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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 and Faith

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

DEC. 5, 2024

Border Patrol specialist Mitchell Holmes, right, and Fish and Wildlife Regional Law Enforcement agent Kevin Shinn, use skills they learned in the Border Patrol Chaplaincy academy during a training session, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, in Dania Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
Border Patrol specialist Mitchell Holmes, right, and Fish and Wildlife Regional Law Enforcement agent Kevin Shinn, use skills they learned in the Border Patrol Chaplaincy academy during a training session, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, in Dania Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

Religion and Faith

Border Patrol trains more chaplains as the job and polarizing immigration debate rattle agents

NOV. 27, 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)

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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)

Religion and Faith

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)

Religion and Faith

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

NOV. 12, 2024

FILE - This undated photo from a court document provided by the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana shows golden eagle feet recovered by law enforcement officers from a Washington state man's vehicle. (Courtesy of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana via AP, File)
FILE - This undated photo from a court document provided by the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana shows golden eagle feet recovered by law enforcement officers from a Washington state man's vehicle. (Courtesy of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana via AP, File)

Religion and Faith

Poachers are exploiting the high demand for eagle feathers that are sacred among Native Americans

OCT. 30, 2024

A dancer performs on Indigenous Peoples Day Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Minh Connors)
A dancer performs on Indigenous Peoples Day Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Minh Connors)

Religion and Faith

Indigenous Peoples Day celebrated with an eye on the election

OCT. 14, 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)

Religion and Faith

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)

Religion and Faith

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

SEPT. 30, 2024

Hickory Ground Tribe vs Tribe
Robyn Soweka Sr., of Hickory Ground Tribal Town, right, describes a tribal challenge issued to the Poarch Band, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, in Wetumoka, Ala. At left is George Thompson, who is the Mekko, a ceremonial leader, of Hickory Ground in the Muscogee Nation. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt)

Religion and Faith

A bitter fight between two tribes over sacred land where one built a casino

SEPT. 24, 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)

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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)

Religion and Faith

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

SEPT. 4, 2024

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