Religion News

11:34 PM on Thursday, February 19

A bitter feud in Zambia has left former President Edgar Lungu’s body unburied in a South African funeral home for more than eight months

12:48 PM on Thursday, February 19

Kosovo’s religious diversity came to light this week as the Balkan nation’s Christian and Muslim communities both embarked on a traditional period of fasting and spiritual reflection

9:54 AM on Thursday, February 19

A breakaway Catholic traditionalist group has rejected the Vatican’s offer of talks

9:38 AM on Thursday, February 19

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5:21 AM on Thursday, February 19

The Vatican has announced that Pope Leo XIV will travel up and down the Italian peninsula over the next few months

5:10 AM on Thursday, February 19

The Lenten period for penance started this week with Ash Wednesday and Catholic priests are happily bracing for long lines outside the confessional

4:41 AM on Thursday, February 19

The Palestinian Health Ministry and a witness say that Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank shot and killed a Palestinian American in an attack on a village

11:17 PM on Wednesday, February 18

The same travertine quarries near Rome that built St. Peter’s Basilica and the Colosseum are still being dug out today, providing the distinctive pock-marked rock to build a new generation of churches, temples and mosques worldwide

5:54 PM on Wednesday, February 18

3:35 PM on Wednesday, February 18

Ramadan has begun in Gaza under a fragile ceasefire deal, but many say the joyous spirit of the month has disappeared

3:00 PM on Wednesday, February 18

11:48 AM on Wednesday, February 18

Pope Leo XIV has opened the church’s penitential Lenten season by presiding over Ash Wednesday

10:31 AM on Wednesday, February 18

A New Jersey Catholic diocese outside Philadelphia has agreed to pay $180 million in a clergy sexual abuse settlement, the latest in a church scandal set off more than two decades ago

9:27 AM on Wednesday, February 18

A New Jersey Catholic diocese this week agreed to a $180 million settlement to resolve allegations of clergy sexual abuse, a figure far exceeding agreements in some large dioceses though still dwarfed by other massive settlements

8:54 AM on Wednesday, February 18

A Polish bishop is facing trial for allegedly not immediately reporting child sex abuse claims against two priests under his supervision

3:59 PM on Tuesday, February 17

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9:59 PM on Monday, February 16

As the sun rose in New Orleans, rows of parade-goers already lined the street

12:08 PM on Monday, February 16