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France Notre Dame Reopening
French President Emmanuel Macron, left, speaks in Notre Dame Cathedral as France's iconic cathedral is formally reopening its doors for the first time since a devastating fire nearly destroyed the 861-year-old landmark in 2019, Saturday Dec.7, 2024 in Paris ( Ludovic Marin, Pool via AP)

Religion

An archbishop’s knock formally restores Notre Dame to life as winds howl and heads of state look on

DEC. 13, 2024

Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral chief architect Philippe Villeneuve smokes a cigarette by the cathedral during an interview with Associated Press, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)
Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral chief architect Philippe Villeneuve smokes a cigarette by the cathedral during an interview with Associated Press, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)

Religion

Notre Dame’s resurrection: Its chief architect on rebuilding France’s ‘heart’ in 5 years

DEC. 5, 2024

APTOPIX Teenage Buddhist Lama-Birthday
U.S.-born Buddhist lama, Jalue Dorje, right, and a member of the Minnesota Tibetan community bow and touch foreheads in a traditional Tibetan greeting at his 18th birthday and enthronement ceremony in Isanti, Minn., on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)

Religion

Only-on-AP multimedia package documents last big party for 18-year-old before he joins a Himalayan monastery

NOV. 22, 2024

U.S.-born Buddhist lama, Jalue Dorje, right, and a member of the Minnesota Tibetan community bow and touch foreheads in a traditional Tibetan greeting at his 18th birthday and enthronement ceremony in Isanti, Minn., on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)
U.S.-born Buddhist lama, Jalue Dorje, right, and a member of the Minnesota Tibetan community bow and touch foreheads in a traditional Tibetan greeting at his 18th birthday and enthronement ceremony in Isanti, Minn., on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)

Education

Today he is a high school football player. Soon he’ll be a Buddhist lama in the Himalayas

NOV. 18, 2024

FILE - The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, addresses the media during a press conference in Canterbury, England, Friday, Jan. 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)
FILE - The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, addresses the media during a press conference in Canterbury, England, Friday, Jan. 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

Politics

Church of England head Justin Welby resigns over handling of sex abuse scandal

NOV. 12, 2024

New Zealand's Prime Minister Christopher Luxon makes a
New Zealand's Prime Minister Christopher Luxon makes a "formal and unreserved" apology in Parliament for the widespread abuse, torture and neglect of hundreds of thousands of children and vulnerable adults in care, in Wellington, New Zealand, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (Robert Kitchin/Stuff via AP)

Religion

New Zealand’s leader formally apologizes to survivors of abuse in state and church care

NOV. 12, 2024

Daniel Gammerman
Daniel Gammerman poses for a photo in his home where he plans to worship privately during the Jewish High Holy Days, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Jewish

Are LGBTQ Jews welcome in Orthodox communities? This is how they are building spaces of their own

OCT. 4, 2024

APTOPIX Jewish High Holy Days Oct. 7
Worshipers stand to say the names of loved ones in need of prayers during a Shabbat service, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, at Temple Beth Sholom in Miami Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Israel

It’s a ‘very difficult time’ for U.S. Jews as High Holy Days and Oct. 7 anniversary coincide

SEPT. 30, 2024

Election 2024-AP Poll-Hispanics-Religion
FILE - Spanish language voting stickers which read "He Votado Hoy" ("I Voted Today") are offered at a polling place in Philadelphia, May 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Abortion

Most Hispanic Americans support abortion access: AP-NORC poll

SEPT. 23, 2024

Pope Asia
FILE-- Pope Francis waves as he leaves after his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Aug. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

Religion

AP delivers comprehensive coverage of Pope’s longest, farthest and most challenging trip to Asia

SEPT. 20, 2024

East Timor The AP Interview
President of East Timor José Ramos-Horta speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the Presidential Palace in Dili, East Timor, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)

Asia

The AP Interview: East Timor’s president says the pope’s visit isn’t time to dwell on past sins

SEPT. 4, 2024

Paraguay Sex Education
Diana Zalazar and her son Ato Martino pose for a portrait at their home in Asuncion, Paraguay, Friday, Aug. 23, 2024. Zalazar said she got pregnant after having sex with her first partner when she was 14 years old but that no one had talked to her about the risks of pregnancy or sexually transmitted diseases. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

Human rights

Condoms can’t be trusted and boys don’t cry in Catholic Paraguay’s first sex ed program

SEPT. 3, 2024

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