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Cardinal Stefen Brislin attends at a press conference at the end of Pope Leo XIV's first Extraordinary Consistory, a special formal assembly convening the College of Cardinals from around the world, at the Vatican, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope indicates new governing style for Catholic Church with regular, annual cardinal meetings

3:37 PM on Thursday, January 8

Pope Leo XIV says he intends to bring the world’s Catholic cardinals together on an annual basis

CORRECTS YEAR TO 2026 - People hug each other after a fatal shooting in a parking lot of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. (Laura Seitz/The Deseret News via AP)

The shooting outside a Utah church grew out of a dispute between funeral goers, police say

1:40 PM on Thursday, January 8

Investigators say a shooting outside a church in Salt Lake City that killed two people and injured six others grew out of a dispute between people who knew each other and were attending a funeral

Israeli prime minister says former U.N. envoy Nickolay Mladenov to serve as director of Trump’s “Board of Peace.”

12:59 PM on Thursday, January 8

Israeli prime minister says former U.N. envoy Nickolay Mladenov to serve as director of Trump’s “Board of Peace.”

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New pipe organ signals rebirth for Episcopal parish after fire, flood and ‘plague’

9:39 AM on Thursday, January 8

At The Church of the Epiphany in New York’s Upper East Side, a new, handcrafted organ is emblematic of the final phase of a multi-year, $70 million effort to relocate and rebuild the Episcopal congregation, an investment in community as much as sound

FILE - The president of the Spanish Episcopal Conference, Luis Arguello, centre and Jesus Diaz Sariego, President of Spain's Conference of Religious Orders, left, take part in a press conference in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, July 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Paul White, File)

Spanish bishops will allow government to oversee compensation for sexual abuse victims

7:17 AM on Thursday, January 8

Spain’s Catholic bishops have agreed to let the Spanish government’s ombudsman have the final say in the church’s compensation of victims of sexual abuse by clergy members who have died or whose possible crimes are too old to be prosecuted

The body of 11-year-old Palestinian girl Hamsa Hosou, killed by Israeli fire in Jabalia, is brought to Shifa Hospital in Gaza City Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Israel says Bulgarian diplomat Nickolay Mladenov to direct Trump's Board of Peace for Gaza

6:00 AM on Thursday, January 8

Israel’s prime minister says a former U.N. Mideast envoy, Bulgarian diplomat Nickolay Mladenov, has been chosen to serve as the director-general for U.S. President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace aimed at overseeing the peace process in Gaza

Jillian Siegel, Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism in Australia listens to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speak to the media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. (Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP)

Australia's leader announces a royal commission into antisemitism after Bondi mass shooting

1:37 AM on Thursday, January 8

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a royal commission into antisemitism, weeks after a deadly attack at a Jewish holiday event in Bondi Beach

CORRECTS YEAR TO 2026 - People attending a funeral at the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City leave after a fatal shooting in the parking lot Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. (Laura Seitz/The Deseret News via AP)

2 killed in shooting outside Mormon church in Salt Lake City

11:19 PM on Wednesday, January 7

Police say a shooting outside a church building in Salt Lake City has killed two people and injured six others

Georgians with national flags take part in a religious procession to the Holy Trinity Cathedral to mark Orthodox Christmas in Tbilisi, Georgia, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)

Millions celebrate Orthodox Christmas on Jan. 7, following ancient traditions

12:58 PM on Wednesday, January 7

Millions of people worldwide celebrated Orthodox Christmas nearly two weeks after much of the world marked the holiday

FILE - Archbishop of Miami Thomas Wenski poses in front of a traveling bronze sculpture titled "Angels Unawares," before blessing it, Feb. 10, 2021, in downtown Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

US Christian leaders minister to an anxious diaspora with Venezuela's future in flux

7:01 AM on Wednesday, January 7

Faith leaders are urging prayers for peace following the U.S. capture of Nicolás Maduro

Pope Leo XIV meets Cardinals and Bishops at the end of his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope convenes cardinals and asks their priorities for 2 years, with Latin Mass off the agenda

6:41 AM on Wednesday, January 7

Pope Leo XIV has asked cardinals to advise him on key priorities governing the Catholic Church for the next two years

Israeli police inspect a bus following an incident in which it hit ultra-Orthodox Jewish demonstrators blocking a road during a protest against army recruitment in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Netanyahu tries to calm tensions after Israeli bus runs over and kills ultra-Orthodox teen

4:48 AM on Wednesday, January 7

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urges calm after a bus driver ran over and killed a 14-year-old boy during a protest

FILE - Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich holds a map that shows the E1 settlement project during a press conference near the settlement of Maale Adumim, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Aug. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)

Israel clears final hurdle to start settlement construction that would cut the West Bank in two

12:32 PM on Tuesday, January 6

Israel has cleared the final hurdle before starting construction on a controversial settlement project near Jerusalem that would effectively cut the West Bank in two

Protesters shout slogans and burn tires as they block main Street in Birgunj, 130 kilometers (81miles) south of Katmandu, Nepal, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Jiyalal Sah)

Curfew imposed in southern Nepal city after mosque vandalism sparks protests

6:34 AM on Tuesday, January 6

Authorities have imposed a curfew on a key border city in southern Nepal after Hindu and Muslim groups began protesting against each other

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