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Pope Leo XIV arrives for the Easter Vigil inside St. Peter's Basilica at The Vatican, Saturday, April 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Leo XIV celebrates first Easter vigil, calls for harmony and peace in a world torn by war

4:30 PM on Saturday, April 4

Pope Leo XIV ushers in Easter with his first vigil service as pontiff at St. Peter’s Basilica

2 men and a boy ordered to stay in UK custody over Jewish charity ambulance attack

9:14 AM on Saturday, April 4

Two young men and a boy have been ordered to remain in custody after appearing in court on arson charges

Iran's Minister of Science, Research and Technology Hossein Simaei Sarraf, center, visits the location that was hit during U.S.-Israeli airstrikes Friday at Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, April 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Trump gives Iran 48 hours to open Strait of Hormuz as search continues for missing US pilot

3:47 AM on Saturday, April 4

U_S_ President Donald Trump has again warned Tehran over his Monday deadline to open the crucial Strait of Hormuz and allow ship traffic to flow again, and Iran has responded by threatening to open “the gates of hell.”

A hooded penitent of the Nuestro Padre Jesus del Huerto y San Diego brotherhood participates in a Holy Week procession in Baena, southern Spain, Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Women take pride in Holy Week roles after a Spanish Catholic brotherhood's procession excluded them

11:03 PM on Friday, April 3

One religious brotherhood’s refusal to include women in its Holy Week procession has made front-page news in Spain

Good Friday across Latin America brings faith into the streets

2:32 PM on Friday, April 3

Catholic devotees across Latin America have marked Good Friday with processions and rituals re-enacting the crucifixion of Jesus, from Guatemala’s historic streets to Ecuador, where hundreds of thousands took part in major processions

Pope Leo XIV carries a lightweight, 1.5-meter (5-foot) wooden cross during the Via Crucis, the torchlit Good Friday Stations of the Cross procession at the Colosseum in Rome, Friday, April 3, 2026, which symbolically retraces Jesus Christ's steps to his crucifixion on Calvary in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Leo XIV carries cross for full Good Friday procession, the first pontiff to do so in decades

11:42 AM on Friday, April 3

Pope Leo XIV carried a wooden cross for all 14 stations of the Way of the Cross at the Colosseum on his first Good Friday as pontiff

Devotees dressed as Roman soldiers perform in a Way of the Cross reenactment in Arraijan, Panama, Good Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Good Friday around the world, in photos

8:29 AM on Friday, April 3

FILE - Jen Affleck, from left, Layla Taylor, Miranda McWhorter, and Jessi Draper Ngatikaura participate in Hulu's "The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives" photo call at The Rink at Rockefeller Plaza, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, in New York. (Photo by CJ Rivera/Invision/AP, File)

'Secret Lives of Mormon Wives' cast aren't the only influencers sowing curiosity about the church

7:06 AM on Friday, April 3

Latter-day Saint influencers have found an enthusiastic audience across the country, curious about their faith and family, but they are often imperfect and unofficial representatives of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

People remove broken glass from their windows after a Russian strike on residential neighbourhood in Kriukivshchyna, Kyiv region, Ukraine, on Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Russian strikes on Ukraine kill 8 as Kyiv holds door open for Easter truce

5:45 AM on Friday, April 3

Russian strikes on Ukraine have killed at least eight people across the country

File — Smoke rises from Israeli airstrikes in Dahiyeh, a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

Lebanon’s displaced Shiites face rising hostility as airstrikes fuel fear and evictions

1:05 AM on Friday, April 3

A growing number of Shiite families displaced by the war in Lebanon say they’re being pushed out of towns where they feel unwelcome

A bridge struck by U.S. airstrikes on Thursday is seen in the town of Karaj, west of Tehran, Iran, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

2 US aircraft shot down as war in Iran escalates. At least 1 crew member is missing

11:51 PM on Thursday, April 2

Two U.S. military planes were shot down in separate incidents on Friday, escalating tensions in the ongoing conflict

Elected leaders and clergy seek release of Wisconsin mosque president detained by immigration agents

4:12 PM on Thursday, April 2

The president of Wisconsin’s largest mosque was detained by federal immigration agents, drawing accusations from local officials and religious leaders that the arrest was motivated by his statements against Israel

Pope Leo XIV washes and kisses the feet of 12 Roman priests during the Missa in Caena Domini, the Mass of the Lord's Supper, on Catholic Holy Thursday in St. John Lateran Basilica in Rome, Thursday, April 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Leo XIV revives the Holy Thursday foot-washing of priests after Francis's inclusive tradition

12:26 PM on Thursday, April 2

Pope Leo XIV has restored the traditional Holy Thursday foot-washing ritual by washing the feet of 12 priests

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