Religion News

3:07 PM on Friday, November 21

Over 200 schoolchildren abducted in Friday's attack on Catholic school, says Nigeria Christian association

7:58 AM on Friday, November 21

Organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest say they’re changing the voting system of the popular musical extravaganza to ensure fairness

7:44 AM on Friday, November 21

Pope Leo XIV has fixed a technical glitch in a Vatican law that became problematic after Pope Francis named the first-ever woman to head the Vatican City State administration

7:07 PM on Thursday, November 20

A Muslim civil rights group has filed a lawsuit against Texas Governor Greg Abbott

4:33 PM on Thursday, November 20

A group of Buddhist monks is continuing a 2,300-mile walk across the U.S. to promote peace after two were injured in a traffic accident near Houston

11:22 AM on Thursday, November 20

Officials say two Roman Catholic priests imprisoned on what human rights officials said were politically related charges were freed from prison following talks with the Vatican

7:13 AM on Thursday, November 20

A new Texas law says every public school classroom must display a poster listing the Ten Commandments

7:05 AM on Thursday, November 20

The Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg has opened almost a year after a car-ramming attack killed six people

7:03 AM on Thursday, November 20

The U.S. feminist movement’s perpetual quest for gender equality has suffered notable setbacks during President Donald Trump’s second term

7:01 AM on Thursday, November 20

When former Vice President Dick Cheney’s funeral is held at the Washington National Cathedral, he will join a bipartisan but exclusive list of figures memorialized there, in a church that tells the story of America on hallowed ground

5:57 AM on Thursday, November 20

Israeli strikes across Gaza over a roughly 12-hour period have resulted in the deaths of 33 people

5:28 AM on Thursday, November 20

More than 60 delegations have met in Brussels to discuss reconstruction and governance in Gaza, focusing on reforming the Palestinian Authority

5:22 AM on Thursday, November 20

Israel plans to seize parts of a major West Bank historic site and settlers have established a new outpost there, even as the country faces pressure to crack down on settler violence in the Palestinian territory

1:38 AM on Thursday, November 20

Centuries of church schisms show that if there’s a doctrine to be fought over, there’s a good chance Christians will fight about it

10:58 AM on Wednesday, November 19

Ukraine has asked the Vatican to formalize its role facilitating negotiations for the return of Ukrainian children and civilians taken by Russia during the war

8:23 AM on Wednesday, November 19

7:02 AM on Wednesday, November 19

A museum dedicated to the Shroud of Turin has opened at the Christ Cathedral campus in Garden Grove, California

11:25 PM on Tuesday, November 18

Texas Republican Gov_ Greg Abbott has signed a proclamation declaring the largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization in the U_S_ a “foreign terrorist organization.”

12:44 PM on Tuesday, November 18

A Gustav Klimt portrait painting has sold for a record $236 million at an auction where a solid gold toilet also sold for $12.1 million

5:37 AM on Tuesday, November 18

Palestinian attackers have stabbed an Israeli to death and wounded three others in the West Bank