Religion News

5:16 AM on Thursday, August 13

An Australian jury has convicted former Catholic bishop Christopher Saunders of sexually abusing two young Indigenous men

1:58 PM on Wednesday, August 12

An array of creative promotions has played at least a small role in an MLB-wide average attendance of 29,618 through Tuesday’s games, the highest such number for a full season since 2017

1:15 PM on Wednesday, August 12

Assma Ali's appointment as a municipal judge in a small Mississippi Delta town has sparked social media backlash due to her Muslim faith

12:35 AM on Wednesday, August 12

A prosecutor has told a court that the case against a man accused of murdering 15 people at a Sydney Hanukkah celebration involved more than 800 witness statements and more evidence had yet to be examined

8:00 AM on Tuesday, August 11

Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has selected a Republican-turned-independent as her running mate in a tough reelection campaign

6:48 AM on Monday, August 10

U.S. President Donald Trump is scoffing at Iran's demands that the U.S. pay for devastation caused by five months of war

3:29 AM on Sunday, August 9

Israel’s prime minister is rejecting President Donald Trump’s announced deal for Gaza and says Israeli forces won’t withdraw from the Palestinian territory until Hamas disarms

5:07 PM on Friday, August 7

Pope Leo XIV plans to visit Argentina in November, marking the first papal visit in nearly 40 years

1:25 PM on Friday, August 7

The head of the influential Armenian Apostolic Church has appeared in court for a trial on criminal charges in the latest confrontation with the government of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan

8:02 AM on Friday, August 7

A suspended Catholic priest on a tiny Caribbean island is embracing calypso to make his voice heard on topics including Gaza and sexual abuse within the church

7:41 AM on Friday, August 7

Pope Leo XIV plans to meet with survivors of clergy abuse during a four-day trip to France next month

2:18 AM on Friday, August 7

Keith Hallegua and Elias Josephai are among the last Jews in Kochi, India, a community with roots dating back centuries

7:08 AM on Thursday, August 6

The Cleveland region is home to the oldest temple in the Mormon movement — and its newest in the U.S. The oldest was built in Kirtland, Ohio, in the 1830s and no longer functions as an active temple

6:39 AM on Thursday, August 6

A conference on Tibetan studies in Nepal has been canceled at the request of government officials

4:34 AM on Thursday, August 6

Iran says it is in the final stage of drafting an agreement on the Strait of Hormuz waterway with Oman

4:24 AM on Thursday, August 6

The United States has asked the Philippine government to extradite a Filipino church leader to face trial on charges including child sex trafficking and fraud

7:40 PM on Wednesday, August 5

After renewing her commitment to a controversial 100 million pound Church of England fund apologizing for the church’s historical ties to the slave trade, Archbishop Sarah Mullally ended her 10-day Africa tour calling for peace and healing

7:56 AM on Wednesday, August 5

The Word of Life Center, a church in Salisbury, Maryland, is facing difficult times

1:35 AM on Wednesday, August 5

Iran and Oman have moved closer to an agreement on the Strait of Hormuz

9:10 AM on Tuesday, August 4

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will not withdraw from its current lines in Gaza until Hamas has completely disarmed