Religion News

8:25 AM on Wednesday, March 11

6:00 PM on Tuesday, March 10

A Chaldean Catholic bishop in California has resigned and pleaded not guilty after prosecutors accuse him of stealing more than $270,000 from his parish

5:42 PM on Tuesday, March 10

A 16-foot (5-meter) Baby Jesus statue visits Mexico City’s Tepito neighborhood as part of a traveling project that brings the religious image to communities across the capital and nearby cities in central Mexico

4:24 PM on Tuesday, March 10

A federal judge is weighing whether the government can force the University of Pennsylvania to hand over detailed employee information in an antisemitism investigation

12:15 PM on Tuesday, March 10

The Pope has accepted the resignation of the head of the Chaldean Catholic Church in Iraq

11:14 AM on Tuesday, March 10

Jihadi extremist groups including Boko Haram have targeted Nigerian military camps in intensifying attacks in the last week

8:35 AM on Tuesday, March 10

Pope Leo XIV says a Chaldean Catholic bishop has resigned after he was arrested while trying to leave the U.S. following accusations that he embezzled $270,000 from his parish near San Diego

5:06 AM on Tuesday, March 10

Tens of thousands of Iranians are fleeing Tehran and other cities as Israeli and U.S. bombardment spreads fear

1:06 AM on Tuesday, March 10

The Dominican convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan is best known as the home of Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper.”

12:09 AM on Tuesday, March 10

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that Tuesday would be the most intense day yet of U.S. strikes inside Iran

11:24 PM on Monday, March 9

The U.S. says it took out more than a dozen mine-laying Iranian vessels, and the Islamic Republic vowed to block the region’s oil exports, saying it would not allow “even a single liter” to be shipped to its enemies

9:21 PM on Monday, March 9

A federal jury has awarded $667,000 in damages to a group of incarcerated Muslim men in Missouri who were pepper-sprayed by state correctional officers while praying

6:42 PM on Monday, March 9

Pope Leo XIV is calling for an end to the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran and expressing deep sorrow for those killed

3:34 PM on Monday, March 9

The San Pietro in Vincoli basilica in Rome is home to one of Michelangelo’s most famous works, the massive marble statue of Moses, as well as the purported chains that imprisoned the first pope

6:56 AM on Monday, March 9

Belgian officials say an overnight explosion outside a synagogue in Liege appears to be an antisemitic attack, and prosecutors are treating it seriously

1:36 AM on Monday, March 9

U.S. President Donald Trump says the war against Iran could be short-lived

11:59 PM on Sunday, March 8

The Iran war has begun its second week

6:26 PM on Sunday, March 8

Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei who was named as his successor, had long been considered a contender to the post even before an Israeli strike killed his father and despite the fact he had never been elected or appointed to a government position