2015 in religion

Events

• 7 January – Islamic terrorists carry out an attack against the Charlie Hebdo newspaper in Paris for publishing a satirical image of Muhammad. Several other Islamic terrorists carry out January [2015 Île-de-France attacks|random attacks] in the Île-de-France region over the following days.
• 15 January – Pope Francis visits the Philippines.
• 19 January – The Eritrean Catholic Church is established as a separate entity from the Ethiopian Catholic Church.
• 25 January – The Scientology documentary Going Clear premieres at Sundance, bringing scrutiny to the Church of Scientology.
• 14 February – Islamic terrorists carry out several attacks in Copenhagen, Denmark, targeting Lars Vilks at a cultural event and targeting the Great Synagogue.
• May – The Islamic State in the Greater Sahara is created by a faction of Al-Mourabitoun declaring its loyalty to the Islamic State.
• June – American conversion therapy organization JONAH is ordered to dissolve after being found to be fraudulent.
• 18 June – Laudato si' is published as an encyclical by Pope Francis.
• 27 June
• * The Dicastery for Communication is created within the Roman Curia of the Catholic Church.
• * A white supremacist gunman attacks the Emanuel [African Methodist Episcopal Church] in Charleston, South Carolina.
• 1 July – The First Church of Cannabis is established in Indianapolis, Indiana.
• 16 August – Our Lady of Perpetual Exemption is founded for one month by satirist John Oliver as a criticism of prosperity theology.
• 11 September – A crane collapses on a crowd preparing for the Hajj.
• 19 September – Pope Francis visits Cuba.
• 22 September – Pope Francis visits the United States.
• 23 September – The Moscow Cathedral Mosque opens in Moscow, Russia, in a ceremony attended by Vladimir Putin, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and Mahmoud Abbas.
• 24 September
• * The Cathedral of the Holy Martyrs is consecrated in Gyumri, Armenia.
• * A crowd crush occurs during the Hajj.
• 1 October – The Imam Ali Mosque opens in Copenhagen, Denmark.
• 3 December – The Center for Jewish–Christian Understanding and Cooperation publishes To Do the Will of [Our Father in Heaven: Toward a Partnership between Jews and Christians].
• 8 December – The Catholic Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy begins.

  Undated

• The Aiyy Faith is registered in Russia.
• The Commonwealth of Pagan Communities of Siberia–Siberian Veche is registered in Russia.
• The Global Confessional and Missional Lutheran Forum is established.
• The Presbyterian [Reformed Church in India] is founded in South India.
• The Rodnover Confederation is founded in Poland.