On Africa trip, Pope Leo XIV condemns war and brushes off Trump criticism

Mechanical elephants replace real ones for ceremonies in South India

Celebrating Eid al-Fitr in one of Islam’s holiest cities

Buddhist monks on national Walk for Peace receive flowers, tears and gratitude along a NC highway

Sabbath observance is dwindling on the islands of the Outer Hebrides

Demand for Christmas ornaments hand-crafted in Kashmir drops amid US tariffs

Sweden’s spy church

Examining the question: What is and isn’t antisemitic?

Shinto forest bathing as an antidote to global crises

Evangelical churches flourish among Indigenous communities in Ecuador

In one of the world’s most secular countries, some Gen Z Christians are finding faith again — but not at church

A rapper finds peace and a channel for his activism through hip-hop and Islam

Tibetans in Massachusetts celebrate 14th Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday

Immersive shrine installation comes with chanting and controversy

In the city of its birth, Jews reject Zionism

In Haiti, a pastor helps his shattered community heal

Some Russians push back against a church building spree in Moscow

This family in Syria has kept the centuries-old tradition of Sufi whirling dervishes alive

A family remembers a relative who died in the Holocaust with a ‘stumbling stone’ in her German hometown

After Assad’s fall, a revered Shia shrine in Syria faces a new era of uncertainty

Christians in historic town in Syria reflect on new moment in the country

‘The pope put us on the world’s radar’: Residents of Peruvian city talk about Pope Leo XIV’s impact on their diocese

How Pope Francis’ legacy will influence the selection of the next pope 

The life and legacy of Pope Francis

Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff who ministered with a charming, humble style, dies at 88

For more than a century, a synagogue known as the ‘Carnegie Hall of Brooklyn’ has been home to the US’ greatest cantors

Ukrainian military chaplains tend to soldiers and others at risk amid the ongoing fighting

How a deeply Buddhist Bhutan keeps religion and politics from mixing

A Baha’i temple in Uganda’s bustling capital offers a rare respite

Crimean Tatars mark Ramadan while in exile from the Crimean Peninsula

Japan moves to shut down the Unification Church 

In wartime Ukraine, Jews embrace their Ukrainian-Jewish identity

Many Argentine Catholics pray for long-awaited papal visit 

How a former gang member in Japan found a new path through Christianity

What South America’s largest Buddhist temple says about the religion’s growing influence in Brazil 

New discoveries shed light on some of the earliest humans to settle in Taiwan

In South Korea, shamans are shunned — and revered 

Conservators scan Ukraine’s wooden churches to help preserve them

Kolkata’s Jewish population is dwindling

On this remote isle, an icon of the Virgin Mary has endured the flames of war

Holy Catholic relics from shuttered institutions are preserved on a New York campus

As Catholic faith ebbs in Spain, missionary priests come to the rescue

The iconic Al-Hadba minaret has been restored in Mosul

Armenian Christians of Jerusalem say their centuries-old community faces an existential threat    

‘Love you, then, well’: London’s National COVID Memorial Wall pays tribute to the country’s 240K lives lost to COVID-19

This 100-year-old synagogue tells a unique story about Jews in Finland 

Environmental concerns impact beloved Hindu festival in India

‘Our community is terrified’: A faith leader talks about what it means to be a Palestinian Christian in the US

‘It so clearly discriminates against Muslims’: India rolls out faith-based test for citizenship

As winter arrives in the southern hemisphere, Brazilians celebrate ‘June Festivals’

A far-right Dutch politician who once railed against Islam now spends his time defending it

A pilgrimage turns to tragedy as scorching heat causes 1,300 people to die during the Hajj

Chaplains open doors for international students on campus

20 years after France’s hijab ban, the issue remains divisive

Tens of thousands attend Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem

Saudi Arabia’s conservative clerics have a new relationship with the government under Mohammed bin Salman

Adherents of Sarnaism try to preserve their identity and culture by pushing for more recognition of their faith in India

Neturei Karta: an Orthodox Jewish sect that doesn’t believe in the concept of a Jewish state of Israel

Why an international court struck down Costa Rica’s IVF ban

This school in Israel is opening dialogue among its Jewish, Arab and international students