Religion News

4:54 AM on Thursday, September 3

Thousands of young Orthodox Christians have taken part in a candlelit procession in Romania's capital, part of the International Meeting of Orthodox Youth

11:40 PM on Wednesday, September 2

A Hong Kong court on Thursday rejected the appeal brought by a 94-year-old Roman Catholic cardinal and four others over their convictions for failing to register a now-defunct fund that aimed to help people arrested in the anti-government protests in 2019

6:05 AM on Wednesday, September 2

If Kansas megachurch pastor and Democratic nominee Adam Hamilton manages to pull off an upset in his race for a Senate seat, he’d join a very small group

6:02 AM on Wednesday, September 2

Adam Hamilton is the founder of the nation's largest United Methodist church, and he's attempting to pull off an unusual balancing act in running as a Democrat for the U.S. Senate

6:02 AM on Wednesday, September 2

Catholics from the Peoria, Illinois, area are eagerly preparing for a long-awaited beatification service of the late Archbishop Fulton Sheen

5:55 AM on Wednesday, September 2

Iran has targeted U.S. Gulf allies, firing drones at Kuwait and Bahrain after U.S. airstrikes in Iran

1:42 AM on Wednesday, September 2

Iranian attacks have targeted U.S. allies across the Gulf as renewed fighting with the United States ended a monthlong lull

12:35 AM on Wednesday, September 2

Some tourists previously reported missing in Nepal have made contact with authorities, officials said Wednesday

11:04 PM on Monday, August 31

Floods along the Nepal-Tibet border have left many like Tsering Gelbu Lama grappling with loss

8:09 PM on Monday, August 31

The Hungry Ghost Festival is observed during the seventh month of the lunar calendar, drawing on Buddhist, Taoist and folk religious beliefs about the relationship between the living and the dead

3:12 PM on Monday, August 31

2:45 PM on Monday, August 31

A North Carolina district attorney says a 17-year-old girl who recorded a livestream of a shooting that killed three people at a San Diego mosque and who disseminated the attackers’ white-supremacist writings has been charged with murder by aiding and abetting

8:09 AM on Monday, August 31

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is canceling its planned exhibit honoring British designer John Galliano

6:21 AM on Monday, August 31

The United Arab Emirates' Defense Ministry says that an Iranian drone has been intercepted over the UAE’s territorial waters

1:47 AM on Monday, August 31

The United Arab Emirates’ air force has intercepted an Iranian drone over its territorial waters

12:56 AM on Monday, August 31

A court in Seoul, South Korea, has sentenced Unification Church leader Hak Ja Han to two years in prison

11:07 PM on Sunday, August 30

Vice President JD Vance has spoken at the annual gathering of the Republican Jewish Coalition

7:45 AM on Sunday, August 30

The devastating flash floods in the Himalayan region swept so many people downstream that authorities in one Nepalese district have begun burying bodies in temporary graves before they can be identified

6:57 AM on Sunday, August 30

Iran’s supreme leader has called for Muslim countries to stand together against Israel and the United States

11:37 PM on Saturday, August 29

Authorities in Nepal are warning of potential fresh flooding as water levels rise in the Bhotekoshi River