Religion News

4:35 AM on Monday, September 28

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has held an hourlong meeting with the leader of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, during a secret weekend visit to the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi

4:13 AM on Monday, September 28

Pope Leo XIV is urging religious leaders in France to preach messages of peace and unity

11:04 PM on Sunday, September 27

A North Carolina religious leader's assault and kidnapping case is returning to court after nine years

1:56 PM on Sunday, September 27

1:48 AM on Sunday, September 27

The Palestinian death toll from the Israel-Hamas war has surpassed 74,000, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry

1:01 AM on Sunday, September 27

French survivors of clergy sexual abuse have met with Pope Leo XIV

2:23 PM on Saturday, September 26

Millions of Christians in Ethiopia have gathered to celebrate Meskel, a religious holiday that commemorates the discovery of the True Cross by the Roman empress Helena in the fourth century

7:04 AM on Saturday, September 26

Pope Leo XIV’s outdoor Mass on Saturday was a massive event

4:50 AM on Saturday, September 26

Pope Leo XIV draws hundreds of thousands of people to Paris’ Champs-Élysées for a massive outdoor Mass

4:06 AM on Saturday, September 26

Pope Leo XIV is a lifelong Chicago White Sox fan but also knows better than to wade too deep into sporting rivalries

12:45 AM on Saturday, September 26

Inside a Quaker meeting house in western Kenya, loud music complete with modern instruments can be heard from a distance

11:08 PM on Friday, September 25

Israeli settlers have intensified efforts to seize natural springs and heritage sites in the occupied West Bank

4:59 PM on Friday, September 25

8:04 AM on Friday, September 25

Nepal's festival season has started with the weeklong celebrations of Indra Jatra as the country struggles to recover from devastating flooding

6:00 AM on Friday, September 25

Senator Ted Cruz targeted Muslim Americans at the recent Republican midterm convention, declaring that Sharia law “has no place in America.”

4:55 AM on Friday, September 25

France is working on a draft United Nations Security Council resolution backing freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz

12:28 AM on Friday, September 25

The U.S.-created Board of Peace has said the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees has no place in Gaza

11:12 PM on Thursday, September 24

Pope Leo XIV has warned that a “paradise of machines” could undermine humanity

11:20 PM on Wednesday, September 23

Pope Leo XIV is visiting the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in southern France on Sunday

12:35 PM on Tuesday, September 22

About 2,000 people have sought reparations from a French body addressing church abuse