Religion News

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

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

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.

2:09 PM on Friday, October 17

Red Cross has received the remains of one more hostage to be returned to Israel from Gaza, Israeli military says

12:19 PM on Friday, October 17

Hamas military wing says it will hand over the remains of another hostage later Friday evening

10:10 AM on Friday, October 17

Portugal's parliament has approved a bill banning face veils worn for gender or religious reasons in public

4:38 AM on Friday, October 17

Britain's media regulator has sanctioned the BBC for a misleading documentary on children in Gaza

4:05 AM on Friday, October 17

The Catholic Church and Church of England are taking a historic step toward unity

3:45 AM on Friday, October 17

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

2:27 AM on Friday, October 17

British officials are working to overturn a decision preventing Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from attending a Europa League soccer game at Aston Villa

9:16 PM on Thursday, October 16

U_S_ Sen_ Ted Cruz has been trying to rally fellow evangelical Christians and urge Congress to designate Nigeria as a violator of religious freedom with unfounded claims of “Christian mass murder."

5:36 AM on Thursday, October 16

A bishop in the Armenian Apostolic Church has been charged with coercing citizens into public gatherings

3:51 AM on Thursday, October 16

Pope Leo XIV has denounced the use of hunger as a weapon of war during an address to a U.N. agency

2:38 AM on Thursday, October 16

The Vatican’s child protection board says the Catholic Church has a moral duty to help victims of clergy sexual abuse heal

10:02 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Mourners in Jerusalem gathered at Capt. Daniel Peretz’s funeral, where Matan Angrest, a recently released hostage, paid his respects

7:00 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Conservationists and the state of Oregon have asked a federal court to approve changes to dam operations on the lower Snake and Columbia Rivers to help restore salmon populations

2:28 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Hamas assures they'll honor deal to return dead hostages from Gaza amid Israeli anger about pace of returns: US advisers

11:51 PM on Tuesday, October 14

Israel has received the remains of two more hostages after they were transferred by the Red Cross from Hamas