#Religion

Articles (30)

• 🇺🇸 Pope Leo's Church | Sunday on 60 Minutes — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  For the first time, three of America's most influential cardinals and archbishops agreed to a joint interview, sharing their candid take on war in Iran, immigration, and the future of the Catholic Chu...

  Related: #Politics, #Media
• 🇺🇸 How Palestinian Christians marked Easter against the backdrop of war — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  Holy sites in Jerusalem are open again after being largely closed for 40 days during the war in Iran. Producer Karl Bostic and Nick Schifrin visit Palestinian Christians who weren't able to access the...

  Related: #Conflict, #Cultural Resilience
• 🇺🇸 Muslims hold first Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque after reopening — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  Thousands of Muslims performed Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque after it reopened following a 40-day closure by Israel.

  Related: #Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, #Sovereignty
• 🇺🇸 Russia and Ukraine agree to 32-hour Orthodox Easter ceasefire — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  Moscow and Kyiv signal a short Easter truce as diplomacy stalls and war pressures mount.

  Related: #Diplomacy, #War
• 🇺🇸 Putin declares weekend ceasefire in Russia's war against Ukraine for Orthodox Easter — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday declared a 32-hour ceasefire in Ukraine over the Orthodox Easter weekend, following an earlier call from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for a paus...

  Related: #War, #Diplomacy
• 🇺🇸 White House relationship with the Vatican has collapsed, Free Press reports — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  New reporting from the Free Press finds that the relationship between the White House and the Vatican is "on the outs." Mattia Ferraresi, the writer of the Free Press report, joins "The Takeout" to di...

  Related: #Diplomacy, #Politics
• 🇺🇸 Israelis mark Passover in shadow of war: 'We cannot celebrate together' — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  This year, Easter and Passover coincided, not only with each other, but with the war in Iran. That led to subdued holidays in Israel. Gatherings were restricted in size, and access to Jerusalem was se...

  Related: #Security, #Conflict, #Tradition
• 🇺🇸 Trump administration plans to attack Biden DOJ as 'anti-Christian' in new report — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  The Trump administration is finalizing a report that casts the Biden Justice Department as anti-Christian over its enforcement of laws protecting abortion clinics and enforcement of Covid regulations,...

  Related: #Politics, #Law Enforcement
• 🇺🇸 Putin declares 32-hour ceasefire in Ukraine for Orthodox Easter — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Russia's President Vladimir Putin has declared a ceasefire in Ukraine over the Orthodox Easter.

  Related: #Warfare, #Diplomacy
• 🇺🇸 No, Britain Is Not Having a Christian Revival — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  A study said church attendance had soared among British young people, a trend reversal that excited religious conservatives around the world. Turns out it wasn’t true.

  Related: #Demographics, #Media Accuracy
• 🇺🇸 Tucker Carlson attacks Trump over religion: 'Who do you think you are?' — 08/04/2026 [USA]

  Right-wing media personality Tucker Carlson said President Trump was "mocking me and every Christian" with his Easter Sunday threat to decimate Iran that included an expletive and ended with the phras...

  Related: #Political Commentary, #Media Conflict
• 🇺🇸 Seville, Spain's Holy Week blends faith, tradition and spectacle — 03/04/2026 [USA]

  Even as religious belief declines in Spain, the processions at Seville's Semana Santa — the Holy Week lead-up to Easter — draw crowds moved by music, tradition and powerful emotion.

  Related: #Tradition
• 🇬🇧 Prince William keen to build 'strong and meaningful' bond with Church — 22/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  An aide to the prince says his commitment to the Church of England is "sometimes quieter" than expected.

  Related: #Royalty
• 🇺🇸 Hegseth Invokes Divine Purpose to Justify Military Might — 20/03/2026 [USA]

  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has imbued U.S. military actions with a Christian moral underpinning that suggests they are divinely sanctioned.

  Related: #Military, #Politics
• 🇺🇸 Air raid sirens blare during Eid call to prayer in Kuwait — 20/03/2026 [USA]

  Air raid sirens sounded across Kuwait City as Iran targeted US assets with missiles and drones.

  Related: #Security
• 🇺🇸 A holy time for Muslims marred by the fear and uncertainty of war — 20/03/2026 [USA]

  Sara Elsherbiny was preparing to celebrate her birthday by breaking her Ramadan fast with friends at a restaurant in Dubai.

  Related: #War
• 🇺🇸 3 Democratic pastors in Iowa are running for Congress, a snapshot of a national trend — 20/03/2026 [USA]

  In polite company or otherwise, the Rev. Sarah Trone Garriott is very comfortable talking to people about religion and politics.

  Related: #Politics
• 🇺🇦 BREAKING: Ukrainian church's Patriarch Emeritus Filaret dies at 97 — 20/03/2026 [Ukraine]

  Filaret Denysenko co-founded the unrecognized Kyiv Patriarchate in 1992 and was the patriarch of Ukraine from 1995 to 2018.

  Related: #Ukraine
• 🇺🇸 Prayer, providence and the nation's 250th: GOP leaders make the case that faith built America — 19/03/2026 [USA]

  As the country celebrates the 250th anniversary of its independence, House Speaker Mike Johnson said it should be a reminder of the central role religious faith played for the founders.

  Related: #Politics, #History
• 🇬🇧 Humanoid art and Eid al-Fitr preparations: photos of the day – Thursday — 19/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2026/mar/19/humanoid-art-and-eid-al-fitr-preparations-photos-of-the-day...

  Related: #Art
• 🇺🇸 Trump’s Plans for America’s 250th Emphasize Religion’s Role in the Nation’s Founding — 18/03/2026 [USA]

  A closed-door White House event included news about the National Garden of American Heroes and an emphasis on the role of religion in the founding.

  Related: #Politics, #History
• 🇺🇸 Martin Scorsese to Host Special Easter Episode of ‘The Saints’ on the Virgin Mary — 18/03/2026 [USA]

  Martin Scorsese will host a special Easter episode of his Fox Nation series “The Saints” about the Virgin Mary. Titled “Mary,” the episode will premiere on the streamer on March 27. It begins with Sco...

  Related: #Entertainment
• 🇺🇸 Ilia II, patriarch who led Georgian Church out of the Soviet Union, dies at 93 — 18/03/2026 [USA] Related: #History
• 🇺🇸 The US-Israel war on Iran is shaped by religion as much as strategy — 17/03/2026 [USA]

  The conflict has mutated into a zero-sum collision of competing messianic frameworks.

  Related: #Geopolitics
• 🇺🇸 Peter Thiel Fears the Antichrist Is Coming. In Rome, Some Call His View Heresy. — 17/03/2026 [USA]

  The right-wing tech investor is giving lectures near the Catholic church’s administrative heart. Commentators there are rejecting his apocalyptic vision.

  Related: #Technology
• 🇺🇸 Pope to appear virtually for 250th anniversary of US independence — 16/03/2026 [USA]

  Pope Leo XIV is set to appear virtually during a 250th anniversary event for U.S. independence hosted by the National Constitution Center after rejecting an invitation from the Trump administration to...

  Related: #Diplomacy
• 🇺🇸 Pope Leo will accept the Liberty Medal in a remote broadcast from Rome — 16/03/2026 [USA]

  Pope Leo XIV will accept the Liberty Medal in Philadelphia on the eve of July 4 in a remote broadcast from Rome but won't travel to the U.S. during its 250th birthday celebrations this year.

  Related: #Awards, #Technology
• 🇺🇸 Whitney Leavitt Is More Than Just a Mormon Wife — 16/03/2026 [USA]

  The 'Chicago' lead is starring in the fourth season of everyone's favorite reality TV spectacle, and will star in her first feature this year. With Broadway, 'Mormon Wives' and acting aspirations aple...

  Related: #Identity, #Gender Roles
• 🇬🇧 Night prayers and a satirical sculpture: photos of the day – Monday — 16/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2026/mar/16/night-prayers-satirical-sculpture-photos-of-the-day-monday"...

  Related: #Art
• 🇺🇸 Pope to Make a (Virtual) Visit for the United States’ 250th Birthday — 16/03/2026 [USA]

  After declining an invitation from President Trump, Pope Leo XIV will make a virtual appearance on July 3 at the National Constitution Center to accept its Liberty Medal.

  Related: #Anniversary