Religion

Immigrant Church Nations Capital
Parishioners pray during a Sunday Mass at the Shrine of the Sacred Heart Catholic church in Washington, Oct. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)

Religion

AP details how immigration crackdown stokes fear and solidarity at a Catholic church in the nation’s capital

NOV. 7, 2025

Nepal Living Goddess
Nepal's newly appointed living goddess, Kumari Aryatara Shakya, is carried by her father as they walk towards Kumari Ghar, the temple palace where she will be residing in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Nepal

Nepal chooses a 2-year-old girl as new living goddess worshipped by both Hindus and Buddhists

OCT. 1, 2025

Sean Feucht Financial Allegations
In this photo provided by Peter Hartzell, Peter and Amanda Hartzell, former associates of worship leader Sean Feucht's ministry pose for a photo on Aug. 1, 2025, in St. Augustine, Fla. (Peter Hartzell via AP)

COVID-19

Worship leader Sean Feucht mismanaged millions in ministry funds, former associates say

SEPT. 30, 2025

Spain Sagrada Familia
Miniature replicas of the new central tower that will crown the Basilica of the Sagrada Familia, making it the largest Christian church in Europe, are displayed during a press conference in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Barcelona

Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia is ready to raise its highest tower and become Europe’s tallest church

SEPT. 18, 2025

Faith in Scouting
Scout Troop 228 participates in the U.S. flag retirement ceremony for Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Church during the annual Patriots Day observance at the church in Santa Clarita, Calif., on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Krysta Fauria)

Boy Scouts

How faith-based support is helping Scouting America stabilize

SEPT. 17, 2025

Anti-Empathy Christians
FILE - The Rev. Mariann Budde, bishop of Washington's Episcopal diocese, speaks during a service outside St. John's Episcopal Church near the White House in Washington, on June 19, 2020, with a Black Lives Matter banner in the background. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Conservatives

Can empathy lead to sin? Some conservative Christians argue it can

AUG. 21, 2025

Sweden Church Relocation
People hold an outdoor prayer for the move of the Kiruna Church, a Sami style wooden Swedish Lutheran church, called Kiruna Kyrka in Swedish, in Kiruna, Sweden, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025, two days before its move along a 5-kilometer (3-mile) route east to a new city center as part of the town's relocation. (AP Photo/Malin Haarala)

Religion

A historic Swedish church embraces inclusion with minority languages

AUG. 20, 2025

APTOPIX Sweden Church Relocation
People gather outside the Kiruna Church, a Sami style wooden Swedish Lutheran church, called Kiruna Kyrka in Swedish, in Kiruna, Sweden, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025, during its move along a 5-kilometer (3-mile) route east to a new city center as part of the town's relocation. (AP Photo/Malin Haarala)

Mining

This Swedish church is being moved down the road before a mine swallows its town

AUG. 19, 2025

Ireland Baby Mass Graves
Historian Catherine Corless poses for a photo at Tuam cemetery, Ireland, in Tuam, Ireland, July 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

Human rights

AP explores how a baby grave discovery has grown to haunt Ireland

AUG. 8, 2025

Canada US Faith and Politics
Thurvi Valli and her grandfather, Sitham Valli pray inside Crypt Church at the national shrine of Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal, in Montreal, Saturday, June 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)

Politics

Trump’s religious rhetoric clashes with Canada’s secular politics

JULY 29, 2025

Twelve New Priests
The Rev. Alfredo Tuesta gives his first blessing as a newly ordained priest to Bishop Michael Burbidge, who leads the Diocese of Arlington, at the Cathedral of Saint Thomas More in Arlington, Va., on Saturday, June 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)

Priesthood

Trusted religion reporting leads to special access for must-read priest story

JULY 7, 2025

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Pilgrims

Sweat, tears, devotion: Pilgrims cross the wilderness to honor the Rocío Virgin in Spain

JUNE 9, 2025

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