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Men toting chains and pierced with cactus keep a Good Friday tradition in Atlixco, Mexico

Men toting chains and pierced with cactus keep a Good Friday tradition in Atlixco, Mexico

ATLIXCO, Mexico (AP) — Every year, crowds fill the streets of the central Mexican town of Atlixco on the Catholic holiday of Good Friday to witness the sight.
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Thousands of pilgrims trek through New Mexico desert to historic adobe church for Good Friday

Thousands of pilgrims trek through New Mexico desert to historic adobe church for Good Friday

CHIMAYÓ, N.M. (AP) — A unique Holy Week tradition drew thousands of Catholic pilgrims to a small adobe church in the hills of northern New Mexico, in a journey on foot through desert badlands to reach a spiritual wellspring.
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Israeli strikes kill at least 25 in Gaza and Huckabee makes first appearance as US ambassador

Israeli strikes kill at least 25 in Gaza and Huckabee makes first appearance as US ambassador

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli airstrikes across Gaza killed at least 25 people on Friday including children, hospital workers said, as the new U.S. ambassador to Israel made his first public appearance in Jerusalem.
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JD Vance visits Italy for tariff talks and attends Good Friday service at the Vatican

JD Vance visits Italy for tariff talks and attends Good Friday service at the Vatican

ROME (AP) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance met with Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni in Rome on Friday for a second day of talks on tariffs and then attended Good Friday services at the Vatican amid speculation of a possible pope greeting this weekend.
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Maine's hidden 'Sistine Chapel' inspires artists with 70-year-old frescoes

Maine's hidden 'Sistine Chapel' inspires artists with 70-year-old frescoes

SOLON, Maine (AP) — From the outside, it looks like any other New England church building: a boxy, white structure with a single steeple surrounded by an old stone wall, set against rolling hills and pine forest.
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Arson attack probe at Pennsylvania governor's mansion looking into suspect's hatred of Josh Shapiro

Arson attack probe at Pennsylvania governor's mansion looking into suspect's hatred of Josh Shapiro

HERSHEY, Pa. (AP) — Authorities investigating why a man set fire to Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s official residence are probing whether the suspect was motivated by the Democrat's Jewish faith or positions on Israel’s war in Gaza.
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Worshippers return to restored Notre Dame for Easter rituals with emotion and awe

Worshippers return to restored Notre Dame for Easter rituals with emotion and awe

PARIS (AP) — Four months after its long-awaited reopening, Notre Dame Cathedral welcomed worshippers and tourists alike on Friday for an emotional Easter ceremony centered on the Crown of Thorns , a circular band of branches encased in a golden tube
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Is he Christ? Is he Moses? Superman's religious and ethical undertones add to his mystique

Is he Christ? Is he Moses? Superman's religious and ethical undertones add to his mystique

Superman was born Kryptonian, raised Methodist and sketched into existence by two Jewish teens in 1930s Cleveland. Faith and morality are his DNA. There are no overt religious references in Superman comics.
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Takeaways from AP’s report on the religious and moral undercurrents in Superman comics

Takeaways from AP’s report on the religious and moral undercurrents in Superman comics

Superman comics are not overtly religious. Yet faith and morality have been baked into this superhero character who was born Kryptonian, raised Methodist and created by two young Jewish men in 1930s Cleveland.
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Protest letters from former Israeli soldiers lay bare profound rifts over the ongoing war

Protest letters from former Israeli soldiers lay bare profound rifts over the ongoing war

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — When nearly 1,000 Israeli Air Force veterans signed an open letter last week calling for an end to the war in Gaza, the military responded immediately, saying it would dismiss any active reservist who signed the document.
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