Religion

How will Louisiana’s new Ten Commandments classroom requirement be funded and enforced?

As a legal battle ensues over a new Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in classrooms, the details of exactly how the mandate will be implemented and enforced remain unclear.

The UN starts to move tons of aid from US-built pier after security fears suspended work there

UNESCO finds Islamic State group-era bombs in Mosul mosque walls, years after the defeat of IS

Ten Commandments. Multiple variations. Why the Louisiana law raises preferential treatment concerns

Dagestani Jews look to rebuild after extremist attacks in the restive region of southern Russia

What to know about Oklahoma’s top education official ordering Bible instruction in schools

Oklahoma’s top education official has sparked outrage among some civil rights groups over his directive that public schools immediately begin incorporating the Bible into classes for grades 5 through 12.

A decade after the Islamic State group declared a caliphate, it’s defeated but remains lethal

The Islamic State group declared its caliphate a decade ago. IS is now defeated but it still carries out deadly attacks around the world.

Pope’s top adviser, women who say they were abused by ex-Jesuit artist ask for mosaics to be removed

The pope’s top adviser on fighting sex abuse is urging Vatican offices to stop displaying artwork by an ex-Jesuit artist.

Harvard looks to combat antisemitism, anti-Muslim bias after protests over war in Gaza

Two task forces charged with proposing ways to combat anti-Muslim, anti-Arab and antisemitism at Harvard University have delivered their preliminary recommendations to the school’s interim president.

Ultra-Orthodox Jews block highway to protest Israel’s new mandatory military service ruling

Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men have blocked a major highway in central Israel for two hours. They’re protesting a recent decision by the country’s high court ordering young religious men to enlist for military service.

Oklahoma state superintendent orders schools to teach the Bible in grades 5 through 12

Oklahoma’s top education official is ordering public schools to incorporate the Bible into lessons for grades 5 through 12.

In France’s high-stakes legislative election, a Jewish candidate faces and fights hate and division

Antisemitism has surged as a hot-button issue in France’s high-stakes legislative election campaign.

Another 400,000 people left Germany’s Catholic Church last year, but the pace slowed from 2022

Another 400,000 people formally have left the Catholic Church in Germany last year. But the number was down from a record set in 2022 as church leaders struggle to put a long-running scandal over abuse by clergy behind them and tackle calls for reform.

Funeral for monk shot by soldiers highlights Myanmar army’s delicate relationship to Buddhist clergy

Hundreds of people have attended the funeral of a senior monk who was fatally shot by soldiers in an incident that could undermine the cozy relationship Myanmar’s military government has tried to maintain with the country’s Buddhist clergy.

A Vatican Radio territory in north Rome once blamed for electro-smog will become a solar farm

Pope Francis has decreed that an area of northern Rome long used by Vatican Radio will now house a field of solar panels to fuel Vatican City.

Pennsylvania bishop Sean Rowe elected new leader of Episcopal Church. He’s the youngest since 1789

Sean Rowe, a 49-year-old bishop from western Pennsylvania, has become the youngest person ever elected as leader of the Episcopal Church.

The Vatican stands trial in London as a British financier seeks to clear his name in a property deal

The Vatican is standing trial in a London court over a property deal. It is believed to be the first time the Holy See has been forced to stand trial in a foreign court.

Pope calls drug traffickers ‘murderers,’ blasts liberalization laws as ‘fantasy’ at UN event

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Wednesday denounced drug traffickers as “murderers” and labeled drug liberalization laws a “fantasy” as he marked the U.N.’

Israel’s military must enlist the ultra-Orthodox. What will that mean for Netanyahu and the war?

Israel’s Supreme Court unanimously ordered the government to begin drafted ultra-Orthodox Jewish men into the army.

Belarus human rights group denounces detention of priest who posted Ukrainian flag on social media

The prominent Belarusian human rights group Viasna has denounced an extension to the detention of a Roman Catholic priest who was jailed after displaying the Ukrainian flag in a social media post.

Public funds for religious charter school would be unconstitutional, Oklahoma high court says

The Oklahoma Supreme Court has ruled that the approval of what would be the nation’s first state-funded Catholic charter school is unconstitutional.

On heartland roads, and a riverboat, devout Catholics press on with two-month nationwide pilgrimage

Catholics gathered for three days of traditional devotions in the small Ohio city of Steubenville as part of the two-month National Eucharistic Pilgrimage.

Israel’s high court orders the army to draft ultra-Orthodox men, rattling Netanyahu’s government

Israel’s Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that the military must begin drafting ultra-Orthodox men for military service, a decision that could lead to the collapse of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition as Israel continues to wage war in Gaza.

Nepalese spiritual leader ‘Buddha Boy’ convicted of sexual assault on minor

A court in southern Nepal has convict a controversial spiritual leader known as “Buddha Boy” on charges of sexually assaulting a minor.

Lawsuit challenges new Louisiana law requiring classrooms to display the Ten Commandments

Civil liberties groups have filed a lawsuit challenging Louisiana’s new law mandating that the Ten Commandments must be displayed in every public school classroom.

Police ask Texas prosecutors to treat attempted drowning of 3-year-old child as a hate crime

Police say a Texas woman allegedly tried to drown a 3-year-old girl in a pool after making racist remarks toward the child’s mother.

Lawsuit challenges new Louisiana law requiring classrooms to display the Ten Commandments

Civil liberties groups have filed a lawsuit challenging Louisiana’s new law mandating that the Ten Commandments must be displayed in every public school classroom.

Philadelphia pastor elected to lead historic Black church in New York City

New York’s historic Abyssinian Baptist Church has elected its new senior pastor, likely bringing an end to a national search to replace the late Rev. Calvin O.

President Joe Biden ‘appalled’ by violence during pro-Palestinian protest at Los Angeles synagogue

President Joe Biden has denounced violence that flared when opponents of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza staged a protest at a Los Angeles synagogue during the weekend.

Dagestan, in southern Russia, has a history of violence. Why does it keep happening?

Over the years, Russia’s southern republic of Dagestan, located in the North Caucasus region, has been beset by extremist violence.

Supreme Court rejects challenge to Connecticut law that eliminated religious vaccination exemption

The Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to a 2021 Connecticut law that eliminated the state’s longstanding religious exemption from childhood immunization requirements for schools, colleges and day care facilities.

Not just a book: What is a Gutenberg Bible? And why is it relevant 500 years after its printing?

A Gutenberg Bible is not your ordinary book. The first major work printed in Europe with moveable metal type by the mid-1450s gradually led to a massive multiplication of biblical texts, which eventually affected how parishioners related to religion.

Philippine villagers smear mud on their bodies to show devotion to St. John the Baptist

BIBICLAT, Philippines (AP) — It is well before daybreak in Bibiclat, a village in the northern Philippines surrounded by rice fields.

Russian region of Dagestan holds a day of mourning after attacks kill 20 people, officials say

Russia’s southern region of Dagestan is holding the first of three days of mourning following a rampage by Islamic militants who authorities say killed 20 people, most of them police, and attacked houses of worship in apparently coordinated assaults in two cities.

Pakistani police charge 23 people with being part of a mob that murdered a blasphemy suspect

Police in Pakistan have arrested 23 people accused of being part of a mob that killed a man suspected of desecrating the Quran, Islam’s holy book.

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