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4:23 PM on Monday, February 2

Federal judge blocks the Trump administration from ending legal protections for 350,000 Haitians

FILE - A visitor kneels in front of the Last Judgement fresco by the Italian Renaissance painter Michelangelo inside the Sistine Chapel in Rome, May 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)

Michelangelo's 'The Last Judgment' fresco undergoes 3-month cleaning at Sistine Chapel

11:34 AM on Monday, February 2

Michelangelo’s “The Last Judgment” is undergoing its first major restoration in three decades

Faith leaders from across the United States sing together as a sign of support for Haitian migrants fearing the end of their Temporary Protected Status in the U.S., at an event held at St. John Missionary Baptist Church in Springfield, Ohio, on Monday, Feb. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)

Judge blocks Trump administration from ending protections for Haitians

11:13 AM on Monday, February 2

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from ending temporary protections that have allowed roughly 350,000 Haitians to live and work in the United States

Ultra-Orthodox Jews from the Sanz Hasidic dynasty prepare a table with fruit to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Tu Bishvat, the "New Year of the Trees," in Netanya, Israel, Monday, Feb. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Photos of Hasidic Jews celebrating the 'New Year of Trees' in Israel

11:10 AM on Monday, February 2

A detail of a restored chapel with Angels depicted on a fresco to the memory of late Italy's King Umberto II inside the Basilica of St. Lawrence in Lucina in Rome, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

In Italy, church and state investigate the appearance of a cherub seemingly modeled on Meloni

8:34 AM on Monday, February 2

The appearance in a Roman church of a cherub that bears a striking resemblance to Premier Giorgia Meloni has sparked a minor scandal for both church and state in Italy

People protest against ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) in Minneapolis, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

US Attorney General Pam Bondi announces 2 more arrests in the St. Paul church protest

8:00 AM on Monday, February 2

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has announced two more arrests in the protest at a church in Minnesota against the immigration enforcement crackdown

FILE - Israeli flags decorate rooms of Israelis who evacuated from cities and towns along the border with Lebanon, in kibbutz Ginosar hotel, northern Israel, Tuesday, March 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, file)

Israeli police detain local officials suspected of pocketing aid sent after Oct 7 attack

6:26 AM on Monday, February 2

Israeli authorities are investigating a group of local officials and businesspeople that investigators suspect siphoned millions of dollars of wartime aid being funneled to help people in the early days of the Israel-Hamas war

800 years after his death, the legends and legacy of Francis of Assisi endure

5:28 AM on Monday, February 2

The Rev. Susai Jesu, recently named archbishop of Keewatin-Le Pas, gives an interview at the Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples where he was once pastor, on Wednesday, July 20, 2022, in Edmonton, Alberta. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)

From southern India to Canada's far north: New archbishop serves Indigenous Catholics

4:04 AM on Monday, February 2

As a teenager in India, Susai Jesu led prayer services in his small Catholic village, helped at Mass and soon began training for the priesthood

China criticizes decision to award a Grammy to the Dalai Lama

2:13 AM on Monday, February 2

The Dalai Lama’s Grammy win for an audiobook, narration and storytelling has been described by Beijing as “a tool for anti-China political manipulation.”

FILE - Women, one flashing a victory hand gesture, cross a street under a huge banner showing hands firmly holding Iranian national flags as a sign of patriotism, in Tehran, Iran, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Turkey seeks to broker US-Iran talks by week's end

11:42 PM on Sunday, February 1

Turkey is trying to bring U.S. and Iranian officials to the negotiating table to ease tensions and avoid U.S. military action against Iran

Rebecca Weintraub, assistant rabbi of New York City's B'nai Jeshurun congregation, holds her son during a Hannukah party at the synagogue on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)

The ranks of US rabbis grow more diverse, with rising numbers of women and LGBTQ people

4:45 AM on Sunday, February 1

Rabbis and rabbinical students in the United States are more diverse than ever

Ambulances line up to enter the Egyptian gate of the Rafah crossing on the way to the Gaza Strip, in Rafah, Egypt, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohamed Arafat)

Gaza's crucial Rafah crossing prepares for limited travel to resume Monday

12:05 AM on Sunday, February 1

Palestinians in Gaza are watching with hope and impatience as workers lay the groundwork to reopen the territory’s Rafah border crossing with Egypt, its lifeline to the world

Pope Leo XIV arrives to bless a mosaic of the Virgin Mary and a statue of St. Rose of Lima in the Vatican Gardens, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope gets invitation to visit Peru during a Vatican garden party, then stays for lunch

8:40 AM on Saturday, January 31

Peru’s ambassador to the Holy See has publicly invited Pope Leo XIV to visit

Mahmoud Al-Atbash mourns the bodies of his two daughters, Zeina and Maryam, who were killed in an Israeli military strike, at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Israeli strikes kill 30 Palestinians, including children, as Gaza ceasefire inches forward

10:39 PM on Friday, January 30

Israeli strikes in Gaza have killed at least 30 Palestinians, marking one of the highest tolls since the October ceasefire

Santo Domingo church stands in Mexico City, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)

New campaign calls on Mexicans to rediscover the capital’s heart through revered churches

10:22 PM on Friday, January 30

A new campaign by Mexico City’s Historic Center Trust aims to encourage Mexicans to rediscover the religious and architectural heritage at the heart of the nation's capital

Islam Saleh, who was injured in her left leg in an Israeli strike on a school shelter in Jabalia in 2024, shows her medical reports inside her family's tent in Zawaida, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026, as she awaits permission to travel outside Gaza for treatment. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

A bullet shattered her knee. Now a Gaza teen's chances of walking depend on Rafah crossing's opening

9:04 PM on Friday, January 30

Sick and wounded patients in Gaza desperate for medical evacuation await the promised reopening of the enclave's Rafah border crossing with Egypt

Cities Church is seen in St. Paul, Minn. where activists shut down a service claiming the pastor was also working as an ICE agent, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026 in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)

What to know about the civil rights charges Don Lemon faces for covering church protest in Minnesota

1:53 PM on Friday, January 30

Journalist Don Lemon and eight other people associated with a protest that interrupted a worship service at a Minnesota church have been charged with violating two different federal laws that are designed to prevent disruptions to Americans' rights

Journalist Don Lemon, talks to the media after a hearing at the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building in Los Angeles on Friday, Jan. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Journalist Don Lemon charged with federal civil rights crimes after covering anti-ICE church protest

5:23 AM on Friday, January 30

Journalist Don Lemon has been released from custody after being charged with federal civil rights crimes in connection with an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted services at a Minnesota church

Buses line up to enter the Egyptian gate of the Rafah crossing into the Gaza Strip, in Rafah, Egypt, Monday, Feb. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohamed Arafat)

The Rafah crossing is Gaza's lifeline to the world. Here's why

8:53 AM on Monday, January 26

The Rafah border crossing was Gaza’s only gateway to the outside world not controlled by Israel before the war

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