Religion News

SYDNEY (AP) – Australian police say a van carrying gas cylinders exploded after crashing into the headquarters of a Christian lobbying group in Canberra (KAN’-bur-ah). The driver, a 35-year-old Australian man, was the only person injured in

JERUSALEM (AP) – Israel’s leader is wishing the world’s Christians a “Merry Christmas.” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recorded his Christmas greetings Wednesday during a visit to the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem. Netanyahu said he’s “proud of our

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) – Victims’ families and a Muslim community leader have spent the year since a terror attack in San Bernardino, California, trying to counter what some feared would be a backlash against Muslims. Victims’

MENOMINEE, Mich. (AP) – A nativity scene that was removed from a park in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula after a series of complaints is getting a new home at a local church. WLUK-TV reports that Abundant Life Church

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama says Christmas is a time to focus on the message that Jesus Christ brought into the world. Obama says it’s a message of forgiving, loving and caring for one another, “even

ANTIOCH, Calif. (AP) – Health officials say three people have died and at least five more were sickened after eating Thanksgiving dinner at an event organized by a church in the San Francisco Bay Area. Sutter Delta

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Leaders of mosques and Muslim organizations in Ohio say they’re heartbroken and strongly condemn an attack at Ohio State University that has left 11 people injured. University officials and police say a man

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A Republican member of the Electoral College from Texas says that, as a Christian, he’s resigning rather than casting one of the state’s 38 electoral votes for Donald Trump. Art Sisneros previously told