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Nigerian court sentences four men to death over 2022 Catholic church attack
A federal court in Nigeria on Wednesday sentenced four gunmen to death in the killing of at least 50 people during a 2022 attack on a church in a southwestern part of the country.
Ultra-Orthodox protesters block roads and trains across Israel over military draft
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s police said demonstrators blocked major intersections and attacked a soldier who disembarked from a bus near a protest. Police struggled to control the crowds with water cannons and horses.
AP exclusive: Under Notre Dame cathedral, a ‘dig of the century’ unearths 1,700 years of history
PARIS (AP) — For archaeologists, the cathedral dig is a rare treat. In France, like elsewhere, they work only where building work is about to begin — a bit like how industrial quarry workers end up unearthing dinosaur r…
(The Conversation) — Mary, as the Immaculate Conception, became patroness of the United States before the Vatican officially defined that belief as dogma.
(RNS) — You think that the Middle Ages are history? Not so fast. The same libels against Jews remain with us today.
The motto for Pope Leo XIV’s upcoming visit to Spain is “Lift up your eyes.” And that’s exactly what visitors to Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia already do as the …
A disgraced priest who served for years in Texas and Louisiana has been sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of sex crimes last week.
(RNS) — The proposal comes as immigrant community members and faith leaders prepare to rally outside the company’s New York office.
Although there has been a lot of chatter about Maria Montserrat Alvarado’s appointment due to the conservatism of both EWTN and Becket, little attention is bei…
(RNS) — Alvarado will be the youngest person to lead a Vatican dicastery in recent memory and the first woman who is not a religious sister to be a Vatican pre…
(RNS) — This week’s photo selection includes the Ebola crisis in Africa, Spain preparing for Pope Leo XIV and more.
(RNS) — As I prepare to step down from the presidency, I see a blueprint for a flourishing, interreligious America. But when I turn to the headlines, I see our…
Pope Leo XIII is updating the Catholic Church’s 100-year-old “just war” theory to prioritize diplomacy, peacebuilding, and nonviolent conflict resolution over …
Inside parts of Silicon Valley, AI is not just a tool. It is a vision of salvation, extinction and a future beyond the human.
