Religion News

1:00 AM on Saturday, January 17

5:32 PM on Friday, January 16

Death toll from crackdown on Iran protests jumps to at least 3,090, activists say, even as signs of normalcy return

11:32 AM on Friday, January 16

A British police force chief has retired following criticism over a decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from a match against Aston Villa last year

8:25 AM on Friday, January 16

6:53 AM on Friday, January 16

A Iran returns to an uneasy calm after protests led to a violent crackdown, a senior cleric is calling for the death penalty for detained demonstrators

8:27 AM on Thursday, January 15

Pope Leo XIV has met with families of Italian teenagers killed or injured in a fire that engulfed a Swiss ski resort bar during a party on New Year's Eve

7:15 AM on Thursday, January 15

Israeli strikes in Gaza have killed nine people, including three women, following the U.S. announcement of a second phase in the fragile ceasefire

6:40 AM on Thursday, January 15

Human Rights Watch criticizes the Syrian government for lacking accountability in sectarian violence

10:55 PM on Wednesday, January 14

In just a few days, nationwide protests challenging Iran’s theocracy exploded into a crackdown and bloodshed that blew past reported casualty figures of decades of previous demonstrations

7:45 PM on Wednesday, January 14

Venezuela’s annual Divina Pastora procession returns to the streets of Barquisimeto during widespread unease

5:53 PM on Wednesday, January 14

The Department of Homeland Security is making it easier for visa-holding religious workers to serve U.S. congregations with less disruption

10:21 AM on Wednesday, January 14

The U.K.'s home secretary has urged the head of West Midlands Police to resign following a report on the banning of Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from a match against Aston Villa

9:00 AM on Wednesday, January 14

The global music industry hit 5.1 trillion streams in 2025

8:31 PM on Tuesday, January 13

Beverly Geiger Bonnheim was 17 when the Ku Klux Klan bombed her synagogue in 1967

12:16 PM on Tuesday, January 13

The Trump administration has designated the Lebanese, Jordanian and Egyptian chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organizations

10:57 AM on Tuesday, January 13

Israel’s recognition of Somaliland has thrust the breakaway territory into the international spotlight

6:02 AM on Tuesday, January 13

Strong winds have caused at least four deaths in Gaza as walls collapsed onto tents in the coastal territory

3:04 AM on Tuesday, January 13

Organizers of Australia’s largest free literary festival have canceled the weeklong event after most writers withdrew over the removal of an Australian Palestinian writer

8:19 AM on Monday, January 12

7:34 AM on Monday, January 12

Pope Leo XIV has met with Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado at the Vatican