Religion News

2:59 AM on Wednesday, September 16

Candidates from two rival parties linked to a former rebel group have led the first elections in a predominantly Muslim region in the southern Philippines

4:41 PM on Tuesday, September 15

Hundreds of people gathered at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, to mark the 63rd anniversary of the 1963 bombing

1:15 PM on Tuesday, September 15

Four supporting acts have quit Ed Sheeran’s tour after Macklemore was removed for his pro-Palestinian comments onstage

11:50 AM on Tuesday, September 15

5:52 AM on Tuesday, September 15

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince is reaching out to Egypt for support against Yemen’s Houthi rebels who have disrupted key avenues of commerce, contributing to a spike in the global cost of oil

1:36 AM on Tuesday, September 15

A predominantly Muslim region in the southern Philippines has held its first elections for a regional parliament following years of delays, moving it closer to self-rule after decades of insurgency and violence

1:15 AM on Tuesday, September 15

African rainmakers have long served as spiritual leaders in their communities, performing rituals to implore the deities for rainfall

5:04 PM on Monday, September 14

Macklemore says he has been dropped from Ed Sheeran’s Loop tour following pro-Palestinian comments he made onstage earlier this month at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium

9:40 AM on Monday, September 14

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9:21 AM on Monday, September 14

Pope Leo XIV has celebrated his 71st birthday but it is Vatican employees who got the gift

8:04 AM on Monday, September 14

In the weeks since a Christian pastor on the Wind River Reservation likened Arapaho ceremonial ways to “idol worship,” the Sunday morning rhythm has become familiar

6:08 AM on Monday, September 14

Yemen's Houthi rebels have seized the strategic islands of Greater and Lesser Hanish in the southern Red Sea

3:47 AM on Monday, September 14

A crucial Saudi oil pipeline that was struck in an attack will mostly be out of service for weeks as the damage is repaired

7:03 PM on Sunday, September 13

A predominantly Muslim region in the southern Philippines has held its first parliamentary election

6:45 AM on Sunday, September 13

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, has called for a renewed commitment to peace as he marked the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks in the U.S. Speaking from St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, he offered prayers for victims and those still affected by the tragedy

6:00 AM on Sunday, September 13

The conflict in Yemen is intensifying, as government forces launch attacks against Iran-backed Houthi rebels along the Red Sea and Houthis fire into neighboring Saudi Arabia, which supports Yemen’s government

12:03 AM on Sunday, September 13

A cycle of frescoes by Italian 14th-century master Giotto, depicting key moments in the life of St. Francis of Assisi, has been unveiled after a four-year restoration

7:58 AM on Saturday, September 12

Court cases involving Twin Cities churches and immigration enforcement highlight how the acrimonious debate continues to roil faith communities more than six months since the federal surge in Minnesota

12:07 AM on Saturday, September 12

President Donald Trump has touched a political nerve by saying a unified Ireland would be “fantastic.”

4:20 AM on Monday, September 7

Lebanon’s Health Ministry says Israel’s air force carried out two strikes early Monday on a southern Lebanese village, killing at least nine people, including children