Religion News

11:31 AM on Saturday, July 18

Israeli strikes in Gaza City have killed at least nine Palestinians, including three children, according to hospital officials

7:34 AM on Saturday, July 18

Indie artist Alex Cameron has sparked curiosity with a song about Jesus, blending humor and sincerity

6:44 AM on Saturday, July 18

The Grand Mosque of Paris is celebrating its centenary

3:31 AM on Saturday, July 18

The U.S. military says it has carried out new airstrikes against Iran to “swiftly punish” the country’s Revolutionary Guard for an attack in Jordan that killed two American service members, left one more missing and four requiring hospitalization

1:26 AM on Saturday, July 18

Mount Olympus, the mythological home of ancient Greece’s 12 Olympian gods, may soon join UNESCO’s World Heritage List

1:16 AM on Saturday, July 18

The Trump administration has announced new, sweeping restrictions on U.S. funding for nongovernmental organizations, foreign governments and U.N. agencies that promote access to abortion overseas

1:14 AM on Saturday, July 18

The Trump administration's new, sweeping restrictions on U.S. funding for nongovernmental organizations, foreign governments and U.N. agencies that promote access to abortion overseas is delivering new momentum to U.S. anti-abortion groups

2:59 PM on Friday, July 17

Each week for the last 13 years, 28-year-old Rimpa Chowdhury, who describes herself as a devout Hindu, has visited the Basilica of the Holy Rosary

2:54 PM on Friday, July 17

Clara Ester, an activist and minister who rushed to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s side when he was shot, has died at 78

11:25 AM on Friday, July 17

An Israeli strike on a funeral in the Gaza Strip has killed at least seven people and wounded another 22

7:23 AM on Friday, July 17

Churches affiliated with the Society of St. Pius X continue to offer the Latin Mass

7:08 AM on Friday, July 17

Earlier this year, the Venerable Bhikkhu Pannakara, a Buddhist monk from Texas, led a Walk for Peace with an international group of monks and his rescue dog, Aloka

12:11 AM on Friday, July 17

The United States and Iran have exchanged strikes aimed at infrastructure and military targets as their battle over the Strait of Hormuz intensifies

11:18 AM on Thursday, July 16

A sudden crowd surge at a Hindu festival in Odisha, India, has left at least one person dead and many hospitalized

8:46 AM on Thursday, July 16

The expanding U.S. military campaign against Iran has put three small islands that sit at the confluence of the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz in the crosshairs once again

11:41 PM on Wednesday, July 15

The United States is expanding its airstrike campaign against Iran by increasingly hitting bridges

3:16 PM on Wednesday, July 15

A Utah man told police he repeatedly stabbed a Muslim man because of the man's faith and intended to kill him

7:32 AM on Wednesday, July 15

Israeli airstrikes have killed at least a dozen people in Gaza over the past two days, according to local health officials

5:51 AM on Wednesday, July 15

Kenya’s High Court has dismissed a petition seeking to legalize the use of cannabis by Rastafarians for religious purposes, ruling that the country’s ban on marijuana does not prevent them from exercising their constitutional rights

11:25 PM on Tuesday, July 14

The United States has intensified its strikes targeting Iran, hitting targets further north