Religion News

11:27 PM on Friday, April 10

A U.S. delegation led by Vice President JD Vance arrived in Pakistan for talks with Iranian officials aimed at shoring up a shaky ceasefire and paving the way for a permanent end to the fighting

11:26 PM on Friday, April 10

U.S. and Iranian officials held separate talks with Pakistan’s prime minister amid a ceasefire made fragile by deep disagreements and unabated fighting in Lebanon

2:51 PM on Friday, April 10

Millions of Christians in Ethiopia observed Good Friday in the capital, Addis Ababa, as celebrations — ahead of their Easter Sunday this weekend — were dampened by fuel scarcity and rising food prices caused by the Iran war

1:08 PM on Friday, April 10

Pope Leo XIV has amplified his condemnation of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran

9:49 AM on Friday, April 10

Philadelphia Flyers fan Mike Culin took a unique approach to support his team by gifting Pope Leo XIV a customized Flyers jersey during a family trip to Italy

6:04 AM on Friday, April 10

The faith-based AI market is expanding, with tools for various religions

3:52 AM on Friday, April 10

Authorities believe an antisemitic motive prompted vandalism at an Israeli restaurant in Munich where the windows were broken

3:03 AM on Friday, April 10

Friday marks six months since the ceasefire in Gaza took effect, but progress remains limited

2:01 AM on Friday, April 10

Simon Kimbangu, founder of one of Africa’s largest independent churches, spent 30 years in jail and died a prisoner, banished far from his home by Belgian colonial authorities who judged his activities to be dangerous

1:12 AM on Friday, April 10

With the ceasefire in Iran still shaky, U.S. and Iranian negotiators are heading to Pakistan for high-level talks with Iranian officials

12:08 AM on Friday, April 10

Pope Leo XIV’s trip to Africa is so dizzying in its complexity it recalls some of the early globetrotting odysseys of St. John Paul II

12:03 AM on Friday, April 10

Pope Leo XIV is making a long and ambitious odyssey across four African countries -- Algeria, Angola, Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea

11:31 PM on Thursday, April 9

U.S. Vice President JD Vance is heading to Pakistan for high-level talks with Iranian officials, as Israel and Hezbollah traded fire and Tehran maintained its stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz

11:02 PM on Thursday, April 9

Donald Trump is accustomed to criticism from coast to coast — Democrats, disaffected Republicans, late-night comedians, protesters

1:28 PM on Thursday, April 9

Army ROTC cadets who subdued the gunman attacking their classroom at Virginia's Old Dominion University last month are recounting dramatic details publicly for the first time

11:51 AM on Thursday, April 9

Israel has escalated its attacks against Hezbollah in Lebanon after the U.S. and Iran announced a tentative ceasefire

11:47 AM on Thursday, April 9

Nigeria's officials say that an army general and several soldiers have been killed during an attempt to raid a military base in the northeast

11:58 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has authorized direct negotiations with Lebanon aimed at disarming Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants and establishing relations between the neighbors

11:17 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has authorized direct negotiations with Lebanon aimed at disarming Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants and establishing relations between the neighbors

6:25 PM on Tuesday, April 7

Biblical stories like Jonah and the whale would be required reading for Texas public schools students under proposals that are putting the state at the center of another contentious wrangling over the role of religion in classrooms