Black pastors say Charlie Kirk is not a martyr, while decrying racism and political violence

Israel kills 34 people in Gaza ahead of UN meeting, where countries will recognize Palestinian state

After explosive revelations, Vatican trial heads to appeals phase

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Pope Leo XIV marvels at 'huge learning curve' in an interview released on his 70th birthday

Officials plead for help in finding person who assasinated Charlie Kirk on Utah college campus

The newest Bachelorette is 'Secret Lives of Mormon Wives' star Taylor Frankie Paul

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The Latest: EU leader calls for sanctions against Israel over the war in Gaza

After 800 years of silence, the oldest pipe organ in the Christian world sounds once more

Israel demolishes high-rise building in Gaza City as part of ramped-up offensive

Pastor Doug Wilson’s fringe teachings go mainstream in Trump’s Washington

Chicago churches urge calm resistance ahead of expected federal intervention

Pope Leo XIV to declare 15-year-old computer whiz, known as God’s influencer, a saint

LGBTQ+ Catholics make Holy Year pilgrimage to Rome and celebrate a new sense of acceptance

Israel calls on famine-stricken Gaza City residents to move to safe zone as it expands operations

Israel strikes Gaza City high-rise building while ramping up offensive to take over the area

Carlo Acutis, the saint next door: A teen computer whiz becomes a millennial saint

Gun store owner says shooter who killed 2 schoolchildren showed no warning signs before attack

Israel criticized for dropping grenades near UN peacekeepers in Lebanon

VP Vance to meet with families of schoolchildren after church shooting in Minneapolis

Israelis stage a 'day of disruption' as more strikes hit Gaza City

Israel starts calling up reservists as it pushes into initial stages of Gaza City offensive

Strikes across Gaza kill at least 31 as international scholars accuse Israel of genocide

Pope Leo meets LGBTQ+ Catholic advocate and vows continuity with Pope Francis' legacy of welcome

Pope Leo XIV denounces 'pandemic of arms' as he prays for victims of Minnesota school shooting

Palestinian president's office urges US to reinstate his visa ahead of key UN meetings

Israel will soon slow or halt aid into parts of northern Gaza as it ramps up offensive

AI Apocalypse? Why language surrounding tech is sounding increasingly religious

Israel says bodies of 2 hostages returned as military begins Gaza City offensive

Father of boy killed in Minneapolis church shooting: Remember his love, not the violence

UN food agency chief says women and children are 'starving' in Gaza and pressed Netanyahu on aid

Just hours after a shooter opened fire through the windows of a Catholic church in Minneapolis, killing two children and wounding 17 people, hundreds crowded inside a nearby school’s gym, clutching one another and wiping away tears during a vigil alongside Gov. Tim Walz and clergy members.

Pope demands end to ‘collective punishment’ and forced displacement of Palestinians in Gaza

Trump will chair a meeting on postwar Gaza as hospitals report 10 killed by strikes

Protesters in Israel demand release of hostages as Gaza strikes kill 16, hospitals say

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Israeli airstrike on southern Gaza hospital kills 8, health ministry says

Pope meets with Chagos refugees and delivers message about rights of the weak against the powerful

New Israeli strikes around Gaza kill 25 as famine announcement raises pressure

Being Muslim and American in the nation's heartland

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Five bodies are exhumed from shallow graves in Kenya near a doomsday cult sitea

Netanyahu pushes forward with Gaza City operation despite opposition

Is empathy a sin? Some conservative Christians argue it can be

Grand ceremony and parade mark 60 years of Chinese Communist Party rule in Tibet

Parents of kids swept away in Texas floods beg lawmakers to protect future campers

Texas can't put the Ten Commandments in certain school districts' classrooms, judge says

Israel approves settlement project that could divide West Bank

A ship with hundreds of tons of food aid for Gaza nears an Israeli port after leaving Cyprus

How do you move a beloved Swedish church down the road? With prayer, engineering and some Eurovision

US archbishop's meeting with Putin denounced as 'betrayal of Christian witness'

From apps to matchmaking: the diverse ways American Muslims navigate finding marriage partners

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass for local homeless people, invites them to lunch at summer villa

Protestors go on strike in Israel demanding ceasefire and hostage releases

Baby girl killed with parents in Gaza airstrike as Israelis urge a mass protest over the war

How Orthodox Jewish families are finding ways to support their trans children

100 days of Pope Leo XIV: a calm papacy that avoids polemics is coming into focus

Far-right Israeli minister confronts long-imprisoned Palestinian leader face to face

Israel announces West Bank settlement that rights groups say could imperil Palestinian state

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Israel says it struck militants posing as aid workers in Gaza

Jordan, Syria, and US officials discuss Syria's reconstruction after deadly clashes

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Israeli strikes kill journalists and aid-seekers as Australia backs Palestinian statehood

Islamic court in Indonesia sentences 2 men to public caning over sexual acts

Israeli strike kills journalists in Gaza City, worsening the death toll for the media

26 Gaza aid-seekers killed as Netanyahu faces growing criticism over expanding the war

Taliban investigating death threats against United Nations' Afghan female staff, report says

Israel faces growing global condemnation over military expansion in Gaza

Hundreds of Buddhist monks in Cambodia gather to praise ceasefire with Thailand and mourn the dead

Vance, UK foreign secretary will meet before US vice president's vacation in the English countryside

What to know about Israel's plan to retake Gaza City

Trump delivers a steady stream of wins for his conservative Christian base

How one man's dream led to 50,000 pilgrims honoring Our Lady of Copacabana in Bolivia

Former Israeli security officials call to end the war in Gaza as Netanyahu hints at a new stage

Dozens killed as Palestinians in Gaza scramble for aid from air and land

Fresh clashes break out in Syria as the interim government struggles to ease tensions

Pope Leo XIV urges over 1 million Catholic young people to spread faith and enthusiasm

A half-million young Catholics invade Rome, awaiting Pope Leo XIV at Holy Year youth festival

Israeli fire kills at least 18 in Gaza, US envoy visits hostage family protest

From dawn to dusk, a Gaza family focuses on one thing: finding food

US envoy visits distribution site in Gaza as humanitarian crisis worsens

Statehood remains a distant dream for Palestinians as nightmare unfolds in Gaza

At least 46 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire, Gaza hospitals say, as the war drags on

French ministers condemn 'excessive use of force' after Jewish youths were removed from a flight

Anti-war demonstrators protest the arrival of an Israeli cruise ship on the Greek island of Crete

Trump coveted Canada as 51st state. Most Canadians differ with him on religion's role in public life

Pope Leo XIV gets rock star's welcome at Catholic influencer festival

Released Israeli-Argentinian hostage fights for brother still held by Hamas

Israel again intercepts Gaza-bound ship carrying activists and humanitarian aid

At 102, D-Day veteran looks forward to a long-delayed bar mitzvah

Muslim leaders increase security after vandalism reports at Texas and California mosques

At least 25 people killed by Israeli gunshots and strikes in Gaza, some while seeking aid

Hamas says ceasefire talks expected to resume next week after U.S. and Israel recall negotiators

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With no access to education beyond the 6th grade, girls in Afghanistan turn to religious schools

Israeli strikes kill at least 20 in Gaza, health officials say

UN food agency says Israeli tanks and snipers opened fire on a crowd seeking aid in Gaza

Pope Leo XIV marks 56th anniversary of moon landing with observatory visit, call to Buzz Aldrin