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One tireless Jesuit keeps alive a pilgrim path for St. Ignatius in Spain

One tireless Jesuit keeps alive a pilgrim path for St. Ignatius in Spain

MANRESA, Spain (AP) — Josep Lluís Iriberri helps celebrate Mass at a mountaintop basilica , swaps his priest’s robe for a hiking backpack and rallies his latest group of pilgrims literally following him in the footsteps of the 16th-century St.
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Suspected Kentucky church shooter had a domestic violence hearing the next day

Suspected Kentucky church shooter had a domestic violence hearing the next day

The man accused of killing two women in a shooting rampage at a Kentucky church after wounding a state trooper had been expected in court for a domestic violence hearing on Monday, a local official said.
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BBC Gaza documentary narrated by Hamas official's son breached editorial guidelines, review says

BBC Gaza documentary narrated by Hamas official's son breached editorial guidelines, review says

LONDON (AP) — Britain's media regulator said Monday it will investigate a BBC documentary about children's lives in Gaza , after a review concluded that the narrator's father has Hamas links and the program therefore breached editorial guidelines on
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Leaders of Holy Land churches condemn Israeli settler violence during a West Bank visit

Leaders of Holy Land churches condemn Israeli settler violence during a West Bank visit

TAYBEH, West Bank (AP) — Top church leaders in the Holy Land asserted Monday that Israeli authorities “facilitate and enable” the presence of Israeli settlers who have intensified attacks in recent weeks on the only entirely Christian Palestinian vil
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Suspect kills 2 women in Kentucky church after shooting state trooper, police say

Suspect kills 2 women in Kentucky church after shooting state trooper, police say

Two women died Sunday at a church in Lexington, Kentucky, in a shooting rampage that began when a state trooper was wounded after making a traffic stop, police said. The suspect in both shootings was also killed.
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Pope celebrates Mass in parish church with special ties to his Augustinian order

Pope celebrates Mass in parish church with special ties to his Augustinian order

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (AP) — Pope Leo XIV called Sunday for “merciful compassion” for the world’s poor, victims of tyranny and wars, as he celebrated Mass in a parish church that has special spiritual ties to Leo's own Augustinian religious order.
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Israeli strikes kill at least 32 in Gaza as Palestinian war deaths top 58,000

Israeli strikes kill at least 32 in Gaza as Palestinian war deaths top 58,000

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip killed at least 32 people on Sunday, including six children at a water collection point, while the Palestinian death toll passed 58,000 after 21 months of war , local health officials
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At Pamplona's San Fermín festival, a tiny minority of those who run with bulls are women

At Pamplona's San Fermín festival, a tiny minority of those who run with bulls are women

PAMPLONA, Spain (AP) — Dressed in the traditional bull runner’s garb of a white shirt and red neck-scarf, Yomara Martínez, 30, sprinted in the death-defying morning run or “encierros” taking place this week in the northern Spanish city of Pamplona.
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Bald eagle's new status as the official US bird brings pride and hope to many Native Americans

Bald eagle's new status as the official US bird brings pride and hope to many Native Americans

PRAIRIE ISLAND INDIAN COMMUNITY, Minn.
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59 Palestinians in Gaza are killed by Israeli airstrikes or shot dead while seeking aid

59 Palestinians in Gaza are killed by Israeli airstrikes or shot dead while seeking aid

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — At least 31 Palestinians were fatally shot on their way to an aid distribution site in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, while Israeli airstrikes killed at least 28 Palestinians including four children, Palestinian hospital
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