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3:25 AM on Sunday, September 7

Pope Leo XIV declares a 15-year-old computer whiz the Catholic Church's first millennial saint

Pope Leo XIV waves to faithful holding a picture of Blessed Carlo Acutis, who will be canonized Sunday, as he arrives in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican for an open-air jubiliar audience Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

From coding to canonization: The extraordinary life of Carlo Acutis

1:30 AM on Sunday, September 7

Carlo Acutis, a 15-year-old computer whiz, has been declared the first millennial saint of the Roman Catholic Church

FILE - Spiritual guide Julio Quispe performs a ceremony with coca leaves for a confederation of Indigenous governing bodies in La Paz, Bolivia, April 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Coca leaves remain a source of work, faith and identity in Bolivia

12:07 AM on Sunday, September 7

In Bolivia’s Yungas region, farmers like Tomas Zavala perform rituals to honor Mother Earth before harvesting coca leaves

Devotees prepare to immerse a giant idol of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha in the Arabian Sea, marking the end of the 10-day long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai , India, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Photos show Indians marking final day of Ganesh Chaturthi that ends with sea immersion

6:38 PM on Saturday, September 6

Al-Karkari Institute Celebrates Mawlid with Global Gathering in Morocco

9:27 AM on Saturday, September 6

A young Newar girl, dressed to represent divine female energy, waits for Kumari Puja, a ritual during which she will be worshipped at Hanuman Dhoka, Basantapur Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Nepal's festival season starts with a parade for a living goddess

8:36 AM on Saturday, September 6

Tens of thousands of devotees celebrated the start of Nepal's festival season by gathering in Kathmandu

Some of the hundreds of LGBTQ+ Catholics and their families who joined a Holy Year pilgrimage to Rome, celebrating a new level of acceptance in the Catholic Church and crediting Pope Francis for the change, walk through the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

LGBTQ+ Catholics make Holy Year pilgrimage to Rome and celebrate a new feeling of welcome

4:35 AM on Saturday, September 6

Over 1,000 LGBTQ+ Catholics and their families have participated in a Holy Year pilgrimage to Rome

Displaced Palestinians fleeing northern Gaza carry their belongings in a car along the coastal road toward southern Gaza, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Israel calls on famine-stricken residents to flee and targets more high-rises in Gaza City

4:31 AM on Saturday, September 6

The Israeli army has issued evacuation orders and targeted high-rise buildings in famine-stricken Gaza City

A woman recites prayers as people mark Prophet Muhammad's birthday, known as Mawlid, in Dakar, Senegal, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

Muslims in Senegal celebrate the Prophet Muhammad's birthday, in photos

3:07 AM on Saturday, September 6

This satellite photo provided by Planet Labs PBC shows Iran paving over Lot 41, where some of those executed in the chaos after Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution were buried, at Behesht-e Zahra cemetery outside of Tehran, Iran, Aug. 18, 2025. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

Iran paves over mass grave of 1979 revolution victims, turning it into a parking lot

12:25 AM on Saturday, September 6

Iran is paving over a lot in Tehran's largest cemetery believed to be the final resting place for some of the thousands killed in the mass executions that followed the country's 1979 Islamic Revolution

FILE - Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., speaks during the confirmation hearing for Kash Patel, at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

National conservatism asserts its dominance in Trump's Washington

1:22 PM on Friday, September 5

National conservatism is reshaping the Republican Party in President Donald Trump’s second term

Pope Leo XIV feeds fishes of a pond during the inauguration of the "Borgo Laudato Si'" Advanced Training Center, at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Friday Sept. 5, 2025. (Filippo Monteforte, Pool via AP)

Pope feeds fish as he opens Vatican's ambitious model of sustainable farming and education

10:57 AM on Friday, September 5

Pope Leo XIV has inaugurated a new sustainable farming project run by the Vatican

A World United in a Single Chant: Morocco's Karkariya Sufi Mawlid Gathers the Globe

10:55 AM on Friday, September 5

Palestinians run for cover during an Israeli airstrike on a high-rise building in Gaza City, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, after the Israeli army issued a prior warning. (AP Photo/Yousef Al Zanoun)

Israel strikes high-rise building and threatens to hit more in Gaza City offensive

7:58 AM on Friday, September 5

Israel has struck a high-rise building in Gaza City after warning residents to evacuate

Sikh truck driver Prahb Singh maneuvers his truck at a gas station in Fontana, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

A deadly crash, a divided nation: Why Sikh truckers are now in the crossfire

6:05 AM on Friday, September 5

Members of California’s Sikh trucking community say a deadly crash involving one of its own has led to a spike in anti-Sikh rhetoric

Students of St. John Berchmans' school hold items often linked to Blessed Carlo Acutis, who will be canonized a saint by Pope Leo XIV, before Mass at Blessed Carlo Acutis Parish, on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)

A wildly popular 15-year-old computer whiz is becoming the Catholic Church's first millennial saint

12:15 AM on Friday, September 5

Pope Leo XIV will preside over his first canonization ceremony Sunday to create the first millennial saint

FILE - The Monastery of the Caves, also known as Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, one of the holiest sites of Eastern Orthodox Christians, in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

Ukraine moves to ban an Orthodox church it says is linked with pro-war Moscow church

12:12 AM on Friday, September 5

The Ukrainian government has declared that a branch of the Orthodox Church has failed to sever all ties with Moscow — and could soon be banned

An image made from surveillance footage provided by Kory Krause shows Robin Westman inside the Frontiersman Sports gun shop in St. Louis Park, Minn., on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025. (Kory Krause/Frontiersman Sports via AP)

Gun store owner says shooter who killed 2 schoolchildren showed no warning signs before attack

2:34 PM on Thursday, September 4

The shooter who killed two children and injured 21 others at a Minneapolis church was seen on video visiting a suburban gun shop the weekend before the attack

Women take selfie photos during the celebration of Mawlid al-Nabi, the birthday of Prophet Muhammad, in Mogadishu, Somalia, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

Somalis defy militants with processions to mark Prophet Muhammad's birthday

12:17 PM on Thursday, September 4

Somalis have marked the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday with a government-declared public holiday, reviving an old tradition of merriment once banned by extremist militants who reject such public spectacle

Israel's President Isaac Herzog, left, meets with Pope Leo XIV in the pope's private library during a private audience at the Vatican, Thursday, Sep. 4, 2025. (Simone Risoluti/Vatican Media via AP)

Pope Leo and Vatican insist on 2-state solution to end Gaza war during meeting with Israel president

4:14 AM on Thursday, September 4

Pope Leo XIV and his top diplomats have told Israel’s president that a two-state solution is the “only way out of the war,” in Gaza

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