RELIGION May 19, 2018 Police kill 4 gunmen who raided Orthodox church in Chechnya Chechnya's leader says four gunmen who attacked a Russian Orthodox church in the mostly Muslim province have been killed by security forces and one policeman has died.
RELIGION May 19, 2018 Vatican: Martyred archbishop, Pope Paul VI to be canonized The Vatican has announced that Pope Francis will elevate to sainthood martyred Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero alongside Pope Paul VI in a ceremony on Oct. 14.
RELIGION May 18, 2018 After biggest gaffe, pope demands accountability for abuse Four months ago, Pope Francis dug himself into the biggest hole of his papacy by strongly defending a Chilean bishop accused by sex abuse victims of witnessing and ignoring their abuse.
VIDEO May 18, 2018 Chilean bishops offer resignations over abuse scandal Pope Francis summoned the 31 active Chilean bishops to Rome for an emergency meeting over the widespread sex abuse scandal plaguing Chile's churches; religion correspondent Lauren Green reports.
VIDEO May 18, 2018 Pastor's controversial sign: Example of 'reverse racism?' Ellen Ratner and Dr. Alex McFarland discuss the controversial sign a pastor in Birmingham, Alabama put up.
VIDEO May 18, 2018 Is the opening of the Jerusalem embassy biblical prophecy? The U.S. opening an embassy in Jerusalem could be part of a sign that Israel is key to the biblical prophecy of the end times.
VIDEO May 18, 2018 Pastor under fire over controversial sign Signage outside New Era Baptist Church turns heads in Birmingham, Alabama.
RELIGION May 18, 2018 Bias fears justified; Wilders gets new appeals judges Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders will get new judges in his appeal against his 2016 conviction for inciting discrimination and insulting Moroccans, after an independent panel ruled that the original judges may have been biased.
RELIGION May 18, 2018 The Latest: Chile's bishops offer to resign over scandal The Latest on a sex abuse and cover-up scandal involving the Catholic Church in Chile (all times local): 1 p.m.
RELIGION May 18, 2018 Egypt's president announces Rafah crossing open for Ramadan Egypt's President Abdel-Fatah el-Sissi says he has ordered the opening of the Rafah border crossing with Gaza for the entire Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the longest length of time since 2013.