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'A world that is ablaze': Pope Leo laments war, environmental destruction, in Ash Wednesday service

Before sprinkling ashes on the heads of participants, a sign of mortality, the pope said the ashes could represent "the weight of a world that is ablaze, of entire cities destroyed by war."

POPE LEO XIV puts ash on a faithful's head during the Ash Wednesday Mass at the Santa Sabina Basilica in Rome, Italy, February 18, 2026.
MARJORIE TAYLOR Greene meets with Bethlehem Mayor Maher Canawati, February 15, 2026.

Marjorie Taylor Greene meets with Bethlehem mayor, decries alleged 'Christian prosecution'

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the general Conference of Fatah Youth in Ramallah, with a backdrop including a portrait of Abbas and Yasser Arafat, November 27, 2025; illustrative.

PA drafts constitution, omits Jewish ties to Jerusalem, calls for Sharia legal system

Law enforcement officials stand guard, in front of the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, during a protest more than a week after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US, January 17, 2026.

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Teenager charged with terrorism over Sydney bishop stabbing

Police from the joint counter terrorism team questioned the boy, who is in a hospital under police guard recovering from injuries.

 Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel gestures during a sermon, in this screenshot from a video on YouTube.

Who is Mar Mari Emmanuel, the Assyrian bishop attacked in Sydney?

Though relatively unknown to the wider world, the bishop has carved out a significant following online among other Christians and those in the Assyrian community.

 Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel gestures during a sermon, in this screenshot from a video on YouTube.

Knife attack at Sydney church a terror incident, Australia police say

It was the second major stabbing attack in just three days, after six people were killed in a knife attack at a beachside mall in the Bondi area.

 A screenshot from a live-streamed church service, during which Assyrian Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel was attacked.

Pro-Palestinian activists disrupt Easter services at NYC cathedral

On social media, the group said that silence was complicity with Israeli military operations in Gaza and the climate crisis.

 Pro-Palestinian demonstrators protest as they take part in the ‘Biden: Stop supporting genocide!’ rally in New York City on January 20.

Former church pastor recorded drawing swastika outside Jewish mother's home

The former official denied that he drew the swastika, later claiming that he had drawn a Hindu symbol for peace.

 A photo released by the U.S. Capitol Police shows swastikas on the rear view mirror and inside a pickup truck driven by Donald Craighead, 44, of Oceanside, California at the time his arrest for possession of prohibited weapons near the Democratic National Committee headquarters on Capitol Hill in W

Brazilian priest indicted in Jerusalem over pedophilia allegations

Cardozo committed sexual assaults against minors belonging to the community, according to the indictment. He would invite them to “hang out” and sleep in the monastery where he lived.

Israel police car (Illustrative)

Spanish priest suspended from church amid accusations of sex drug trafficking

The priest has also been arrested by Don Benito police, according to CBS News, on suspicion “trafficking narcotic substances.”

 Money and various drugs on a black table.

Black church leaders call on US to halt aid to Israel amid 'mass genocide'

The bishops accused Israel of denying Palestinians "access to food, water, shelter, and health care" and said that "after this torture, they plan to murder them."

 Mother Bethel AME Church.

Int’l foundations raise urgent funds for Gaza’s tiny Christian community

St. Porphyrius is one of the oldest churches in the world, located in Gaza. It suffered a direct hit by an Israeli missile on October 19, killing 18 people and injuring many others.

 Archbishop Alexios and a volunteer stand within the storeroom of the Church of St. Porphyrius, where essential supplies are organized to support the vulnerable Christian community in Gaza.

Georgian woman ordered detained for defacing Stalin icon in Tbilisi

Orthodox Church activists, believers, and far-right groups have agitated for her to be subject to further criminal investigation for what they say was an act that insulted the icon and their beliefs.

A view shows an icon, an element of which depicts Soviet leader Joseph Stalin being blessed by Russian Orthodox saint Matrona of Moscow, and that was recently defaced with paint in an act of protest amid controversy over the icon’s apparent honouring of Stalin in Tbilisi, Georgia, January 10, 2024.