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In this Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025, photo, an emergency rescue team transports an elderly woman discovered to still be alive after being considered deceased to a local hospital before her scheduled cremation at Wat Rat Prakhong Tham temple, Nonthaburi province, Thailand. (Wat Rat Prakhong Tham via AP)

Thai woman found alive in coffin after being brought in for cremation

5:17 AM on Monday, November 24

A woman in Thailand shocked temple staff when she started moving in her coffin after being brought in for cremation

Visitors walk through the Magdeburg Christmas market, in Magdeburg, Germany, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. (Matthias Bein/dpa via AP)

Germany's Christmas markets open with festive cheer and tight security

4:17 AM on Monday, November 24

Traditional Christmas markets are opening across Germany, drawing revelers to enjoy mulled wine, grilled sausages, and festive attractions

The sun sets behind the dome of the Melkite Greek Catholic Basilica of Saint Paul in Harissa, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Photos show Christian landmarks in Lebanon ahead of the pope’s visit

12:02 AM on Monday, November 24

A Christian Orthodox clergy stands in one of the corridors of the Christian Orthodox Halki Theological school, at the Holy Trinity monastery, in Heybeliada island, Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Optimism ahead of pope's visit to Turkey for reopening of Istanbul's Greek Orthodox seminary

9:10 PM on Sunday, November 23

Pope Leo XIV is set to embark on his first trip abroad with a visit to Turkey, marking a key event in Catholic and Orthodox Christianity

Flowers are left at the fire-damaged door of the East Melbourne Synagogue in Melbourne, Australia, July 7, 2025, following an arson attack. (Con Chronis/AAP Image via AP)

Australian judge rules synagogue arsonist was motivated by mental illness, not antisemitism

8:41 PM on Sunday, November 23

An Australian magistrate says a man who set fire to a Melbourne synagogue door while worshippers were inside was motivated by mental illness rather than antisemitism

Former Major League baseball player Darryl Strawberry, second from left, poses with some of the people who heard him preach on Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025, at Sheridan Church, in Tulsa, Okla. (AP Photo/Bobby Ross)

Former Mets star Darryl Strawberry thanks Trump for pardon during sermon at Tulsa church

1:24 PM on Sunday, November 23

Former New York Mets star Darryl Strawberry says God set him free when he was pardoned by President Donald Trump

Women walk past a wall with a graffiti reading in Arabic "We will remain here, Assad" in the city of Homs, Syria, Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

Sectarian tensions flare in Syria's Homs after the killing of a Bedouin couple

7:43 AM on Sunday, November 23

The killing of a Bedouin couple in Syria’s Homs province has triggered renewed sectarian tensions

Civil defense workers inspect the damage after an apartment building was hit during an Israeli airstrike on Dahiyeh in the southern suburb of Beirut, Sunday Nov. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Israel says it killed a senior Hezbollah official in its first strike on Beirut in months

5:14 AM on Sunday, November 23

Israel has struck Lebanon’s capital for the first time since June, saying it killed Hezbollah’s chief of staff and warning the Iran-backed militant group not to rearm and rebuild

Andrew Mutengu, a counselor and pastor of Word of Faith Ministries, stands at the pulpit of his Pentecostal church in Mbale, Uganda, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodney Muhumuza)

More and more Ugandan men seek DNA paternity tests, often with heartbreaking results

10:13 PM on Saturday, November 22

Paternity disputes in Uganda have become a significant issue as DNA testing becomes more accessible

Acrobats from a Mexican theater company perform the show titled "Mortal Leap into Xibalba," which reinterprets a myth from a sacred Mayan book about creation and the journey to the underworld, in Mexico City, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

An ancient Maya myth finds new life in a Mexican circus company’s performance

10:03 PM on Saturday, November 22

Mexican artistic director Jorge Díaz has created a unique stage adaptation of the Maya myth Popol Vuh

People who were kidnapped during a church service in November 2024 leave after a church meeting in Kaduna, northwestern Nigeria, Nov. 6, 2025.(AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

US signals broader efforts to protect Nigeria's Christians following Trump's military threat

9:02 PM on Saturday, November 22

President Donald Trump’s administration is promoting efforts to work with Nigeria’s government to counter violence against Christians

Justin Mongomery's final minute rush puts Presbyterian over Marist, 29-25

2:08 PM on Saturday, November 22

Justin Montgomery scored the winning 5-yard rush with 46 seconds left to play for Presbyterian to take a late lead and beat Marist, 29-25 on Saturday afternoon

A Palestinian man carries a wounded girl into al-Shifa Hospital following Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Yousef Al Zanoun)

Israel launches strikes in Gaza ceasefire's latest test as hospitals say 24 killed

6:57 AM on Saturday, November 22

Israel's military says it has launched new airstrikes against Hamas militants in Gaza, testing the ceasefire that began on Oct. 10

Pope Leo XIV arrives for an audience on the occasion of the Jubilee of the Choirs in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Leo XIV accepts resignation of Spanish bishop accused of abuse in first known case for pontiff

4:25 AM on Saturday, November 22

Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of an ailing Spanish bishop who is under church investigation for allegedly sexually abusing a young seminarian in the 1990s

FILE - Spanish singer-songwriter Rosalía appears at the Christian Dior Spring/Summer 2025 collection presented in Paris on Sept. 24, 2024. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP, File)

Catholic clergy are ecstatic about Rosalía’s songs of faith in her new album ‘Lux’

9:15 PM on Friday, November 21

Rosalía has won over millions of music lovers for her fusions of flamenco and urban Latin beats

FILE - Sister Palmer 19, right, and Sister Raymundo pose for a portrait with The Book of Mormon while walking around Temple Square in Salt Lake City on Nov. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

Mormon church lowers minimum age for women missionaries to 18

2:05 PM on Friday, November 21

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints says it has lowered the minimum age for women serving as missionaries from 19 to 18

FILE - Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri leads a class on the basics of Christian beliefs at Zion Church in Beijing, Aug. 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Christian pastor's daughter urges US lawmakers to help free her father in China

12:08 PM on Friday, November 21

The daughter of a detained Chinese Christian pastor is urging U.S. lawmakers to help free her father at a time when President Donald Trump has vowed to “save our Great Christian population” worldwide

Pope Leo XIV speaks remotely from the Vatican to thousands of Catholics at the National Catholic Youth Conference on Friday, Nov. 21, 2025, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Obed Lamy)

Pontifical secret revealed: Pope Leo XIV changes his Wordle start word each day

8:34 AM on Friday, November 21

Pope Leo XIV has revealed a closely held secret: He uses a different Wordle start word each day

In this photo released by Christian Association of Nigeria, a man walk past belongings at the St. Mary's Catholic Primary and Secondary School after gunmen abducted children and staff in Papiri community, Nigeria, Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. (Christian Association of Nigeria via AP)

Gunmen abduct more than 200 schoolchildren and 12 teachers in attack on Nigerian Catholic school

12:56 AM on Friday, November 21

Gunmen have attacked a Catholic school in Nigeria, abducting more than 200 schoolchildren and 12 teachers

Shows the location of two attacks and abductions from schools in Nigeria over the past week. (AP Digital Embed)

Why schoolchildren are often abducted in Nigeria and who the usual kidnappers are

8:44 AM on Monday, November 17

Nigeria has suffered its second mass school abduction this week with authorities confirming an attack on a Catholic school in north-central Kebbi state

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