Religion

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New DNA evidence cannot settle the centuries-old debate – in fact it adds another twist to one of history’s greatest mysteries

The Russian Orthodox Church is building churches in Kenya and is looking to expand its influence. But somehow Kenyans are still ending up dead in Ukraine

The new prime minister is no theocrat. But he has been quite open about the influence of religion upon his politics

With his extremist views, he’s graduated from filming the mindless street violence of Tommy Robinson’s protests to the sofas of the GB News studio. How far can this UK disciple of Charlie Kirk go?

The Pope’s encyclical on the dangers of technology looks back to the last industrial revolution, and delivers a stark warning to the technology corporations of today – that transformative progress can destroy lives on a colossal scale

A Christian author used a Washington DC event backed by Trump to say God had ‘raised up’ the president to build his gaudy ballroom

Nigel Farage’s party waves the Bible but opposes loving thy neighbour and helping those in need

A new book suggesting Jesus and Christ were separate entities has scandalised the nation - even few will ever read it

The Italian city marks the religious holiday in a way that can only be described as unique

The president has so offended US evangelicals that the previously loyal are calling him demon-possessed and the Biblical ‘father of lies’

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

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

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

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