Religion News

4:34 AM on Tuesday, October 21

U.S. Vice President JD Vance arrives in Israel to shore up the fragile ceasefire in Gaza

12:39 PM on Monday, October 20

Israel's military says Palestinian militants have handed over the body of a deceased hostage to the Red Cross in Gaza.

7:50 AM on Monday, October 20

Millions of Indians are celebrating the Hindu festival of Diwali, marking the victory of light over darkness

7:17 AM on Monday, October 20

Israel’s military says Palestinian militants in Gaza have handed over another body of a hostage

7:15 AM on Monday, October 20

Pope Leo XIV has met with an organization of clergy abuse survivors and advocates for the first time

8:04 PM on Sunday, October 19

Protesters have marched near the Israeli consulate in New York City over issues including the drafting of ultra-Orthodox Jews into Israel’s military

11:11 AM on Sunday, October 19

An Israeli security official says the transfer of aid into Gaza is halted after a Hamas ceasefire violation

8:51 AM on Sunday, October 19

Iran's official judiciary news agency has reported that the country has executed a person convicted of spying for Israel’s intelligence agency Mossad in the city of Qom

7:17 AM on Sunday, October 19

Israel strikes southern Gaza in test of ceasefire

1:42 AM on Sunday, October 19

Gaza's fragile ceasefire is facing its first major test

1:36 AM on Sunday, October 19

Pope Leo XIV has canonized Venezuela's “doctor of the poor” before tens of thousands of people

12:02 AM on Sunday, October 19

Released from Israeli detention after 20 months, 45-year-old Mohammed Abu Moussa is overwhelmed as he returns to Gaza and reunites with his family

3:43 PM on Saturday, October 18

Israel's military says Hamas has handed over 'two coffins of deceased hostages' to the Red Cross in Gaza

10:10 AM on Saturday, October 18

Palestinian embassy in Egypt says Rafah border crossing will reopen Monday for people returning to Gaza

8:19 AM on Saturday, October 18

The organizers of the Jewish International Film Festival say they were forced to postpone the event because cinemas in Malmö, Sweden, would not screen the films

7:42 AM on Saturday, October 18

More than 68,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, Gaza’s Health Ministry says

1:38 AM on Saturday, October 18

Israel says Hamas has handed over “two coffins of deceased hostages” from Gaza

Saturday, October 18

In the town of Metepec, southwest of Mexico City, artisans create clay figures that are intertwined with their faith

11:46 PM on Friday, October 17

Diwali is the most important festival of the year in India and for Hindus in particular

5:45 AM on Friday, October 17

Israel has received the coffin of a missing hostage handed over to the Red Cross from Hamas