The fragile ceasefire in Gaza is facing its first major test.

Pope Leo XIV has canonized Venezuela's “doctor of the poor” before tens of thousands of people.

Israel says Hamas has handed over “two coffins of deceased hostages” from Gaza.

The Catholic Church and Church of England are taking a historic step toward unity.

Israel has received the coffin of a missing hostage handed over to the Red Cross from Hamas.

British officials are working to overturn a decision preventing Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from attending a Europa League soccer game at Aston Villa.

Pope Leo XIV has called on world leaders to act responsibly and address global hunger and conflict.

The Vatican’s child protection board says the Catholic Church has a moral duty to help victims of clergy sexual abuse heal.

Mourners in Jerusalem gathered at Capt. Daniel Peretz’s funeral, where Matan Angrest, a recently released hostage, paid his respects.

Israel has received the remains of two more hostages after they were transferred by the Red Cross from Hamas.

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The tenuous ceasefire in Gaza is holding after the release of hostages and Palestinian prisoners and detainees, but uncertainties remain.

Lebanon’s president says his country and Israel should negotiate to solve pending problems between them since war didn't lead to any positive results.

The Vatican has taken the unusual step of announcing that it had named judges to decide the fate of a famous ex-Jesuit artist accused of sexually, spiritually and psychologically abusing women.

Across Israel, it's a day of joy and tears with families, loved ones and friends waiting anxiously as Hamas began releasing the last living hostages held captive for over two years in the Gaza Strip.

Hamas has released all 20 remaining hostages as part of a ceasefire agreement with Israel, ending two years of conflict in the Gaza Strip.

Israel and Hamas have taken a significant step in the ceasefire agreement for the Gaza war by releasing hostages and prisoners.

Survivors and family members of Palestinian attacks in Israel have faced a wrenching dilemma throughout the war.

New drone footage shows what remains of Gaza City after two years of war as a ceasefire holds in its second day.

Tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians are returning to neighborhoods in Gaza as a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is in its second day.

Statistically, attending a weekly worship service is a remarkably safe thing to do.

Tens of thousands of Palestinians are starting to walk north to return to their homes after the Israeli military said the ceasefire agreement with Hamas came into effect at noon local time and that troops were withdrawing to the agreed-upon deployment lines.

Early on Sunday mornings, tolling bells call the faithful to worship at the three churches in Taybeh.

South Korean investigators on Friday have indicted the 82-year-old leader of the Unification Church, Hak Ja Han, over allegations that she instructed church officials to bribe the wife of jailed former President Yoon Suk Yeol and a conservative lawmaker close to him.

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the beloved chaplain for Loyola Chicago's men's basketball team, has died at 106.

Pope Leo XIV has urged labor union leaders from Chicago to advocate for immigrants and welcome minorities into their ranks.

Myanmar’s military government has acknowledged that it attacked a Buddhist festival held on the grounds of a school earlier this week.

Palestinians in Gaza have welcomed the news of an agreement on the first phase of a peace plan between Israel and Hamas.

Pope Leo XIV has criticized how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

Israel’s Cabinet has approved President Donald Trump’s plan for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of all the remaining hostages held by Hamas, a key step toward ending a ruinous two-year war that has destabilized the Middle East.

Israel and Hamas have agreed to a pause in their devastating two-year war and the release of Hamas' remaining hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.

Counter terrorism police in Britain say that the assailant in last week's attack on a synagogue in the city of Manchester that left two people dead had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group.

The Texas bishop on the front lines of the U.S. immigration crackdown has met with Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican.

President Donald Trump says Israel and Hamas have agreed to the “first Phase” of his peace plan to pause fighting and release at least some hostages and prisoners.

Sukkot, a weeklong Jewish holiday celebrating the traditional gathering of the harvest, has gotten underway.

Pope Leo XIV will visit Turkey and Lebanon next month on his first foreign trip as pope.

It’s been two years since thousands of Hamas-led militants poured into southern Israel after a surprise barrage of rockets.

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Israelis are mourning the dead and fearing for the remaining hostages as they mark two years since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack plunged the region into a devastating war.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has asked Pope Leo XIV to help maintain peace in Venezuela.

Israeli authorities say they have deported another 171 activists from a Gaza-bound flotilla, including Greta Thunberg.

Pope Leo XIV has begun correcting some of Pope Francis’ more questionable financial reforms and decisions.

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has condemned a suspected arson attack on a mosque in an English coastal town.

Israeli and Hamas officials are holding indirect talks in an Egyptian resort on a U.S. peace plan for Gaza.

Sukkot, a week-long Jewish holiday celebrating the traditional gathering of the harvest, is getting underway.

Activists detained while trying to reach Gaza by sea have complained of mistreatment by Israeli guards.

Thousands have gathered in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa for the East African country’s thanksgiving festival.

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America installed the Rev. Yehiel Curry as its first Black presiding bishop on Saturday, marking a historic moment for the predominantly white denomination.

Manchester is facing the latest tragedy to befall the city with a mix of defiance and shock.

U.K. police have been given extra time to question four people arrested on suspicion of terror offenses after an attack on a synagogue in northwest England.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has convened for its twice-annual general conference at a pivotal moment in its history.

Hundreds of mourners gathered in wind and rain for a vigil that combined grief and defiance in the remembrance of two men who were killed when a knife-wielding assailant attacked their synagogue in the English city of Manchester.

For the first time, a woman will serve as the Archbishop of Canterbury, following the 105 men who have held the role since St. Augustine took that position in the year 597.

“House of David” premieres its second season on Sunday, and star Michael Iskander, who plays the titular role, is hoping it has the same success as its debut.

Zohran Mamdani’s rise in New York City’s mayoral race has brought him national prominence and a surge of anti-Muslim vitriol, including from elected officials and prominent conservatives.

Israeli forces have intercepted the last boat from an international flotilla trying to break Israel’s sea blockade of war-ravaged Gaza.

British police say one of the two men killed in a car and knife attack on a synagogue in the city of Manchester may have been killed by a bullet fired by a police officer.

Sarah Mullally, the bishop of London, has been named Archbishop of Canterbury, the first time a woman has been chosen as the spiritual leader of the Church of England.

Authorities say a Texas megachurch founder has pleaded guilty to lewd and indecent acts with a child after he was accused of sexually abusing a young girl in the 1980s in Oklahoma while he was a traveling minister.

A fundraiser for the family members of the man who opened fire in a Michigan church and set it ablaze has raised over $275,000.

The next president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints isn't a surprise.

Hospitals say that Israeli strikes overnight killed at least 57 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

A man drove a car into people outside a synagogue in England and stabbed two of them to death on the holiest day of the Jewish year.

Indonesian rescue authorities have made the tough decision to start using heavy machinery to move large sections of a school that collapsed earlier this week, with no more signs of life from beneath the rubble.

Andrew Cuomo is apologizing to New York City’s Jewish community for his response to the COVID-19 pandemic when he was governor.

The sacred bones of a much-loved French Carmelite nun began a tour of the U.S. at a suburban Detroit parish named in her honor.

An appeals court in Qatar has overturned the conviction of Remy Rowhani, leader of the country’s small Baha’i community.

Activists on board a flotilla of vessels sailing toward Gaza say the Israeli navy intercepted at least 19 of their boats as they approached the besieged Palestinian territory.

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Pope Leo XIV has intervened for the first time in an abortion dispute roiling the U.S. Catholic Church.

Israel’s defense minister has ordered all remaining Palestinians to leave Gaza City, saying it is their “last opportunity.”.

Indonesian rescue workers are racing against the clock in the search for survivors from a school collapse in the province of East Java.

Federal officials have sued pro-Palestinian demonstrators involved in a heated protest last year outside a New Jersey synagogue.

Arnold Schwarzenegger is throwing his weight behind the Vatican’s environmental initiative.

Sean Feucht, a conservative Christian worship leader, gained attention in 2020 by defying COVID-19 restrictions with protest concerts.

Worship leader Sean Feucht's meteoric rise to prominence began in 2020 during the pandemic.

Hamas says it will study U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza both within the group and with other Palestinian factions before responding.

In a story published Sept. 30, 2025, The Associated Press reported that a student group distributing contraceptives at DePaul University had re-registered under a new name after the school revoked its status.

Rescuers ran oxygen and water to students trapped in the unstable concrete rubble of a collapsed school building in Indonesia, as they desperately worked to free survivors.

Officials in Indonesia say a building under construction at an Islamic boarding school has collapsed on dozens of praying students.

Authorities in Michigan say search crews did not find any additional bodies inside a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chapel where a former Marine opened fire and set the building ablaze, killing four people.

A gunman opened fire inside a Michigan church during Sunday services, inflicting casualties after ramming his vehicle into the front door of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township.

An ex-Marine smashed a pickup into a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints church in Michigan, opened fire and set the building ablaze during a crowded Sunday service and then was fatally shot by police.

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Sandeep Dhaliwal made history in 2009, becoming the first Sikh deputy with the Harris County Sheriff's Office. Six years after he was killed during a traffic stop, he continues to be remembered as a trailblazer.

Tens of thousands of protesters have marched in Berlin in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.

Health workers in Sumenep, Indonesia, are delivering measles vaccines to children.

A drone launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels wounded 22 people in the southern Israeli city of Eilat on Wednesday, according to medics.

Pope Leo XIV has named a successor to the embattled archbishop of New Orleans two weeks after the archdiocese agreed to a $230 million settlement for survivors of clergy sexual abuse.

Noor Abu Hassira is one of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians staying in Gaza City as Israel presses on with an offensive to take it over.

A debate has been sparked among Black pastors who are trying to square a heroic view of Charlie Kirk, the 31-year-old conservative activist who was gunned down in Utah this month, with the insulting statements about people of color that were key to his political activism.

A South African man's prophecy about the Rapture has gone viral.

The Archdiocese of Chicago plans to honor Sen. Dick Durbin with a lifetime achievement award, sparking controversy over his support for abortion rights.

A growing number of experts have said Israel’s offensive in the Gaza Strip amounts to genocide, deepening Israel’s isolation and risking untold damage to the country’s standing even among allies.

With Vice President JD Vance calling Charlie Kirk “a martyr for Christianity,” some Kirk admirers suggest his assassination will galvanize throngs of people — notably young conservatives — to become more engaged in evangelical and Catholic churches.

Defense lawyers in the Holy See’s “trial of the century” have asked the Vatican prosecutor to recuse himself from the appeals trial.

Israeli forces are showing no signs of relenting on their new ground offensive in Gaza City as world leaders gather in New York for the United Nations General Assembly and more countries prepare to join the surge of nations recognizing a Palestinian state.

Health officials say Israeli strikes in Gaza City overnight and at a refugee camp have killed more than 40 people, including 19 women and children.

Israeli strikes have killed at least 14 people overnight in Gaza City, according to health officials.