Religion News

6:21 AM on Monday, September 14

Pope Leo XIV has celebrated his 71st birthday but it is Vatican employees who got the gift

5:04 AM on Monday, September 14

In the weeks since a Christian pastor on the Wind River Reservation likened Arapaho ceremonial ways to “idol worship,” the Sunday morning rhythm has become familiar

12:47 AM on Monday, September 14

A crucial Saudi oil pipeline that was struck in an attack last week will mostly be out of service for weeks as the damage is repaired

3:45 AM on Sunday, September 13

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, has called for a renewed commitment to peace as he marked the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks in the U.S. Speaking from St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, he offered prayers for victims and those still affected by the tragedy

3:00 AM on Sunday, September 13

The conflict in Yemen is intensifying, as government forces launch attacks against Iran-backed Houthi rebels along the Red Sea and Houthis fire into neighboring Saudi Arabia, which supports Yemen’s government

9:03 PM on Saturday, September 12

A cycle of frescoes by Italian 14th-century master Giotto, depicting key moments in the life of St. Francis of Assisi, has been unveiled after a four-year restoration

4:58 AM on Saturday, September 12

Court cases involving Twin Cities churches and immigration enforcement highlight how the acrimonious debate continues to roil faith communities more than six months since the federal surge in Minnesota

9:07 PM on Friday, September 11

President Donald Trump has touched a political nerve by saying a unified Ireland would be “fantastic.”

2:47 PM on Friday, September 11

A North Carolina pastor who led the opening prayer at a recent campaign stop for Republican Senate nominee Michael Whatley is a registered sex offender, twice sentenced to prison

4:29 AM on Friday, September 11

Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen have captured a strategic island in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait

3:37 AM on Friday, September 11

U.K. lawmakers have voted down a bill allowing terminally ill adults in England and Wales to choose to end their lives

9:03 PM on Thursday, September 10

The United States has succeeded in loosening Iran's grip over the Strait of Hormuz while virtually shutting down Iran's own exports

2:36 PM on Thursday, September 10

In the weeks leading up to Rosh Hashanah, the two-day Jewish new year that begins at sundown on Sept. 11, Chava Goldberg spent much of her time at her sewing desk, opening the linings, collars and waistbands of her clients’ suits, hats and dresses in search of “shatnez” — the forbidden mixture of sheep’s wool and linen in a single garment

4:02 AM on Thursday, September 10

A farmer in Minnesota has transformed a conventional farm using both formal agricultural education and the Indigenous wisdom he learned as a youth growing up in the Guatemalan rainforest

4:37 AM on Wednesday, September 9

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has defended the decision to ban trade with Israeli settlements in the West Bank, emphasizing fairness and justice

4:01 AM on Wednesday, September 9

Rabbis in the U.S. say their congregations are feeling unsettled by antisemitic threats as the High Holy Days approach

2:48 AM on Wednesday, September 9

The Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen say that Saudi-backed forces have launched dozens of airstrikes across four provinces

3:57 PM on Tuesday, September 8

A former missionary with an Ohio-based ministry has pleaded guilty to federal charges of sexually abusing two boys in Haiti

2:49 AM on Tuesday, September 8

The Eiffel Tower has reopened to the public after a strike closed it for a day

9:23 PM on Monday, September 7

Thirty years after Argentine cumbia star Gilda died in a tour bus crash, the beloved singer has become something more to many fans: a miracle-working folk saint