Religion News

5:15 AM on Monday, July 20

Experts have begun an excavation in Taiwan to recover the remains of Japanese soldiers from World War II

3:23 AM on Sunday, July 19

France has commemorated the Vel d’Hiv roundup, a mass arrest of Jews by French police in 1942

10:13 PM on Saturday, July 18

In Japan, the Gion Matsuri festival brings towering floats to the streets in Shinto religious processions that are rooted in rituals dating back more than 1,000 years and that were intended to ward off epidemics

8:52 PM on Saturday, July 18

The United States has announced another death of a service member as it launches more airstrikes at Iran

8:31 AM on Saturday, July 18

Israeli strikes in Gaza City have killed at least nine Palestinians, including three children, according to hospital officials

6:12 AM on Saturday, July 18

The Associated Press has surveyed more than 1,000 Jewish adults in the U.S. to better understand their views on Israel’s military actions in Gaza, their opinions of the political parties and their experiences with prejudice

4:34 AM on Saturday, July 18

Indie artist Alex Cameron has sparked curiosity with a song about Jesus, blending humor and sincerity

3:44 AM on Saturday, July 18

The Grand Mosque of Paris is celebrating its centenary

12:31 AM on Saturday, July 18

The U.S. military says it has carried out new airstrikes against Iran to “swiftly punish” the country’s Revolutionary Guard for an attack in Jordan that killed two American service members, left one more missing and four requiring hospitalization

10:26 PM on Friday, July 17

Mount Olympus, the mythological home of ancient Greece’s 12 Olympian gods, may soon join UNESCO’s World Heritage List

10:16 PM on Friday, July 17

The Trump administration has announced new, sweeping restrictions on U.S. funding for nongovernmental organizations, foreign governments and U.N. agencies that promote access to abortion overseas

10:14 PM on Friday, July 17

The Trump administration's new, sweeping restrictions on U.S. funding for nongovernmental organizations, foreign governments and U.N. agencies that promote access to abortion overseas is delivering new momentum to U.S. anti-abortion groups

11:59 AM on Friday, July 17

Each week for the last 13 years, 28-year-old Rimpa Chowdhury, who describes herself as a devout Hindu, has visited the Basilica of the Holy Rosary

11:54 AM on Friday, July 17

Clara Ester, an activist and minister who rushed to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s side when he was shot, has died at 78

8:25 AM on Friday, July 17

An Israeli strike on a funeral in the Gaza Strip has killed at least seven people and wounded another 22

4:23 AM on Friday, July 17

Churches affiliated with the Society of St. Pius X continue to offer the Latin Mass

4:08 AM on Friday, July 17

Earlier this year, the Venerable Bhikkhu Pannakara, a Buddhist monk from Texas, led a Walk for Peace with an international group of monks and his rescue dog, Aloka

9:11 PM on Thursday, July 16

The United States and Iran have exchanged strikes aimed at infrastructure and military targets as their battle over the Strait of Hormuz intensifies

8:18 AM on Thursday, July 16

A sudden crowd surge at a Hindu festival in Odisha, India, has left at least one person dead and many hospitalized

8:41 PM on Wednesday, July 15

The United States is expanding its airstrike campaign against Iran by increasingly hitting bridges