Religion News

9:00 AM on Wednesday, January 14

The global music industry hit 5.1 trillion streams in 2025

8:31 PM on Tuesday, January 13

Beverly Geiger Bonnheim was 17 when the Ku Klux Klan bombed her synagogue in 1967

12:16 PM on Tuesday, January 13

The Trump administration has designated the Lebanese, Jordanian and Egyptian chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organizations

10:57 AM on Tuesday, January 13

Israel’s recognition of Somaliland has thrust the breakaway territory into the international spotlight

6:02 AM on Tuesday, January 13

Strong winds have caused at least four deaths in Gaza as walls collapsed onto tents in the coastal territory

3:04 AM on Tuesday, January 13

Organizers of Australia’s largest free literary festival have canceled the weeklong event after most writers withdrew over the removal of an Australian Palestinian writer

1:42 PM on Monday, January 12

FBI says suspect in Mississippi synagogue fire admitted to targeting institution because of its 'Jewish ties'

12:13 PM on Monday, January 12

Hospital officials in Gaza say an Israeli drone strike has killed three Palestinians who crossed the ceasefire line

11:33 AM on Monday, January 12

The FBI says that an arson suspect admitted to targeting a historic Mississippi synagogue because it's a Jewish house of worship

8:19 AM on Monday, January 12

7:34 AM on Monday, January 12

Pope Leo XIV has met with Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado at the Vatican

6:46 PM on Sunday, January 11

A Minneapolis church opened its doors for a special Sunday service of ‘Lament and Hope’ amid the ongoing federal immigration crackdown in the city

12:11 PM on Sunday, January 11

Houston Texans defensive end Will Anderson Jr. and linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair were brought together by football, but it's a relationship forged by faith

9:54 AM on Sunday, January 11

Hamas says it will dissolve its government in Gaza once a Palestinian technocratic leadership committee takes over as part of a U.S.-brokered peace plan

9:50 AM on Sunday, January 11

Authorities have taken a person into custody after a fire heavily damaged a historic synagogue in Mississippi

8:55 AM on Sunday, January 11

A group of Buddhist monks is getting viral attention with their 2,300-mile Walk for Peace from Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington, D.C. The monks say their aim is to promote mindfulness and healing and finding inner peace

5:33 AM on Sunday, January 11

Pope Leo XIV has baptized 20 babies in the Sistine Chapel, continuing an annual tradition marking the end of the Christmas holiday at the Vatican

5:14 AM on Sunday, January 11

8:02 AM on Saturday, January 10

British-born Thomas Paine helped inspire the 13 English colonies to declare independence and form the United States of America

2:01 PM on Friday, January 9

As Milan prepares to host the 2026 Winter Olympics, the city’s Catholic archdiocese launched a multi-year program that uses sport to promote values such as inclusion and solidarity among children and adolescents