Religion News

7:08 AM on Tuesday, March 31

The Supreme Court has ruled against a law banning “conversion therapy” for LGBTQ+ kids in Colorado, one of about two dozen states that banned the discredited practice

6:14 AM on Tuesday, March 31

Vice President JD Vance has a new book about his religious faith and adult conversion to Catholicism

1:24 AM on Tuesday, March 31

A 101-year-old survivor of Auschwitz has, with help from Steven Spielberg, become a mighty warrior against antisemitism in France

10:30 AM on Monday, March 30

Spain’s Catholic bishops and the government have taken another step toward compensating victims of sexual abuse by clergy members who have died or whose possible crimes are too old to be prosecuted

5:39 AM on Monday, March 30

4:10 AM on Monday, March 30

Passover is a major Jewish holiday, celebrated over the course of a week each spring

11:02 PM on Sunday, March 29

In a tribal battle fought over a century ago, according to oral history, a prophet in South Sudan raised his stick and summoned a thunderbolt that killed a crowd of fighters from a rival tribe

10:50 PM on Sunday, March 29

U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening widespread destruction of Iran’s energy resources and other vital infrastructure, potentially including desalination plants that supply drinking water

8:48 AM on Sunday, March 29

Actor Antonio Banderas has joined the crowds in dozens of Palm Sunday processions, marking the official start of Holy Week in Spain

8:42 AM on Sunday, March 29

7:55 AM on Sunday, March 29

Israeli police have blocked top Catholic leaders from entering Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre for a private Palm Sunday Mass

4:59 AM on Sunday, March 29

Dark matter and dark energy are mysteries that have confounded scientists for decades, even though they comprise 95% of the universe's mass

1:42 AM on Sunday, March 29

Pope Leo XIV says no one can use God to justify war and he's praying especially for Christians in the Middle East

1:28 AM on Sunday, March 29

Jerusalem’s holiest places sit empty as missile fire disrupts Passover and Easter

9:08 PM on Saturday, March 28

Pakistan’s foreign minister says Islamabad will soon host talks between the U.S. and Iran

1:34 AM on Saturday, March 28

Pope Leo XIV has urged the people of Monaco to use their Catholic faith and wealth for good

12:50 AM on Saturday, March 28

Iranian-backed Houthi rebels have entered the monthlong war in the Middle East and claimed they launched missiles toward Israel

12:05 PM on Thursday, March 26

A young Spanish woman died in Barcelona after winning a long court fight for her euthanasia right

6:05 AM on Wednesday, March 25

2:39 AM on Tuesday, March 24

Iran's parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf has emerged as a possible U.S. contact for talks even as the Iranian leadership remains under fire during the war