Religion News

1:37 AM on Thursday, January 8

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a royal commission into antisemitism, weeks after a deadly attack at a Jewish holiday event in Bondi Beach

11:19 PM on Wednesday, January 7

Police say a shooting outside a church building in Salt Lake City has killed two people and injured six others

12:58 PM on Wednesday, January 7

Millions of people worldwide celebrated Orthodox Christmas nearly two weeks after much of the world marked the holiday

11:04 AM on Wednesday, January 7

7:01 AM on Wednesday, January 7

Faith leaders are urging prayers for peace following the U.S. capture of Nicolás Maduro

6:41 AM on Wednesday, January 7

Pope Leo XIV has asked cardinals to advise him on key priorities governing the Catholic Church for the next two years

4:48 AM on Wednesday, January 7

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urges calm after a bus driver ran over and killed a 14-year-old boy during a protest

5:41 PM on Tuesday, January 6

The Noquisiyi Mound in Franklin, North Carolina, is close to being returned to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians

3:11 PM on Tuesday, January 6

Florida’s largest Greek Orthodox community gathered Tuesday for its 120th Epiphany celebration, where dozens of teens dove into chilly water to retrieve a cross in front of thousands of spectators

3:01 PM on Tuesday, January 6

12:32 PM on Tuesday, January 6

Israel has cleared the final hurdle before starting construction on a controversial settlement project near Jerusalem that would effectively cut the West Bank in two

10:14 AM on Tuesday, January 6

Orthodox Christians attended Epiphany ceremonies on Tuesday, highlighting water scarcity concerns in Greece

6:34 AM on Tuesday, January 6

Authorities have imposed a curfew on a key border city in southern Nepal after Hindu and Muslim groups began protesting against each other

4:17 AM on Tuesday, January 6

Pope Leo XIV has closed the Vatican’s 2025 Holy Year, denouncing consumerism and anti-foreigner sentiment

9:01 AM on Monday, January 5

The final pilgrims of the 2025 Holy Year have passed through the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica

6:39 AM on Monday, January 5

Officials from Syria and Israel are set to resume U.S.-mediated talks in Paris to aim for a security agreement to ease tensions between the two countries

5:14 AM on Monday, January 5

Auschwitz survivor Eva Schloss, stepsister of Anne Frank, has died at 96

8:27 AM on Friday, January 2

A grandmother and her 5-year-old grandson have burned to death in Gaza when their tent caught fire

10:28 AM on Thursday, January 1

Incoming New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is making history not only as the city's first mayor to take the oath of office on a Quran but also as the first Muslim, South Asian, and African-born mayor

6:56 AM on Thursday, January 1

Pope Leo XIV has opened 2026 with a plea for peace