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Pope's meeting on church future says it's 'urgent' to guarantee governance roles for women

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis’ big gathering of Catholic bishops and laypeople said Saturday it was “urgent” to guarantee fuller participation of women in church governance positions and called for research on allowing women to be deacons to be re

Oct 28, 2023 4:08 PM Read more >

Mass graves, unclaimed bodies and overcrowded cemeteries. The war robs Gaza of funeral rites

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — It was neither the place nor the time for a proper goodbye, said Omar Dirawi. Not here, in this dusty field strewn with dead people wrapped in blankets and zipped up in body bags.

Oct 28, 2023 7:37 AM Read more >

Jewish and Muslim chaplains navigate US campus tensions and help students roiled by Israel-Hamas war

For many of the university chaplains and faith leaders caring for students angered and shaken by the Israel-Hamas war, the needs are acute, the days intense.

Oct 28, 2023 5:03 AM Read more >

Israel steps up air and ground attacks in Gaza and cuts off the territory's communications

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel knocked out internet and communications in the Gaza Strip in stepped-up bombardment Friday night, largely cutting off its 2.

Oct 27, 2023 10:40 PM Read more >

Five years later, trauma compounds for survivors marking Tree of Life massacre amid Israel-Hamas war

PITTSBURGH (AP) — In one sense, there was a feeling of closure as survivors of the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S.

Oct 27, 2023 6:55 PM Read more >

West Virginia school system mandates religious training following revival assembly lawsuit

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Oct 27, 2023 3:52 PM Read more >

Christian conservatives cheer one of their own as Mike Johnson assumes Congress' most powerful seat

Evangelical Christian conservatives have long had allies in top Republican leadership in Congress.

Oct 27, 2023 1:04 PM Read more >

Pope Francis prays for a world in 'a dark hour' and danger from 'folly' of war

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Amid the latest bloodshed in the Middle East, Pope Francis led special Friday evening prayers in St. Peter’s Basilica for a world “in a dark hour” and in “great danger” from what he described as the folly of war.

Oct 27, 2023 1:00 PM Read more >

Spain's report on Catholic Church sex abuse estimates victims could number in hundreds of thousands

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s first official probe of sex abuse by clergy members or other people connected to the Catholic Church in the country included a survey that indicated that the number of victims could run into hundreds of thousands.

Oct 27, 2023 11:45 AM Read more >

Pope orders Vatican to reopen case of priest accused of adult abuse but allowed to keep ministering

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has ordered the Vatican to reopen the case of a well-known priest-artist accused of sexually, psychologically and spiritually abusing adult women , and removed the statute of limitations that had previously prevented a church

Oct 27, 2023 9:23 AM Read more >