Religion

Religious leaders are appalled by violent rhetoric over Iran and shocked by a gangsterish threat to the Pope’s authority

There is a new archbishop of Canterbury, who now heads a huge international church. But here, in the UK, can she achieve what successive governments have failed to do?

The thirsty US war secretary has angered the Pontiff with a blood-and-thunder prayer service over the Iran War

The channel pumps out far more coverage of our community than its news rivals, and much of it feels like all-out attack

The aim of the people who targeted the ambulances outside a north London synagogue was all too clear – and the reaction of UK extremists on both the left and right was exactly what the attackers wanted

If people have heard of my Brussels neighbourhood, it’s because of the terror attacks of 2016. I used to be embarrassed telling people where I live, but not any more

Digging into the detail and data to separate the noise from the news

The war is being overseen by senior US officials, including Pete Hegseth, with beliefs and attitudes towards non-believers that are almost medieval

A recent suggestion by Zia Yusuf would plunge the CofE into a nightmare of bureaucratic management. It’s a sign of the contradictory attitude of the British right towards religion

As Ramadan and Lent collide, so do old religion, modern body anxiety and the eternal quest for a reset

Thieves have been stealing sacred artefacts in Nepal which have turned up for sale in western galleries. Now we want them all returned

Sorry, but leaving the universe to right itself is just misguided wishful thinking

In the months leading up to the holy festival in Bangladesh, bombs have been going off at Christian sites, and nobody knows why

A new nativity display in the centre of Brussels is so widely detested that it might have to be taken down early

They’re sexless, weightless and aerodynamically impossible – and have become mirrors for our hopes and fears

A hard core of American Catholic ultra-conservatives look at the White House and like what they see. The new man in the Vatican takes a different view

His motives for calling on religion look less like a personal awakening and more a cynical marketing ploy

Human baptisms may be down, but pet blessings in Britain’s churches are up

In frozen trenches and shattered towns, chaplains pray with the dying, bless the living and try to keep hope alive

After Manchester, many British Jews are asking why they should remain in a country where they feel despised

The death of Charlie Kirk has resurrected Donald Trump’s movement as a vengeful crusade for America’s soul

Born in 1991, Acutis’s canonisation marks a first for the Roman Catholic Church – he will become its first millennial saint

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Fuelled by the far right and the media and endorsed by other politicians who should know better, Islamophobia is becoming a new national pastime

In the age of Trump and Vance, celebrity-led ‘Godcasts’ and prayer apps are pulling in millions, and liberal ‘New Atheism’ can’t match their energy – or offer of meaning

We have come of age in an era of pandemic, economic turmoil, war and climate change. No wonder so many of us have gone looking for reassurance

When Danny Kruger speaks in parliament, the chamber empties. But his theocratic musings have a wider audience than you might think

Five years after the fire, the resurrection of the breathtaking cathedral tells a whole new story

The Belgian is – temporarily – replacing Tintoretto in one of the Venice’s sacred spaces. But first he wants to talk about Trump

In southern Italy, the village of Agnone has been hiding a secret: since the middle ages, they have been making its church bells

A Chicago restaurant has begun selling ‘The Leo’, a limited-edition sandwich dipped in gravy and topped with peppers, in honour of the new pope