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Patriarch Theophilos III, the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, center left, performs the Washing of the Feet ceremony, at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, after restrictions were lifted following a ceasefire reached between Iran, Israel and the United States, in Jerusalem's Old City, Thursday, April 9, 2026. (Credit: Mahmoud Illean/AP.)

Israel lifts restrictions at holy sites in Jerusalem after fragile ceasefire announced

Apr 10
Sam Mednick,
Associated Press

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee is seen during an interview in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. (Credit: Ohad Zwigenberg/AP.)

US ambassador causes uproar by claiming Israel has a right to much of the Middle East

Feb 22
Sam Mednick,
Samy Magdy, Associated Press

A Palestinian vendor displays sardines for sale on a street of a local market in Gaza City, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025. (Credit: Abdel Kareem Hana/AP.)

Spread of famine in Gaza Strip averted, Cardinal visits only Catholic church

Dec 19, 2025
Sam Mednick,
Associated Press

Burkina Faso says at least 100 civilians killed in attack

Jun 5, 2021
Sam Mednick

Burkina Faso’s army chaplains tested by extremist conflict

May 8, 2021
Sam Mednick

Women fleeing Burkina Faso violence face sexual assault

Feb 14, 2021
Sam Mednick

Gunmen kill 24 in attack near church in Burkina Faso

Feb 17, 2020
Sam Mednick

British bishop slams assisted suicide bill as bad and unnecessary

Sep 8
Fionn Shiner

A man prays at a sanctuary dedicated to late Argentine singer Gilda on the 30th anniversary of her death in a bus crash, in Entre Rios, Argentina, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. (Credit: Natacha Pisarenko/AP.)

30 years after her death, Gilda embodies Argentina’s enduring faith in folk saints

Sep 8
Isabel Debre

Pope Leo XIV receives a box with butterflies as he arrives at the Basilica Sanctuary of the Mother of Good Counsel in Genazzano, central Italy, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope returns to sanctuary where he prayed after election and unveils a fresco depicting the event

Sep 8
Silvia Stellacci,
Nicole Winfield

A man touches the cross as Serbian national military servicemen stand around the coffin of the former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic, who died last week while serving a life sentence for genocide and other atrocities during the war in Bosnia, at the St. Luka Church, in Belgrade, Serbia, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. (Credit: Marko Drobnjakovic/AP.)

Body of war criminal Mladic lies in state at Orthodox church in Serbian capital ahead of funeral

Sep 7
Dusan Stojanovic,
Jovana Gec

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British bishop slams assisted suicide bill as bad and unnecessary

Pope Leo XIV receives a box with butterflies as he arrives at the Basilica Sanctuary of the Mother of Good Counsel in Genazzano, central Italy, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope returns to sanctuary where he prayed after election and unveils a fresco depicting the event

Sep 8
Silvia Stellacci,
Nicole Winfield

An election poster of the German far right Alternative for Germany party (AfD), right, is attached to a lamppost in front of a giant election poster showing a map of Germany, at the headquarters of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in Berlin, Germany, Jan. 29, 2025. Slogan reads: ‘Now AfD’. (Credit: Michael Sohn/AP.)

German far-right wins state elections after local church’s warnings

Sep 7
Fionn Shiner

Aerial photo of damage near Nuestra Señora de la Luz church in Temascalcingo in a village in the municipality of Huejutla, Mexico, on Sep. 6, 2026. (Credit: Ramsés Mercado/AP.)

Explosion of fireworks near church in central Mexico kills at least 10, injures 64

Sep 7
Ramsés Mercado,
Emilio Lugo

A man touches the cross as Serbian national military servicemen stand around the coffin of the former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic, who died last week while serving a life sentence for genocide and other atrocities during the war in Bosnia, at the St. Luka Church, in Belgrade, Serbia, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. (Credit: Marko Drobnjakovic/AP.)

Body of war criminal Mladic lies in state at Orthodox church in Serbian capital ahead of funeral

Sep 7
Dusan Stojanovic,
Jovana Gec