Religion News

2:29 AM on Thursday, June 11

Pope Leo XIV has traveled to the Canary Islands, an epicenter of the European migration debate

11:11 PM on Wednesday, June 10

Hostilities between the U.S. and Iran have escalated, with Iran retaliating against U.S. air and cruise missile strikes

1:39 PM on Wednesday, June 10

Thousands of Southern Baptists have voted overwhelmingly to advance a formal ban on churches with women pastors in the nation’s largest conservative evangelical denomination

7:00 AM on Wednesday, June 10

The Pentagon’s recent revision to its list of Christian religions has reignited a long-standing debate about whether The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a Christian denomination

4:28 AM on Wednesday, June 10

Pope Leo XIV has celebrated the Sagrada Familia Basilica as a masterpiece of “stones, colors and light.”

12:20 AM on Wednesday, June 10

The unique grandeur of the Sagrada Familia means that even those who work and worship at Barcelona’s world famous basilica every day can still be surprised with some fresh wonder

12:15 AM on Wednesday, June 10

For decades, Israel has worked to expand the Jewish presence in annexed east Jerusalem

12:02 AM on Wednesday, June 10

Catholic bishops from across the U.S. come together Thursday to consecrate the country to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

11:29 PM on Tuesday, June 9

The United States launched a second round of airstrikes on Iran and Iran has fired back at Gulf States after President Donald Trump warned that Tehran would “pay the price” for stalled negotiations

7:24 PM on Tuesday, June 9

A group of more than 130 people in Barcelona gave a unique welcome to Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday night by forming a human tower

3:45 PM on Tuesday, June 9

Pope Leo XIV is presiding over a youth rally in Barcelona

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 swift international and local action to prevent Israeli attacks on the Christian district

8:35 AM on Tuesday, June 9

Pope Leo XIV has been caught in two of Spain's major culture debates during his visit to Barcelona

8:20 AM on Tuesday, June 9

Southern Baptists elected a new leader who has decried a “decline and drift” within the denomination

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

12:43 AM on Tuesday, June 9

The U.S. military launched airstrikes and Iran retaliated following the crash of an Army helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz that U.S. President Donald Trump blamed on the Islamic Republic

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

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