Religion News

3:59 PM on Monday, April 6

Amid a high-profile investigation into a COVID-19 pandemic-related fraud scheme in Minnesota, advocates say suspicion of Muslims rose and their contributions to the state’s economy, culture and communities were ignored

FILE - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is seen before a roundtable discussion on college sports in the East Room of the White House, Friday, March 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

DeSantis signs Florida law to label groups as terrorists and expel student supporters

2:09 PM on Monday, April 6

Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a law allowing Florida leaders to label groups as domestic or foreign terrorist organizations

What is CREC and how does it shape Pete Hegseth’s religious rhetoric?

7:22 AM on Monday, April 6

President Donald Trump departs after speaking with reporters during a news conference in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, April 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

The Latest: Trump brushes off war crime concerns as he repeats threat to Iran’s infrastructure

12:19 AM on Monday, April 6

U.S. President Donald Trump says he’s “not at all” concerned about committing possible war crimes as he the destruction of Iran’s bridges and power plants if they don’t reopen the Strait of Hormuz

People drive their motorbikes past a billboard that shows a graphic depicting Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei in downtown Tehran, Iran, Monday, April 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Trump widens threat to all of Iran's power plants and bridges as his deadline for a deal approaches

12:04 AM on Monday, April 6

President Donald Trump has expanded his threat against Iran to include all power plants and bridges as his Tuesday ultimatum approaches

Tommi May wears a costume of balloons as they participate in the Easter Bonnet Parade on Fifth Avenue, Sunday, April 5, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

Dazzling outfits and colorful hats shine at New York Easter parade, in photos

9:40 PM on Sunday, April 5

A meerkat inspects a basket with Easter egg-themed treats in the Buinzoo in Santiago, Chile, Sunday, April 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Step aside, children: A Chilean zoo stages an Easter egg hunt with treats for the animals

6:15 PM on Sunday, April 5

Chile’s largest private zoo has staged an event resembling an Easter egg hunt with several of its animal residents searching for their food, packaged as Easter egg-themed treats

People make their departure following an Easter Sunday sunrise prayer service at the Lincoln Memorial, Sunday, April 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Trump administration agencies post Easter messages celebrating Christ’s resurrection

5:06 PM on Sunday, April 5

The Trump administration has taken a new tack in celebrating Easter

FILE - Kanye West, known as Ye, watches the first half of an NBA basketball game between the Washington Wizards and the Los Angeles Lakers, on March 11, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)

Pressure mounts on Ye to be pulled from his headline role at a summer festival in London

10:47 AM on Sunday, April 5

Pressure is mounting for the American rapper Ye to be pulled from his headline role at a London music festival this summer

People raise their hands to the sky in song during an Easter Sunday sunrise prayer service at the Lincoln Memorial, Sunday, April 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Photos show Christians celebrating Easter around the world

8:56 AM on Sunday, April 5

Pope Leo XIV arrives to preside over Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, April 5, 2026 (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Photos show Pope Leo's first Easter Mass as pontiff

6:15 AM on Sunday, April 5

Pope Leo XIV addresses the faithful after delivering the Urbi et Orbi blessing - Latin for "to the city of Rome and to the world" - from the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica at the end of Easter Mass he presided over in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, April 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Leo urges peace in first Easter Mass as Christians celebrate in Jerusalem, Gaza and Tehran

4:28 AM on Sunday, April 5

Pope Leo XIV has celebrated his first Easter Mass as pontiff, urging peace through dialogue and calling for an end to conflicts worldwide

Worshipers pray during Good Friday Mass at St. Anthony Church, which was devoted to expressing solidarity with Christian villagers in southern Lebanon displaced by the war in Jdeideh, a suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Displaced by war, Lebanon's Christians mark Easter far from their homes and churches

3:02 AM on Sunday, April 5

Many Lebanese Christians are marking Easter far from their homes and churches, displaced by Israel's war with the militant Hezbollah group

Rescue workers search for victims at the site of an Israeli airstrike that hit a crowded neighbourhood south of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, April 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Trump issues an expletive-filled threat against Iran as details of US aviator's rescue emerge

11:10 PM on Saturday, April 4

U.S. President Donald Trump has issued an expletive-filled threat to escalate strikes on Iran if it doesn’t open the Strait of Hormuz by his Tuesday deadline

Britain Choral Music Choristers sing during Evensong at Rochester Cathedral in Rochester, England, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

English choirs seek to protect a musical tradition little changed since Queen Elizabeth I

11:04 PM on Saturday, April 4

A campaign is underway to protect England's choral music tradition, which has thrived for nearly 500 years

Pope Leo XIV arrives for the Easter Vigil inside St. Peter's Basilica at The Vatican, Saturday, April 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Leo XIV celebrates first Easter vigil, calls for harmony and peace in a world torn by war

4:30 PM on Saturday, April 4

Pope Leo XIV ushers in Easter with his first vigil service as pontiff at St. Peter’s Basilica

View at burnt ambulances in a car park at Golders Green in London, Monday, March 23, 2026 after an apparent arson attack on four vehicles belonging to a Jewish ambulance service, Hatzola Northwest.(AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

2 men and a boy ordered to stay in UK custody over Jewish charity ambulance attack

9:14 AM on Saturday, April 4

Two young men and a boy have been ordered to remain in custody after appearing in court on arson charges

Iran's Minister of Science, Research and Technology Hossein Simaei Sarraf, center, visits the location that was hit during U.S.-Israeli airstrikes Friday at Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, April 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Trump gives Iran 48 hours to open Strait of Hormuz as search continues for missing US pilot

3:47 AM on Saturday, April 4

U_S_ President Donald Trump has again warned Tehran over his Monday deadline to open the crucial Strait of Hormuz and allow ship traffic to flow again, and Iran has responded by threatening to open “the gates of hell.”

Devotees dressed as Roman soldiers perform in a Way of the Cross reenactment in Arraijan, Panama, Good Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Good Friday around the world, in photos

8:29 AM on Friday, April 3

Worshippers who will receive the sacrament of baptism gather in a room ahead of the Easter Vigil Mass at Our Lady of the Angels Church in Dakar, Senegal, Saturday, April 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

Photos show Christians marking Holy Week across the world

12:28 PM on Monday, March 30

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