Religion News

4:43 PM on Monday, July 27

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging the legitimacy of President Donald Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission

9:28 AM on Sunday, July 26

The United States has not attacked Iran for a second day, and Tehran says it has also halted attacks

10:17 AM on Saturday, July 25

Israel's military says it has detained over 70 suspects across the occupied West Bank following violence that left two Israeli soldiers and four Palestinian villagers dead there

5:01 PM on Friday, July 24

A suspect in two stabbings on New York City streets has been arrested on attempted murder and other charges

4:38 AM on Friday, July 24

A United Nations committee has inscribed a major archaeological site in the West Bank and a set of castles in southern Lebanon as World Heritage sites

12:03 AM on Friday, July 24

Estonia's Kirikla Orthodox Monastery is the first of its kind to be established by the Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church in decades

11:39 PM on Thursday, July 23

The U.S. military says it has fired on a merchant vessel attempting to breach its blockade of Iranian ports, while Iran targeted American strongholds around the Persian Gulf

11:07 PM on Thursday, July 23

Rabbi Jeffrey Myers is retiring from the Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh

11:06 PM on Thursday, July 23

Rabbi Jeffrey Myers is retiring from Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh, which he led through the aftermath of the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history

9:00 PM on Thursday, July 23

A man has been arrested after police said he stabbed two men in separate, nonfatal attacks on Manhattan’s Upper West Side

8:14 PM on Thursday, July 23

A replica of the House of the Virgin Mary in the Philippines welcomes devotees in Asia’s largest Catholic nation

8:00 PM on Thursday, July 23

Chinese pastor Ezra Jin Mingri recounts how his fears turned to uncertainty and then joy after he was unexpectedly released from detention in China

1:40 PM on Thursday, July 23

The Catholic Church organization Caritas says hundreds of boxes of humanitarian aid from the U.S. are being distributed in two towns near Havana

12:10 PM on Thursday, July 23

A nun who was taken into immigration custody last month in Texas is speaking out for the first time about her arrest while walking to Mass

9:20 AM on Thursday, July 23

Mohammad Bashir has been sentenced to life in prison for plotting an attack on a British military academy

2:02 AM on Thursday, July 23

The U.S. military has announced it conducted a 13th night of strikes against Iran as clashes escalate over shipping routes

9:33 AM on Wednesday, July 22

The Vatican has confirmed that a church trial against a famous ex-Jesuit priest accused of spiritual and sexual abuse of women is ongoing

3:19 AM on Wednesday, July 22

The U.S. military has announced that it is conducting a 12th night of strikes against Iran as both sides increasingly target civilian infrastructure

3:10 AM on Wednesday, July 22

Lebanon's prime minister has visited a southern village as a U.S.-brokered agreement with Israel begins implementation

12:49 AM on Wednesday, July 22

A Palestinian family that was divided between Israel and Gaza was reunited this month after the eldest sister waged a two-year effort to bring her siblings to join her in Israel