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Christian villagers in India uneasy after church vandalized

Leaders of numerous Anglican churches attend a religious service on the sidelines of their meeting of the Anglican Communion in Abuja, Nigeria, Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (Credit: Olamikan Gbemiga/AP.)

Conservative Anglican leaders restructure the global religious body after 400 years

Mar 6
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A firefighter extinguishes a burned shop at a building that was hit by an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (Credit: Hussein Malla/AP.)

In war-torn Lebanon, a Filipino Jesuit stands with abandoned migrants

Mar 6
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U.S. Supreme Court Justices listens as President Donald Trump gives his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (Credit: J. Scott Applewhite/AP.)

Man pleads guilty to bringing explosives to a DC Catholic church marking the start of a Supreme Court term

Mar 6
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A statue of Jesus Christ on the facade of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Nov. 10, 2020. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

‘Christ is king’ becomes a loaded phrase in US political debates, especially on the right

Mar 6
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Christian villagers in India uneasy after church vandalized

Mar 7
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A cross is silhouetted against a stained glass window inside a Catholic Church in New Orleans on Dec. 1, 2012. (Credit: Gerald Herbert/AP.)

For survivors, Rhode Island clergy abuse report brings vindication and renewed demands

Mar 7
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Kimberlee Kruesi

A firefighter extinguishes a burned shop at a building that was hit by an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (Credit: Hussein Malla/AP.)

In war-torn Lebanon, a Filipino Jesuit stands with abandoned migrants

Mar 6
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The Sacred Heart Cathedral of Algiers, Algeria. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Bishop says Pope’s visit to show Christianity ‘an asset to Algeria’

Mar 6
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This photo by Mario Sanchez shows a bus that was carrying teens and young adults returning from a church camp overturning after it lost control and tipped on its side on a two-lane highway on Nov. 9, 2025, near Running Springs, California. (Credit: AP.)

20 taken to hospitals after bus returning from church camp overturns on winding California road

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