Indian authorities ban books in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Indian authorities have banned 25 books in Kashmir that they say propagate “false narratives”…
Fresh clashes break out in Syria as the interim government struggles to ease tensions
BEIRUT — New outbreaks of violence overnight into Sunday rocked Syria at two distinct flashpoints, straining a fragile…
Israel’s far-right minister sparks tension with Al-Aqsa prayers
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s far-right national security minister led prayers on Sunday at Jerusalem’s most sensitive…
Pope Leo XIV tells 1 million Catholic youths that they are ‘the sign a different world is possible’
ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Sunday told more than a million Catholic youths at a closing…
Pope thrills hundreds of thousands of young Catholics at Holy Year youth festival
ROME (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of young Catholics poured into a vast field on Rome’s outskirts Saturday…
From dawn to dusk, a Gaza family focuses on one thing: finding food
DEIR EL-BALAH – Every morning, Abeer and Fadi Sobh wake up in their tent in the Gaza Strip…
Catholic priest and Youth Off The Streets founder Father Chris Riley dies aged 70
Prominent Catholic priest and founder of Sydney charity Youth Off The Streets, Father Chris Riley, has died aged…
Pope to bestow one of Catholic Church’s highest honors on Anglican convert John Henry Newman
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Thursday decided to declare St. John Henry Newman a “doctor”…
Diplomatic row between France and Spain escalates after Jewish teens kicked off flight
ADVERTISEMENT Tensions are escalating between Paris and Madrid following comments by Spanish Transport Minister Oscar Puente in the…
Pope Leo XIV surprises Catholic youth festival with unexpected popemobile salute
VATICAN CITY — VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV surprised tens of thousands of young Catholics on…
An attack on a Congolese church killed nearly 40 worshippers. Here’s what to know
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nearly 40 people were killed Sunday in eastern Congo’s Ituri province when rebels stormed…
Warsaw archbishop asks Vatican to defrock priest charged with the killing of a homeless man
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The archbishop of Warsaw, Poland, has asked the Vatican to defrock a priest charged…