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9:39 AM on Thursday, September 25

Prosecutors say a man accused of setting fire to a Chabad Jewish Center in southwest Florida has been arrested and faces a federal arson charge

9:06 AM on Thursday, September 25

Vatican prosecutors have suffered a stunning blow in their appeals of the acquittals in the Holy See’s “trial of the century.”

8:49 AM on Thursday, September 25

(RNS) — Thanks to a small group of committed 20-somethings in New York, the New York University School of Law has become the first law school in the country to have a Hindu affinity group

5:24 AM on Thursday, September 25

5:55 PM on Wednesday, September 24

11:24 AM on Wednesday, September 24

Two students at Syracuse University are facing hate crime charges after authorities say one of them tossed a bag of pork into a Jewish fraternity house that was holding a Rosh Hashanah celebration

9:43 AM on Wednesday, September 24

Sister Jean, the longtime chaplain for Loyola Chicago's men's basketball team, has retired at 106 because of health concerns

8:43 AM on Wednesday, September 24

A drone launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels wounded 22 people in the southern Israeli city of Eilat on Wednesday, according to medics

8:39 AM on Wednesday, September 24

Israeli medics say 20 wounded, 2 of them seriously, after drone from Yemen hits southern city of Eilat

8:02 AM on Wednesday, September 24

Lawmakers and activists are urging U.S. tech firms to stop selling surveillance equipment to Chinese police

4:12 AM on Wednesday, September 24

Pope Leo XIV has named a successor to the embattled archbishop of New Orleans two weeks after the archdiocese agreed to a $230 million settlement for survivors of clergy sexual abuse

10:27 PM on Tuesday, September 23

Noor Abu Hassira is one of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians staying in Gaza City as Israel presses on with an offensive to take it over

10:12 PM on Tuesday, September 23

Saudi Arabia's grand mufti has died

9:02 PM on Tuesday, September 23

A debate has been sparked among Black pastors who are trying to square a heroic view of Charlie Kirk, the 31-year-old conservative activist who was gunned down in Utah this month, with the insulting statements about people of color that were key to his political activism

8:15 PM on Tuesday, September 23

3:00 PM on Tuesday, September 23

A South African man's prophecy about the Rapture has gone viral

2:12 PM on Tuesday, September 23

Mexican megachurch leader Naasón Joaquín García has made his first appearance in a New York federal court, pleading not guilty to sex trafficking charges

2:09 PM on Tuesday, September 23

The Archdiocese of Chicago plans to honor Sen. Dick Durbin with a lifetime achievement award, sparking controversy over his support for abortion rights

8:13 AM on Tuesday, September 23

Myanmar’s Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda Festival is a major Buddhist celebration, but recent challenges have dampened its spirit

9:05 PM on Monday, September 22

A growing number of experts have said Israel’s offensive in the Gaza Strip amounts to genocide, deepening Israel’s isolation and risking untold damage to the country’s standing even among allies