Religion News

2:06 PM on Wednesday, March 11

The head priest of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in downtown Pittsburgh is facing charges after being accused of stealing more than $1,000 in baseball cards from a Walmart

8:38 AM on Wednesday, March 11

Governments are working on plans to unblock the Strait of Hormuz, a vital oil choke point

8:25 AM on Wednesday, March 11

7:48 AM on Wednesday, March 11

The International Energy Agency has agreed to release the largest volume of emergency oil reserves in its history, in a bid to counter the effects on energy markets of the war in the Middle East

5:03 AM on Wednesday, March 11

The war with Iran, for all its complexity and global effects, boils down to a single question: Who can take the pain the longest

1:01 AM on Wednesday, March 11

Iran targeted the world’s busiest international airport Wednesday and attacked commercial ships as U.S. and Israeli strikes rocked Tehran, while the United Nations’ most powerful body demanded a halt to the Islamic Republic’s strikes on its Gulf neighbors that threaten global oil supplies

6:00 PM on Tuesday, March 10

A Chaldean Catholic bishop in California has resigned and pleaded not guilty after prosecutors accuse him of stealing more than $270,000 from his parish

5:42 PM on Tuesday, March 10

A 16-foot (5-meter) Baby Jesus statue visits Mexico City’s Tepito neighborhood as part of a traveling project that brings the religious image to communities across the capital and nearby cities in central Mexico

4:24 PM on Tuesday, March 10

A federal judge is weighing whether the government can force the University of Pennsylvania to hand over detailed employee information in an antisemitism investigation

12:15 PM on Tuesday, March 10

The Pope has accepted the resignation of the head of the Chaldean Catholic Church in Iraq

11:14 AM on Tuesday, March 10

Jihadi extremist groups including Boko Haram have targeted Nigerian military camps in intensifying attacks in the last week

8:35 AM on Tuesday, March 10

Pope Leo XIV says a Chaldean Catholic bishop has resigned after he was arrested while trying to leave the U.S. following accusations that he embezzled $270,000 from his parish near San Diego

5:06 AM on Tuesday, March 10

Tens of thousands of Iranians are fleeing Tehran and other cities as Israeli and U.S. bombardment spreads fear

1:06 AM on Tuesday, March 10

The Dominican convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan is best known as the home of Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper.”

12:09 AM on Tuesday, March 10

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that Tuesday would be the most intense day yet of U.S. strikes inside Iran

11:24 PM on Monday, March 9

The U.S. says it took out more than a dozen mine-laying Iranian vessels, and the Islamic Republic vowed to block the region’s oil exports, saying it would not allow “even a single liter” to be shipped to its enemies

9:21 PM on Monday, March 9

A federal jury has awarded $667,000 in damages to a group of incarcerated Muslim men in Missouri who were pepper-sprayed by state correctional officers while praying

6:42 PM on Monday, March 9

Pope Leo XIV is calling for an end to the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran and expressing deep sorrow for those killed

3:34 PM on Monday, March 9

The San Pietro in Vincoli basilica in Rome is home to one of Michelangelo’s most famous works, the massive marble statue of Moses, as well as the purported chains that imprisoned the first pope

1:36 AM on Monday, March 9

U.S. President Donald Trump says the war against Iran could be short-lived