Religion News

3:35 AM on Wednesday, June 24

3:31 AM on Wednesday, June 24

Devotees covered in mud and banana leaves took part in the annual Taong Putik festival in the Philippine village of Bibiclat, honoring St. John the Baptist in a tradition that blends Catholic faith and local customs

2:47 AM on Wednesday, June 24

A breakaway group of traditionalist Catholics will challenge Pope Leo XIV’s authority next week by consecrating four bishops without his consent

10:17 AM on Tuesday, June 23

The Supreme Court has barred a former Louisiana inmate from suing prison officials who cut his dreadlocks in violation of his Rastafari religious beliefs

8:29 AM on Tuesday, June 23

7:07 AM on Monday, June 22

Pope Leo XIV says wars are being sustained more easily than people are fed

12:57 PM on Saturday, June 20

Counterterrorism detectives are investigating after five people were injured in attacks in Scotland's capital Edinburgh that appeared to target Muslims

6:20 AM on Saturday, June 20

Palestinian health officials say Israeli strikes in Gaza have killed at least six people, including two children and an Al Jazeera cameraman

5:50 AM on Saturday, June 20

The head of Latin America’s top development bank has made a case to Pope Leo XIV about the potential of rare earth mining

5:15 AM on Saturday, June 20

U.S. and Iranian negotiators are on their way to a venue in Switzerland to discuss details of their interim agreement to halt the war

5:07 AM on Saturday, June 20

Pope Leo XIV holding up America's first saint, Mother Frances Cabrini, as a model for Christians today because of her care for migrants in need

4:56 PM on Friday, June 19

Iman Dilbani weeps during a religious sermon in Tyre, Lebanon, wearing a yellow scarf to honor her son killed fighting for Hezbollah

12:12 PM on Friday, June 19

Two Episcopal churches whose histories were shaped by Richmond’s role as a slave-trading center and the capital of the Confederacy have designed a “Walking with the Enslaved” pilgrimage, which they hope will open the eyes of fellow Richmonders to their city’s racist history

6:17 AM on Friday, June 19

Dragon boat races, lion dances, and other festivities have been staged across mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan to mark the Dragon Boat Festival

3:59 AM on Friday, June 19

Guy Gilboa-Dalal, an Israeli man who says he was sexually abused while held hostage in Gaza, is speaking out to highlight sexual abuse in conflict zones

2:15 AM on Friday, June 19

Police have charged a third suspect with an arson attack on a Melbourne synagogue that was allegedly directed by Iran

1:10 AM on Friday, June 19

Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group agreed to halt the heavy fighting in southern Lebanon that had threatened to unravel an interim peace agreement between the United States and Iran

3:40 PM on Thursday, June 18

A federal judge has ordered the release of Salah Sarsour, the president of Wisconsin's largest mosque, from detention while his immigration case moves forward

2:20 PM on Thursday, June 18

Peruvian President José María Balcázar has announced that Pope Leo XIV will visit Peru in early November

8:31 AM on Thursday, June 18

Many Lebanese from the country's south hope the U.S.-Iran deal marks the start of better times