Religion News

3:50 AM on Thursday, September 4

A Moroccan court has sentenced feminist activist Ibtissam Lachgar to two and a half years in prison and fined her $5,000 for blasphemy

11:38 AM on Wednesday, September 3

Vice President JD Vance has visited Minneapolis to meet with families affected by a deadly church shooting

7:03 AM on Wednesday, September 3

The United Arab Emirates has warned that any Israeli move to annex the occupied West Bank would be a “red line,” without specifying its possible impact on the landmark normalization accord between the two countries

2:12 AM on Wednesday, September 3

Israeli drones have dropped grenades near U.N. peacekeepers in southern Lebanon

4:59 PM on Tuesday, September 2

Since 2015, more than 1,300 residents at homeless shelters around the country have trained to run half-marathons through Up and Running Again, a nonprofit that uses faith and running to promote personal transformation

2:25 PM on Tuesday, September 2

A pine tree in Bolivia's capital, La Paz, has become a symbol of hope and devotion after being struck by lightning 10 years ago

1:54 PM on Tuesday, September 2

The Vatican is inaugurating an ambitious educational center inspired by Pope Francis’ ecological legacy

3:50 AM on Tuesday, September 2

Israel is mobilizing tens of thousands of reservists as part of a gradual call-up tied to its expanded offensive in the Gaza Strip's largest city

1:20 PM on Monday, September 1

Pope Leo XIV has urged his fellow Augustinians to work humbly for unity in the Catholic Church

9:16 AM on Monday, September 1

Israel has launched strikes across the Gaza Strip

8:00 AM on Monday, September 1

Iraq's prime minister has presided over the reopening of the historic al-Nuri Grand Mosque and its leaning minaret in Mosul's Old City

5:51 AM on Monday, September 1

Pope Leo XIV has met with one of the most prominent advocates for greater LGBTQ+ inclusion in the Catholic Church

8:19 AM on Sunday, August 31

Lebanon’s parliament speaker has criticized Washington’s push to quickly to disarm the Hezbollah militant group, and called instead for a calm national dialogue to determine “the fate of those weapons.”

7:57 AM on Sunday, August 31

Israel’s defense minister Israel Katz says that Hamas spokesperson Abu Obeida was killed in Gaza

7:49 AM on Sunday, August 31

The Israeli military says it has killed the longtime spokesperson for Hamas’ armed wing

5:34 AM on Sunday, August 31

Pope Leo XIV has demanded an end to the “pandemic of arms” during a public prayer for victims of a shooting at a Catholic school Mass in the United States

5:27 AM on Sunday, August 31

Pope Leo XIV denounces the 'pandemic of arms' as he prays for the victims of the Catholic school shooting in the U.S.

1:39 AM on Sunday, August 31

A Filipino priest who protested Rodrigo Duterte’s drug crackdown is among the winners of this year’s Ramon Magsaysay Awards, Asia’s version of the Nobel Prize

1:06 PM on Saturday, August 30

Handmade cards from classmates are helping to comfort an 11-year-old girl who was wounded in this week's shooting at a Catholic church in Minneapolis

5:53 AM on Saturday, August 30

An official tells The Associated Press that Israel plans to slow or halt humanitarian aid in parts of northern Gaza as it expands its offensive against Hamas