Religion News

12:21 PM on Monday, October 6

As talks got underway to end the war in Gaza, the top Catholic leader in the Holy Land called on Christians in the region to be a bridge and help restore trust between Israelis and Palestinians

6:47 AM on Monday, October 6

Israeli authorities say they have deported another 171 activists from a Gaza-bound flotilla, including Greta Thunberg

6:20 AM on Monday, October 6

Pope Leo XIV has begun correcting some of Pope Francis’ more questionable financial reforms and decisions

5:46 AM on Monday, October 6

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has condemned a suspected arson attack on a mosque in an English coastal town

2:10 AM on Monday, October 6

Israeli and Hamas officials are holding indirect talks in an Egyptian resort on a U.S. peace plan for Gaza

1:43 AM on Monday, October 6

Israeli and Hamas officials launched indirect talks on a U.S.-drafted peace plan to end the war in Gaza

9:47 PM on Sunday, October 5

Eli Sharabi spent 16 months as a hostage in Gaza's tunnels, surviving on moldy pita

12:49 PM on Sunday, October 5

Sukkot, a week-long Jewish holiday celebrating the traditional gathering of the harvest, is getting underway

6:38 AM on Sunday, October 5

Israel and Hamas are preparing for indirect negotiations in Egypt on Monday as hopes are rising for a possible ceasefire in Gaza

4:08 AM on Sunday, October 5

Activists detained while trying to reach Gaza by sea have complained of mistreatment by Israeli guards

2:07 AM on Sunday, October 5

The British government says it will give police stronger powers to restrict repeated protests

1:29 AM on Sunday, October 5

9:54 AM on Saturday, October 4

Israel and Hamas are set to begin indirect talks on ending the war in Gaza after both sides signaled support for U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace plan

7:37 AM on Saturday, October 4

Thousands have gathered in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa for the East African country’s thanksgiving festival

4:54 AM on Saturday, October 4

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America installed the Rev. Yehiel Curry as its first Black presiding bishop on Saturday, marking a historic moment for the predominantly white denomination

2:23 AM on Saturday, October 4

Hundreds of thousands of Italians and Spaniards marched in Rome, Barcelona and Madrid against Israel’s military campaign in Gaza in a massive show of growing international anger at the two-year war

2:11 AM on Saturday, October 4

U.K. police have been given extra time to question four people arrested on suspicion of terror offenses after an attack on a synagogue in northwest England

1:33 AM on Saturday, October 4

Israel's prime minister says he hopes to announce the release of all hostages from Gaza “in the coming days” as Israel and Hamas prepare for indirect talks in Egypt on a new U.S. plan to end the war

9:02 PM on Friday, October 3

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has convened for its twice-annual general conference at a pivotal moment in its history

5:16 AM on Thursday, October 2

A man drove a car into people and stabbed them outside a synagogue in northwestern England on the holiest day of the Jewish year