Religion News

4:25 PM on Tuesday, April 7

Biblical stories like Jonah and the whale would be required reading for Texas public schools students under proposals that are putting the state at the center of another contentious wrangling over the role of religion in classrooms

11:50 AM on Tuesday, April 7

Pope Leo XIV says that U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to destroy Iranian civilization is “truly unacceptable” and that any attacks on civilian infrastructure violate international law

11:16 AM on Tuesday, April 7

Hundreds have attended funeral prayers for a Lebanese Christian party official known for his anti-Hezbollah stance and his wife who were killed in an Israeli airstrike over the weekend

7:54 AM on Tuesday, April 7

2:51 AM on Tuesday, April 7

Turkish officials say that gunmen attacked police outside a building housing the Israeli Consulate in Istanbul

9:55 PM on Monday, April 6

Iran’s Supreme National Security Council says it has accepted a two-week ceasefire in the war

9:20 PM on Monday, April 6

U.S. President Donald Trump pulls back on his threats to launch devastating strikes on Iran, swerving to deescalate the war less than two hours before the deadline he set for Tehran to capitulate

9:06 PM on Monday, April 6

A Utah court commissioner says Taylor Frankie Paul, star of “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives,” can't have unsupervised time with her 2-year-old son

1:59 PM on Monday, April 6

Amid a high-profile investigation into a COVID-19 pandemic-related fraud scheme in Minnesota, advocates say suspicion of Muslims rose and their contributions to the state’s economy, culture and communities were ignored

12:09 PM on Monday, April 6

Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a law allowing Florida leaders to label groups as domestic or foreign terrorist organizations

5:22 AM on Monday, April 6

10:19 PM on Sunday, April 5

U.S. President Donald Trump says he’s “not at all” concerned about committing possible war crimes as he the destruction of Iran’s bridges and power plants if they don’t reopen the Strait of Hormuz

10:04 PM on Sunday, April 5

President Donald Trump has expanded his threat against Iran to include all power plants and bridges as his Tuesday ultimatum approaches

7:40 PM on Sunday, April 5

4:15 PM on Sunday, April 5

Chile’s largest private zoo has staged an event resembling an Easter egg hunt with several of its animal residents searching for their food, packaged as Easter egg-themed treats

3:06 PM on Sunday, April 5

The Trump administration has taken a new tack in celebrating Easter

8:47 AM on Sunday, April 5

Pressure is mounting for the American rapper Ye to be pulled from his headline role at a London music festival this summer

6:56 AM on Sunday, April 5

2:28 AM on Sunday, April 5

Pope Leo XIV has celebrated his first Easter Mass as pontiff, urging peace through dialogue and calling for an end to conflicts worldwide

9:10 PM on Saturday, April 4

U.S. President Donald Trump has issued an expletive-filled threat to escalate strikes on Iran if it doesn’t open the Strait of Hormuz by his Tuesday deadline