Religion News

3:55 PM on Sunday, February 8

Israel's security cabinet has approved measures to strengthen control over the occupied West Bank and weaken the powers of the Palestinian Authority

2:44 PM on Sunday, February 8

The Big 12 Conference says it has fined Oklahoma State $50,000 following an investigation into inappropriate chants referencing The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, widely known as the Mormons

1:17 PM on Sunday, February 8

A new initiative by BAM, the acronym for Biblioteca degli Alberi Milano, a public park in central Milan, invites locals and visitors to reflect on the values of sport through an interactive community art project launched during the 2026 Winter Olympics

4:38 AM on Sunday, February 8

The Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt has reopened after a two-day closure

1:49 PM on Saturday, February 7

The Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt has reopened, offering a "window of hope" after two years of war

1:19 PM on Saturday, February 7

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Wednesday about the U.S. talks with Iran

12:52 PM on Saturday, February 7

Tourists in Milan during the Winter Olympics faced disappointment as access to Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper was closed for three and a half days

11:52 AM on Saturday, February 7

Catholic officials say that gunmen in northwest Nigeria have killed three villagers and abducted 11 others including a Catholic priest during a predawn attack in Kaduna state

7:00 AM on Saturday, February 7

Venezuela’s former President Nicolás Maduro and the country’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez were both raised Catholic in an overwhelmingly Christian country

3:28 AM on Saturday, February 7

Pakistani security forces have arrested four suspects linked to a suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque near the capital that killed 31 people

2:37 PM on Friday, February 6

A district attorney has handed over the criminal cases involving a secretive North Carolina religious group to a special prosecutor

9:18 AM on Friday, February 6

In the Nigerian villages of Woro and Nuku, attackers arrived on motorbikes, going door to door, shooting and setting homes ablaze

7:09 AM on Friday, February 6

Thousands of pages of once-secret court documents show how federal officials and a Virginia court helped an American Marine adopt an Afghan war orphan, in defiance of the U.S. government’s official policy to unite the child with her family

7:04 AM on Friday, February 6

Thousands of pages of once-secret court documents show how federal officials and a Virginia court helped an American Marine adopt an Afghan war orphan, in defiance of the U.S. government’s official policy to unite the child with her family

6:14 AM on Friday, February 6

Pope Leo XIV, an avid tennis player, marks the start of the Winter Games by praising sports for promoting positive values and fair play

5:10 AM on Friday, February 6

Pakistani officials say a suicide bomber targeted a Shiite mosque on the outskirts of Islamabad during Friday prayers, killing 31 people and wounding at least 169 others

12:44 AM on Friday, February 6

A Greek Orthodox church in Antakya, Turkey, lies in ruins three years after devastating earthquakes

12:05 AM on Friday, February 6

Ronald Hicks has been installed as the 11th archbishop of New York

11:54 PM on Thursday, February 5

Lawyers for conservation groups, Native American tribes, and the states of Oregon and Washington have returned to court to seek changes to dam operations on the Snake and Columbia Rivers

6:33 PM on Thursday, February 5

Kadjahtou Balde opened her shop, Modify Thrift, last May to offer modest, stylish outfits that don’t rely on fast fashion