Religion News

11:54 AM on Tuesday, September 2

The Vatican is inaugurating an ambitious educational center inspired by Pope Francis’ ecological legacy

1:50 AM on Tuesday, September 2

Israel is mobilizing tens of thousands of reservists as part of a gradual call-up tied to its expanded offensive in the Gaza Strip's largest city

11:20 AM on Monday, September 1

Pope Leo XIV has urged his fellow Augustinians to work humbly for unity in the Catholic Church

7:16 AM on Monday, September 1

Israel has launched strikes across the Gaza Strip

6:00 AM on Monday, September 1

Iraq's prime minister has presided over the reopening of the historic al-Nuri Grand Mosque and its leaning minaret in Mosul's Old City

3:51 AM on Monday, September 1

Pope Leo XIV has met with one of the most prominent advocates for greater LGBTQ+ inclusion in the Catholic Church

6:19 AM on Sunday, August 31

Lebanon’s parliament speaker has criticized Washington’s push to quickly to disarm the Hezbollah militant group, and called instead for a calm national dialogue to determine “the fate of those weapons.”

5:57 AM on Sunday, August 31

Israel’s defense minister Israel Katz says that Hamas spokesperson Abu Obeida was killed in Gaza

5:49 AM on Sunday, August 31

The Israeli military says it has killed the longtime spokesperson for Hamas’ armed wing

3:34 AM on Sunday, August 31

Pope Leo XIV has demanded an end to the “pandemic of arms” during a public prayer for victims of a shooting at a Catholic school Mass in the United States

3:27 AM on Sunday, August 31

Pope Leo XIV denounces the 'pandemic of arms' as he prays for the victims of the Catholic school shooting in the U.S.

11:39 PM on Saturday, August 30

A Filipino priest who protested Rodrigo Duterte’s drug crackdown is among the winners of this year’s Ramon Magsaysay Awards, Asia’s version of the Nobel Prize

11:06 AM on Saturday, August 30

Handmade cards from classmates are helping to comfort an 11-year-old girl who was wounded in this week's shooting at a Catholic church in Minneapolis

5:45 AM on Saturday, August 30

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ office is urging the U.S. to reverse its decision to revoke his visa

5:23 AM on Saturday, August 30

"Thoughts and prayers."

3:53 AM on Saturday, August 30

An official tells The Associated Press that Israel plans to slow or halt humanitarian aid in parts of northern Gaza as it expands its offensive against Hamas

10:49 AM on Friday, August 29

Eight people, including an Irish missionary and a 3-year-old child, who were kidnapped in July after gunmen stormed an orphanage in Haiti have been freed, the Irish government and relatives of the missionary said

4:07 AM on Friday, August 29

Israel says Gaza City is now considered a dangerous combat zone as it begins the initial stages of a planned offensive that has drawn international condemnation

1:55 AM on Friday, August 29

The Gaza Health Ministry says the death toll in Gaza has surpassed 63,000 as Palestinians face the start of Israel’s expanded offensive in Gaza City

10:05 PM on Thursday, August 28

Stories of bravery and heartache are emerging after the deadly shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic church during a Mass celebrating the start of the school year