Religion and Faith

A view of the Great Omari Mosque in Gaza City after it was damaged by an Israeli strike during the war with Hamas, Wednesday. Feb. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Faithful attend Ash Wednesday Mass marking the start of the Catholic Lent inside the Mother Teresa Cathedral in Pristina, Kosovo, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Laura Hasani)

A worker sets decorations in preparation for the upcoming Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

A man wearing traditional carnival masks takes part in Shrovetide celebrations in the village of Rumsiskes, some 89 kilometers (56 miles) north of Vilnius, Lithuania, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

Children ride a carousel at the Christmas fair decorated for Christmas and the New Year festivities in Red Square in Moscow, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025, with the Spasskaya Tower in the background. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Pastor Philip Anthony Mitchell preaches at 2819 Church on Nov. 16, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)

Pope Leo XIV talks to reporters aboard an airplane as he returns from a six-day visit to Turkey and Lebanon, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (Alessandro Di Meo/Pool Photo via AP)

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)

FILE - Sarah Mullally, the new Archbishop of Canterbury, spiritual leader of the world's 85 million Anglicans, speaks inside Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, England, Oct. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, File)

From right, Monsignor Rino Fisichella, Rome's Mayor Roberto Gualtieri and Italian government undersecretary Alfredo Mantovano look at the 15th century Borso D'Este Bible, comprising two illuminated manuscripts, after its unveiling at the Italian Senate as part of the Vatican's Holy Year celebrations in Rome, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

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)

A girl performs on a mallakhamb pole as fireworks light up the sky during the festival of lights Diwali in Mumbai, India, on Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)