Religious News
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a traveling Christian evangelist’s free-speech challenge to a University of Alabama requirement that he obtain a permit before handing out religious pamphlets and preaching from a sidewalk adjacent to its campus.
The justices turned away an...
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The Media Line: Jerusalem Prays for Quiet During Muslim, Jewish Holidays
Jerusalem Prays for Quiet During Muslim, Jewish Holidays
Ramadan has become a holy month associated with violence, and there is concern that Jerusalem could again be a flashpoint
By Keren Setton/The Media Line
Fakhri Abu Diab was born and raised in Silwan, a large Palestinian...
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The Media Line: 3 Religions Touched by Massive Quake in Ancient Antakya (VIDEO)
3 Religions Touched by Massive Quake in Ancient Antakya
The Turkish city known for its rich history and multifaith heritage faces the challenge of rebuilding after losing centuries-old sacred sites
Mohammad Al-Kassim/The Media Line
(Antakya, Turkey) Centuries-old places of...
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Religious News Headlines
Conservative Texas judge weighs challenge to abortion pill
Texas judge to consider banning abortion pill in U.S.
The Media Line: Jerusalem Dresses Up Its Landmarks With Fantastical Beasts for Purim (VIDEO)
Oklahoma voters reject legalizing recreational marijuana
U.S. Supreme Court rebuffs Florida city’s challenge to atheist lawsuit
- Abortion clinics crossing state borders not always welcome
- Transgender pastor claims bias, sues Lutheran denomination
Saddleback Church doubles down on support for female pastors
- Push for clergy to report abuse stalls in deeply Mormon Utah
- West Virginia ‘religious freedom’ bill headed to governor
- Memphis teen 1 of 2 charged in church leader’s 2022 killing
The Media Line: Historic Antioch Devastated by Earthquake; Let’s Ensure ISIS Doesn’t Destroy This Beacon of Religious Tolerance
- Asteroid named after pope behind Gregorian calendar reform
- Suspected schoolgirl poisoning attacks rattle a shaken Iran
- Protestant Council of Rwanda bars abortions in its clinics
- White House promises crackdown on migrant child labor
- West Virginia GOP majority House OKs religious freedom bill
- Ex-Cardinal McCarrick asks court to dismiss sex assault case
- Legacy of Wounded Knee occupation lives on 50 years later
- Pope to visit Hungary in April, migration and war on agenda
- ‘Love doesn’t exist’: Immigrants defy forced marriage abroad
- Legacy of Wounded Knee occupation lives on 50 years later
- ‘A time bomb’: India’s sinking holy town faces grim future
- ‘A time bomb’: India’s sinking holy town faces grim future
- AP PHOTOS: Greeks revel in Carnival after pandemic pause
- Greeks revel in Carnival celebrations after pandemic pause
- Cleric missing in Lebanon since 5 days killed by relatives
- Seattle Opera puts popular story of Afghan women centerstage
- West Virginians clash over religious freedom bill at hearing
- Redacted report on Baltimore church sex abuse to be released
- Sex abuse victims could sue over old cases under proposal
- Pope nationalizes Vatican assets, property in new reform
- Israel’s rightward shift is straining its ties with U.S. Jews
- Pope suffering bad cold but keeps appointments, Vatican says
- Prosecutors charge man in killing of Los Angeles bishop
- Tiny Nevada town gets county OK to lift ban on alcohol sales
- Pope at Lent’s start: end ‘dictatorship’ of the superficial
- Journalist deflates accusation at Vatican financial trial
The Media Line: Abrahamic Family House Brings 3 Religions Together in Abu Dhabi
Southern Baptists oust Saddleback Church over woman pastor
- Seattle Council to vote on outlawing caste discrimination
- Mormon church fined $5M for obscuring size of portfolio
- Would-be Scottish leader under fire over gay marriage stance
- Pope intervenes again to restrict celebration of Latin Mass
- Abrahamic House in UAE houses a church, synagogue and mosque
- Ruins of Turkish city of Antakya tell story of a rich past
- Calls for change in Iran reach even Shiite heartland of Qom
- Jesuit barred from artistic activity after new abuse claims
- Sheriff: Suspect in killing of Catholic bishop in California is housekeeper’s husband, had done work at his home
- Arrest made in killing of Catholic bishop in California