Religion News

8:40 AM on Friday, August 28

Four men have pleaded guilty to destroying four Jewish community ambulances in an arson attack in north London earlier this year that many said was a direct result of the start of the Iran war

9:56 PM on Thursday, August 27

There is a thriving nightlife in Nigeria's conservative Sokoto state, which is known as the “seat of the caliphate” for its storied place in the birth and propagation of Islam in West and Central Africa

9:51 PM on Thursday, August 27

An increasing number of spiritual seekers are finding that artificial intelligence is giving them non-judgmental access to spiritual insights

1:07 PM on Thursday, August 27

8:31 AM on Thursday, August 27

Documents released a year after the deadly shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic church and school detail a swift response by authorities but reveal little about the motive for the attack

3:37 AM on Thursday, August 27

A Jerusalem court has acquitted a man accused of attacking a Catholic nun, citing an insanity defense, but orders psychiatric hospitalization for up to six years

1:37 AM on Thursday, August 27

Qatar and other regional powers are seeking an off-ramp from the U.S. war

1:31 AM on Thursday, August 27

Mount Kailash in Tibet is sacred to several religious traditions and draws pilgrims from many places

12:57 AM on Thursday, August 27

Catastrophic flash floods in a border area of China and Nepal have killed at least 500 and left more than 1,500 people missing as of Friday

11:01 PM on Wednesday, August 26

Dolly Parton was known for both her faith and acceptance

9:02 PM on Wednesday, August 26

Saint Fanourios, the Orthodox Christian patron saint of lost things, is honored each Aug. 27 with prayers and traditional orange-flavored cake

7:48 PM on Wednesday, August 26

Rescue teams and military helicopters are searching for hundreds of missing people after flash floods on the Nepal-China border

9:08 AM on Wednesday, August 26

The Gideon Bible has become a symbol of America's roadside culture and Protestant tradition

4:22 AM on Wednesday, August 26

Iran won't allow military vessels to transit through the Strait of Hormuz if an agreement it's negotiating with Oman is finalized

10:04 PM on Tuesday, August 25

Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulcher was built over the very spots where Christians believe Jesus was crucified, buried and rose from the dead

7:07 AM on Tuesday, August 25

Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh held a rally Tuesday to demand safe return to Myanmar

5:02 AM on Tuesday, August 25

A polygamous sect leader already serving a 50-year federal sentence for orchestrating sex involving children has been given another 24 years in prison on Arizona state convictions for hauling girls in an unventilated trailer

8:50 PM on Monday, August 24

Authorities in Indonesia’s South Sumatra province have held a mass Islamic prayer for rain as forest and peatland fires fueled choking haze across parts of the country

11:56 AM on Monday, August 24

Israeli strikes and tank fire in Gaza have killed at least four people, including two children, according to hospital officials

2:50 AM on Monday, August 24

A Syrian court has sentenced former grand mufti Ahmad Badreddine Hassoun to life in prison