Religion News

5:50 AM on Monday, October 20

Millions of Indians are celebrating the Hindu festival of Diwali, marking the victory of light over darkness

5:17 AM on Monday, October 20

Two of U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoys traveled to Israel to shore up the tenuous ceasefire that’s holding in Gaza, a day after the fragile deal faced its first major flareup

5:15 AM on Monday, October 20

Pope Leo XIV has met with an organization of clergy abuse survivors and advocates for the first time

6:04 PM on Sunday, October 19

Protesters have marched near the Israeli consulate in New York City over issues including the drafting of ultra-Orthodox Jews into Israel’s military

9:11 AM on Sunday, October 19

An Israeli security official says the transfer of aid into Gaza is halted after a Hamas ceasefire violation

6:51 AM on Sunday, October 19

Iran's official judiciary news agency has reported that the country has executed a person convicted of spying for Israel’s intelligence agency Mossad in the city of Qom

5:17 AM on Sunday, October 19

Israel strikes southern Gaza in test of ceasefire

11:42 PM on Saturday, October 18

Gaza's fragile ceasefire is facing its first major test

11:36 PM on Saturday, October 18

Pope Leo XIV has canonized Venezuela's “doctor of the poor” before tens of thousands of people

10:02 PM on Saturday, October 18

Released from Israeli detention after 20 months, 45-year-old Mohammed Abu Moussa is overwhelmed as he returns to Gaza and reunites with his family

1:43 PM on Saturday, October 18

Israel's military says Hamas has handed over 'two coffins of deceased hostages' to the Red Cross in Gaza

8:10 AM on Saturday, October 18

Palestinian embassy in Egypt says Rafah border crossing will reopen Monday for people returning to Gaza

6:19 AM on Saturday, October 18

The organizers of the Jewish International Film Festival say they were forced to postpone the event because cinemas in Malmö, Sweden, would not screen the films

5:42 AM on Saturday, October 18

More than 68,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, Gaza’s Health Ministry says

11:38 PM on Friday, October 17

Israel says Hamas has handed over “two coffins of deceased hostages” from Gaza

10:00 PM on Friday, October 17

In the town of Metepec, southwest of Mexico City, artisans create clay figures that are intertwined with their faith

9:46 PM on Friday, October 17

Diwali is the most important festival of the year in India and for Hindus in particular

2:49 PM on Friday, October 17

Israel received coffin of missing hostage handed over to the Red Cross from Hamas, Israeli prime minister's office says.

3:45 AM on Friday, October 17

Israel has received the coffin of a missing hostage handed over to the Red Cross from Hamas

11:23 AM on Monday, September 29