Religion News

7:38 AM on Thursday, October 23

Belfast judge acquits ex-British soldier of murder and attempted murder charges in 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre

7:19 AM on Thursday, October 23

Vice President JD Vance criticizes Israel's parliament vote on West Bank annexation, says the move was an 'insult'

6:12 AM on Thursday, October 23

An American missionary has been kidnapped in Niger's capital, Niamey, according to security sources and local media

1:10 AM on Thursday, October 23

1:01 AM on Thursday, October 23

Come October, monks and nuns are busy harvesting olives at the Mount of Olives and the Gethsemane garden — where the Gospel narrates Jesus spent the last night before being taken up the other side of the valley into Jerusalem to be crucified

10:26 PM on Wednesday, October 22

Saudi Arabia has appointed Sheikh Saleh bin Fawzan al-Fawzan as the new grand mufti, the kingdom's top religious scholar

11:17 AM on Wednesday, October 22

U.S. Vice President JD Vance is seeking to ease concerns in Israel that the Trump administration is dictating terms to its closest ally in the Middle East

9:27 AM on Wednesday, October 22

The Vatican is expected to soon announce that it will return a few dozen artifacts sought by Indigenous communities in Canada

9:08 AM on Wednesday, October 22

Rubio will travel to Israel and meet with Netanyahu, Israel says, as Trump officials aim to shore up Gaza ceasefire deal

8:05 AM on Wednesday, October 22

Netflix's “Nobody Wants This” became a surprise hit last year, topping charts and drawing millions of viewers

1:03 AM on Wednesday, October 22

The International Court of Justice has ruled that Israel must allow the U.N. aid agency, UNRWA, to provide humanitarian assistance in Gaza

11:59 PM on Tuesday, October 21

3:58 PM on Tuesday, October 21

Video obtained by The Associated Press shows an Israeli settler beating Palestinian olive harvesters with clubs in an attack that Palestinian health officials say sent at least one woman to the hospital with serious injuries

2:48 PM on Tuesday, October 21

Israel's military says Palestinian militants have handed over the remains of two hostages to the Red Cross in Gaza

11:28 AM on Tuesday, October 21

Vance urges a 'little bit of patience' amid Israeli frustration with Hamas' pace of returning hostages' remains

11:18 AM on Tuesday, October 21

Vance visits civilian-military cooperation center in Israel that US says is central to keeping Gaza peace plan on track

11:17 AM on Tuesday, October 21

Witkoff says 'we are exceeding where we thought we would be at this time' in Gaza ceasefire

10:19 AM on Tuesday, October 21

More than 30 years after 16-year-old Guide Nyachuru died at a church camp in Zimbabwe, his family is seeking justice in a case that has reignited scrutiny of the Church of England’s handling of abuse

5:34 AM on Tuesday, October 21

U.S. Vice President JD Vance arrives in Israel to shore up the fragile ceasefire in Gaza

2:11 AM on Tuesday, October 21

U.S. Vice President JD Vance and other envoys projected optimism about Gaza’s fragile ceasefire agreement during a visit to Israel even as they acknowledged significant challenges remain