance criticizes Israel's parliament vote on West Bank annexation, says the move was an 'insult'

5:12 AM on Thursday, October 23

An American missionary has been kidnapped in Niger's capital, Niamey, according to security sources and local media

4:04 AM on Thursday, October 23

King Charles III and Queen Camilla have visited the Vatican to pray with Pope Leo XIV

3:09 AM on Thursday, October 23

U.S. Vice President JD Vance has criticized Israel’s parliament vote on West Bank annexation

12:10 AM on Thursday, October 23

12:01 AM on Thursday, October 23

Come October, monks and nuns are busy harvesting olives at the Mount of Olives and the Gethsemane garden — where the Gospel narrates Jesus spent the last night before being taken up the other side of the valley into Jerusalem to be crucified

11:31 PM on Wednesday, October 22

A former British paratrooper who was the only soldier ever charged in the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre in Northern Ireland has been acquitted of murder charges

9:26 PM on Wednesday, October 22

Saudi Arabia has appointed Sheikh Saleh bin Fawzan al-Fawzan as the new grand mufti, the kingdom's top religious scholar

10:17 AM on Wednesday, October 22

U.S. Vice President JD Vance is seeking to ease concerns in Israel that the Trump administration is dictating terms to its closest ally in the Middle East

8:27 AM on Wednesday, October 22

The Vatican is expected to soon announce that it will return a few dozen artifacts sought by Indigenous communities in Canada

8:08 AM on Wednesday, October 22

Rubio will travel to Israel and meet with Netanyahu, Israel says, as Trump officials aim to shore up Gaza ceasefire deal

7:05 AM on Wednesday, October 22

Netflix's “Nobody Wants This” became a surprise hit last year, topping charts and drawing millions of viewers

12:03 AM on Wednesday, October 22

The International Court of Justice has ruled that Israel must allow the U.N. aid agency, UNRWA, to provide humanitarian assistance in Gaza

10:59 PM on Tuesday, October 21

2:58 PM on Tuesday, October 21

Video obtained by The Associated Press shows an Israeli settler beating Palestinian olive harvesters with clubs in an attack that Palestinian health officials say sent at least one woman to the hospital with serious injuries

1:48 PM on Tuesday, October 21

Israel's military says Palestinian militants have handed over the remains of two hostages to the Red Cross in Gaza

1:11 AM on Tuesday, October 21

U.S. Vice President JD Vance and other envoys projected optimism about Gaza’s fragile ceasefire agreement during a visit to Israel even as they acknowledged significant challenges remain