Religion News

5:47 PM on Friday, September 11

A North Carolina pastor who led the opening prayer at a recent campaign stop for Republican Senate nominee Michael Whatley is a registered sex offender, twice sentenced to prison

7:29 AM on Friday, September 11

Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen have captured a strategic island in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait

6:37 AM on Friday, September 11

U.K. lawmakers have voted down a bill allowing terminally ill adults in England and Wales to choose to end their lives

12:03 AM on Friday, September 11

The United States has succeeded in loosening Iran's grip over the Strait of Hormuz while virtually shutting down Iran's own exports

5:36 PM on Thursday, September 10

In the weeks leading up to Rosh Hashanah, the two-day Jewish new year that begins at sundown on Sept. 11, Chava Goldberg spent much of her time at her sewing desk, opening the linings, collars and waistbands of her clients’ suits, hats and dresses in search of “shatnez” — the forbidden mixture of sheep’s wool and linen in a single garment

7:02 AM on Thursday, September 10

A farmer in Minnesota has transformed a conventional farm using both formal agricultural education and the Indigenous wisdom he learned as a youth growing up in the Guatemalan rainforest

7:37 AM on Wednesday, September 9

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has defended the decision to ban trade with Israeli settlements in the West Bank, emphasizing fairness and justice

7:01 AM on Wednesday, September 9

Rabbis in the U.S. say their congregations are feeling unsettled by antisemitic threats as the High Holy Days approach

5:48 AM on Wednesday, September 9

The Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen say that Saudi-backed forces have launched dozens of airstrikes across four provinces

6:57 PM on Tuesday, September 8

A former missionary with an Ohio-based ministry has pleaded guilty to federal charges of sexually abusing two boys in Haiti

9:41 AM on Tuesday, September 8

Pope Leo XIV will visit France later this month, with the Bishops’ Conference of France (CEF) expecting over 1 million people to attend

5:49 AM on Tuesday, September 8

The Eiffel Tower has reopened to the public after a strike closed it for a day

5:09 AM on Tuesday, September 8

The United Kingdom has banned trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, where it says “settler terrorists” are carrying out “ethnic cleansing” of Palestinians

12:23 AM on Tuesday, September 8

Thirty years after Argentine cumbia star Gilda died in a tour bus crash, the beloved singer has become something more to many fans: a miracle-working folk saint

2:17 PM on Monday, September 7

Pope Leo XIV has unveiled a fresco at the sanctuary where he prayed just after his election last year

1:06 AM on Monday, September 7

Germany has told the United Nations’ top court that a genocide case over weapons sales to Israel was improperly filed by Nicaragua and should be thrown out

5:35 AM on Sunday, September 6

The U_S_ military has denied that Iran struck an uncrewed American military vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, calling the claim a “total lie.”

3:03 AM on Sunday, September 6

A senior Iranian official says Tehran plans to announce an “exclusion zone” outside the Strait of Hormuz, targeting vessels it believes are attempting to transit the waterway

7:41 PM on Saturday, September 5

Federal law enforcement warned the parents of Caleb Vazquez, one of two teenagers involved in a San Diego mosque shooting, about his concerning online comments days before the attack

8:29 AM on Friday, September 4