Religion News

5:01 AM on Wednesday, January 28

Sarah Mullally confirmed as archbishop of Canterbury, becoming the first woman to lead the Church of England.

3:30 PM on Tuesday, January 27

A Utah woman who said the end times were near and who authorities say took her four young children to Europe in violation of a custody order has been arrested in Croatia

2:09 PM on Tuesday, January 27

9:11 AM on Tuesday, January 27

Israel is marking the end of a painful chapter after the return of the remains of the last hostage held in Gaza

8:13 AM on Tuesday, January 27

3:15 AM on Tuesday, January 27

People across Europe and beyond are commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day

10:45 PM on Monday, January 26

Ilana Kantorowicz Shalem was born in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in March 1945, and is one of the youngest Holocaust survivors

11:27 AM on Monday, January 26

Israelis expressed relief as the remains of Ran Gvili, the last hostage taken into Gaza, were recovered Monday

6:45 AM on Monday, January 26

Israel says the remains of the final hostage in Gaza have been recovered

4:22 AM on Monday, January 26

Israel says the remains of the final hostage in Gaza have been recovered, clearing the way for the next phase of the ceasefire that stopped the Israel-Hamas war

5:26 PM on Sunday, January 25

Priests and priestesses of the Afro-Cuban religion known as Santería have offered gifts to deities and asked for peace as tensions rise between the United States and Cuba and the island braces for more economic difficulties

12:28 PM on Sunday, January 25

Israel says its military is conducting a large-scale operation to locate the last hostage in Gaza

6:33 AM on Sunday, January 25

American religious history is rife with protest movements

12:23 PM on Saturday, January 24

The father of a teenage boy killed in Gaza implored him to “Get up” after a hospital said the boy died in an Israeli strike

8:35 AM on Saturday, January 24

Top U.S. envoys have met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, urging him to advance the ceasefire in Gaza

5:47 AM on Friday, January 23

Nigeria's government says that the U.S. has pledged to deliver outstanding military equipment purchased by the country over the past five years

3:34 AM on Friday, January 23

Syria's government forces have taken control of a prison housing Islamic State group members in the country's north

2:28 AM on Friday, January 23

Iran’s top prosecutor says Trump's claim that Tehran halted execution of 800 protest prisoners ‘is completely false’

11:03 PM on Thursday, January 22

Police have arrested about 100 clergy who were demonstrating against immigration enforcement at Minnesota’s largest airport

6:56 PM on Thursday, January 22

Iran’s top prosecutor has called U_S_ President Donald Trump’s about halting the hangings of 800 detained protesters “completely false.”