Shia LaBeouf turned to the Catholic faith after playing an Italian priest in the 2022 film 'Padre Pio.' His confirmation sponsor says he wants to be a deacon.

Ayatollah Lotfollah Dezhkam told worshipers in Shiraz during Friday prayers that "God willing, we will turn the White House into a Husseiniyeh, and the leaders of America, God willing, can be sure ...

Actor Shia LaBeouf has converted to Catholicism after being confirmed on New Year's Eve at a Mass presided over by Capuchin Franciscan friars. The Capuchin Franciscans-Western America Province ...

Confronting anti-Shia hate is necessary to prevent killings like Albuquerque's (RNS) — Shia Muslims often feel isolation and vulnerability in a world where we struggle to find a sense of belonging.

Bahraini authorities blocked Shi’a worshippers from attending Friday prayers, Bahrain’s largest Shi’a mosque, on two Fridays in June.

For Shia Muslims, Arbaeen is a significant religious event that brings hundreds of thousands of the faithful to the streets of the holy city of Karbala in Iraq. Literally meaning '40', the event ...

Scores of grieving members of the Shia community marched along the procession beating their chests to the chants of ‘Ya ...

The Al-Fatemah Islamic Center was established 19 years ago to cater to the religious needs of the area's Shia population, a minority sect of Muslims. It offers Sunday school instruction for ...

Baghdad's streets are almost deserted after Iraq's government put the capital and three provinces under curfew to halt sectarian violence. At least 130 people - mostly Sunnis - have died since the ...

As the Islamic calendar welcomes the month of Muharram, some people are skeptical about when exactly Ashura 2025 will be ...

Many of the Shia Muslims in Blackburn (pictured) were barefoot as they held banners and followed a coffin draped with black cloth.