Religion News

11:50 AM on Sunday, January 18

A New Hampshire Episcopal bishop is drawing national attention for urging clergy to prepare for a “new era of martyrdom.”

11:50 AM on Sunday, January 18

Syrian government announces ceasefire deal with Kurdish-led forces

11:01 AM on Sunday, January 18

At least six more more countries say the United States has invited them to join U.S. President Donald Trump’s new “Board of Peace" overseeing next steps for Gaza

9:42 AM on Sunday, January 18

Video obtained by The Associated Press shows the moment that Israeli settlers set fire to a Palestinian village in the West Bank

8:03 AM on Sunday, January 18

4:23 AM on Sunday, January 18

Syrian government forces have entered Raqqa as part of their ongoing push against Kurdish-led forces in eastern Syria

12:09 AM on Sunday, January 18

Business owners in a Minneapolis Somali mall are feeling the impact of an immigration crackdown

7:37 AM on Saturday, January 17

Hundreds of people in Spain have watched horses gallop through flames as part of the centuries-old tradition called Las Luminarias

1:00 AM on Saturday, January 17

5:32 PM on Friday, January 16

Death toll from crackdown on Iran protests jumps to at least 3,090, activists say, even as signs of normalcy return

11:32 AM on Friday, January 16

A British police force chief has retired following criticism over a decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from a match against Aston Villa last year

8:25 AM on Friday, January 16

6:53 AM on Friday, January 16

A Iran returns to an uneasy calm after protests led to a violent crackdown, a senior cleric is calling for the death penalty for detained demonstrators

8:27 AM on Thursday, January 15

Pope Leo XIV has met with families of Italian teenagers killed or injured in a fire that engulfed a Swiss ski resort bar during a party on New Year's Eve

7:15 AM on Thursday, January 15

Israeli strikes in Gaza have killed nine people, including three women, following the U.S. announcement of a second phase in the fragile ceasefire

6:40 AM on Thursday, January 15

Human Rights Watch criticizes the Syrian government for lacking accountability in sectarian violence

10:55 PM on Wednesday, January 14

In just a few days, nationwide protests challenging Iran’s theocracy exploded into a crackdown and bloodshed that blew past reported casualty figures of decades of previous demonstrations

7:45 PM on Wednesday, January 14

Venezuela’s annual Divina Pastora procession returns to the streets of Barquisimeto during widespread unease

5:53 PM on Wednesday, January 14

The Department of Homeland Security is making it easier for visa-holding religious workers to serve U.S. congregations with less disruption

10:21 AM on Wednesday, January 14

The U.K.'s home secretary has urged the head of West Midlands Police to resign following a report on the banning of Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from a match against Aston Villa