Religion News

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) – Former Israeli President Shimon Peres has brought Muslim, Jewish and Christian leaders together in Tel Aviv to jointly appeal for peace amid surging violence between Israelis and Palestinians.

VATICAN CITY (AP) – Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi has denounced the leak of a private letter written to Pope Francis by conservative cardinals complaining about the way his big family meeting is being run. But

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – A group seeking to keep public schools religion-free is again objecting to practices in Mississippi’s Rankin County school district.

BELEN, N.M. (AP) – The little New Mexico town of Belen – Spanish for Bethlehem – is fighting to keep a year-round Nativity scene on city property.

PICKERINGTON, Ohio (AP) – An Ohio church congregation ordered a pizza during a service, then tipped the driver more than $1,000 that had been collected for the offering.

PLYMOUTH, MI — Hundreds of worshippers at a church outside of Detroit have paid their respects to an 11-year-old saint who’s considered a model of mercy.