Religion News

7:33 AM on Wednesday, July 22

The Vatican has confirmed that a church trial against a famous ex-Jesuit priest accused of spiritual and sexual abuse of women is ongoing

1:19 AM on Wednesday, July 22

The U.S. military has announced that it is conducting a 12th night of strikes against Iran as both sides increasingly target civilian infrastructure

1:10 AM on Wednesday, July 22

Lebanon's prime minister has visited a southern village as a U.S.-brokered agreement with Israel begins implementation

10:49 PM on Tuesday, July 21

A Palestinian family that was divided between Israel and Gaza was reunited this month after the eldest sister waged a two-year effort to bring her siblings to join her in Israel

11:54 AM on Tuesday, July 21

The lawyer for five women who say they were sexually, psychologically and spiritually abused by a once-famous Jesuit priest has penned a scathing denunciation of the Vatican’s secretive legal system

10:52 AM on Tuesday, July 21

The bagel in America is an immigrant story with a hole in the middle

12:44 AM on Tuesday, July 21

The U.S. military says it completed the 11th night of strikes on Iran as attacks across the Middle East overshadowed diplomatic efforts to salvage an interim ceasefire deal that has collapsed

10:03 PM on Monday, July 20

The Israeli military is rapidly constructing a large earthen barrier in the Gaza Strip, further entrenching the division of the tiny Palestinian enclave

5:15 AM on Monday, July 20

Experts have begun an excavation in Taiwan to recover the remains of Japanese soldiers from World War II

8:44 PM on Sunday, July 19

Iran has attacked a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, forcing its crew to abandon the ship

3:23 AM on Sunday, July 19

France has commemorated the Vel d’Hiv roundup, a mass arrest of Jews by French police in 1942

10:13 PM on Saturday, July 18

In Japan, the Gion Matsuri festival brings towering floats to the streets in Shinto religious processions that are rooted in rituals dating back more than 1,000 years and that were intended to ward off epidemics

8:52 PM on Saturday, July 18

The United States has announced another death of a service member as it launches more airstrikes at Iran

8:31 AM on Saturday, July 18

Israeli strikes in Gaza City have killed at least nine Palestinians, including three children, according to hospital officials

6:12 AM on Saturday, July 18

The Associated Press has surveyed more than 1,000 Jewish adults in the U.S. to better understand their views on Israel’s military actions in Gaza, their opinions of the political parties and their experiences with prejudice

4:34 AM on Saturday, July 18

Indie artist Alex Cameron has sparked curiosity with a song about Jesus, blending humor and sincerity

3:44 AM on Saturday, July 18

The Grand Mosque of Paris is celebrating its centenary

12:31 AM on Saturday, July 18

The U.S. military says it has carried out new airstrikes against Iran to “swiftly punish” the country’s Revolutionary Guard for an attack in Jordan that killed two American service members, left one more missing and four requiring hospitalization

10:26 PM on Friday, July 17

Mount Olympus, the mythological home of ancient Greece’s 12 Olympian gods, may soon join UNESCO’s World Heritage List

2:59 PM on Monday, July 13

A Wyoming state lawmaker is leading efforts to transfer Martin’s Cove, a site significant to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, from public to church ownership